It’s no good standing on the step with a torch and clapping, that’s nonsense and I never do that.
The 88-year-old actor appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour on Tuesday (23 March), marking the one-year anniversary since the UK first went into lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier this year, Hancock was made a dame at the New Year Honours for services to drama and charity, during which the actor said she felt “slightly miscast”.
We’ve just got to get down to making our society work better.”