This was the most open and honest interview I've ever given...

RIVALS AND EASTENDERS STAR DANNY DYER GETS THE ASSEMBLY TREATMENT. HE TELLS ELLA WALKER WHY APPEARING ON THE SHOW WAS SO EMOTIONAL AND MOVING FOR HIM

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"This was probably the most open and honest interview that I've ever given. I trusted everybody in the room, and it took a little while to win everybody over, but I think I did that," says Danny.

"It was very emotional and it was very refreshing, really, to be able to open up about my feelings in front of such a beautiful, intelligent and honest group of people."

The cohort of interviewers is what makes the show, as they quiz the celebs on things you'd never normally hear them talk about, and asking questions those in the limelight might ordinarily avoid when talking to the press, or just refuse to answer altogether.

The format is, Michelle says, "a real leveller."

Around the 15 to 20-minute mark is when the celebrities would tend to "get over that hurdle" of feeling pinned on the spot and then their guard would usually drop, making for some really striking, affecting exchanges and conversation.