Stephen Merchant: When were you happiest?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Stephen Merchant said elsewhere, not written here

Watching Bruce Springsteen at Glastonbury. During Because The Night I actually shouted, "This is the greatest moment of my life!"

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

I’m a lucky woman – I was walking in the rain yesterday and was really happy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2024 source ↗

Susan Greenfield British scientist

In 1978, working in France for a year. It was my first time working abroad.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2011 source ↗

Sam Shepard American playwright and actor

Before I was born.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2014 source ↗

Cycling around Martha’s Vineyard alone in the summer of 1976.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2026 source ↗

Failing to get anything in the New Year honours, not even a poxy CBE.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2013 source ↗

More air miles.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2013 source ↗

Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2013 source ↗

Search the directory for somebody in particular.