On the one hand, we're constantly told about recycling and cutting back, and on the other hand we have to buy the next gadget that comes along three weeks after the last one you bought. It's absolutely insane. We've been suckered into buying and buying and upgrading and upgrading. We're being given two very different mantras at the moment, I think.

For his performance in the role he won the BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor 2011 and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. John Watson in Sherlock the BBC contemporary adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories. He is notable for his role as Tim Canterbury in The Office.

Martin John C. He is known for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe-winning comedy The Office John in Love Actually Arthur Dent in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Dr. Watson in Sherlock Paul Maddens in Nativity! and Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of The Hobbit.