Alistair Green: ‘I’m trying to create scenes that are a little bit of England’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’m trying to create a scene or a moment that’s a little bit of England,” he says. The political sketches are rarely his favourite, Green admits, but “if you take on a politician, you’ll almost certainly do quite well”. “I didn’t ask her to, but she turned up in a little velvet coat and a bow tie,” says Green with a laugh. Like when one of the videos started, people would cheer because they recognised it – and this was when I wasn’t that big on social media so I was really, really pleased.” Twitter and Instagram are the main home of Green’s videos, but he’s been experimenting recently with an endlessly fascinating new platform: Cameo.