Ross Kemp: I was so angry I wanted to punch people

Ross Kemp: I was so angry I wanted to punch people
Ross Kemp: I was so angry I wanted to punch people (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Former EastEnders star Ross Kemp has revealed that making a war documentary left him so angry he 'wanted to punch people'. The actor-turned-TV presenter said he struggled to adjust to life back in London after filming a series on Afghanistan's front line for Sky1. He told Zoo magazine: "I was driving through London on my way home, and people were just on their way to work... And suddenly I felt furious - all I could think was that the guys out there were going to get shot at today, and these people didn't give a f***! "I felt they should - particularly after my sixth pint. "My girlfriend actually had to take me home, because I'd got so angry that I wanted to start punching people. The pressure being out there - the knowledge that you could get blown up at any point - messes with your head. You don't see people losing legs and bodies being put in bags without it having an effect on you." Ross, 45, revealed he is planning another documentary, which will be 'pretty damn dangerous', but couldn't disclose where it would be for fear of kidnapping. "It's moving into a different area, so I'll be shot down in flames if I don't get it absolutely spot on."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.