Bernie talks the new series of Canal Boat Diaries ... Favourite drink: Verve Clicquout champagne. Favourite car: Not had that many, but anything with a soft-top - like the look of the Audi A4.

He grew up in Bexleyheath, where he left school at the age of 16. He started his professional life as a low-level worker at the local municipal utility. His hobby was motorcycles. He learned to repair ...