A couple of weeks after the final episode of "The Office" aired in the UK, I was flown to L.A. by the BBC, to attend The Golden Globe Awards.

I nearly didn't go as I thought it was a long way to travel to lose. And I was quite sure that that was exactly what was going to happen. Arriving on Saturday 24th January, the day before the ceremony, I had to go shopping the morning of the awards for something to wear. It wasn't Armani, it wasn't made to measure and it wasn't even given to me for free. Didn't they know who I was? No....