Johnson added that he was "perfectly within his rights to haveabash at me" after he was quizzed about being fired from The Times for making up a quote while working as a journalist.
"If it's possible to source the raw ingredients for a mobile phone - and I am not talking anything to rival Apple - I'll certainly havea good bash, " he says.
Broadcast on BBC Radio Lancashire, On the Wire will havea month-long birthday bash with an extravaganza of specially extended shows and guests from both Lancashire and across the globe.