But the Irishman's plans to lubricate his commentary box performance suffered a blow after he broke his ribs in a post-Baftas fall at his home.

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He bought an electric saw and some lumber to patch the second-floor gallery, but every time he was halfway through a board a fuse would blow in the spider-haunted circuit box in the kitchen.

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