BACK TO THE BANK

Proof positive, if it were ever needed, that you can take the man out of the bank, but you can't take the bank out of the man.

The year was 2000 and TP was approached to see if he'd be interested in becoming the key installation in a new interactive tour of the famous Bank of Ireland where, as David La Touche -one of the Bank's original founders, he would be the guide for thousands of visitors over several seasons.

Of course, it's a risk when an actor makes such a departure and there's the all too likely risk of becoming a spectacle rather than spectacular, however TP was more than assured by the quality of the script and the calibre of the production company. 

So,  for a brief and lucrative period he was happy to set aside his self-made promise that he would never, ever work in a bank again.