Mitch Winehouse is an interesting enigma. On one hand he's a man who has been dragged kicking and screaming into the limelight, on the other he could also be seen as someone cashing in on his daughters fame (and infamy). Helpful hint - he doesn't seem to be a massive fan of a certain Blake Fielder-Civil.

HM: How are you Mitch?

MW: Fine, thank you.

So can you just start by explaining what it is that you're promoting and what your show is all about?  

Which show are you talking about? 

Erm, the back of the cab one when you're driving people around.

Yeah, we've already done one with David Hasselhoff, so there's a celebrity in the back and we're just talking about current affairs. David Hasselhoff was slightly different as we had him in the cab for a couple of hours. But generally speaking there'll be a celebrity in the back of the cab talking about celebrity news and we just have a laugh.

What was The Hoff like?

Good guy. Terrific guy.

He's got a few problems at the moment hasn't he?

Never had any problems with me that day.

Did you ever expect to find yourself in the limelight as much as you have done over the last couple of years? 

Would you say it was the limelight?

Well you've unwittingly become a kind of a spokesman for not just your daughter but beleaguered parents worldwide I guess.

I'm happy, but I'm not a spokesman. The idea of being part of the House of Commons Select committee (Mitch spoke to the Home Affairs Committee about drugs) was to raise awareness for families who are struggling with addiction. And I'm happy to do that but I'm certainly not a spokesman for it. A couple of months ago it was taboo, now a lot of people are talking about it so just that in itself I think is a good result. But unfortunately the limelight can be seductive.

 Do you think that Amy would have had the same problems had she not been in the limelight. Is it hardwired into our brains?

I think..... I don't know. I mean there's plenty of people in the limelight who haven't got problems and there's plenty of people that do. So it's a difficult question don't you think?

You must find it tough being her dad and seeing all that kicking off?

Being Amy's dad? It's great being Amy's dad. Amy\s not responsible for what people write in the press!

But she's also very opinionated, even without the drugs!

People are entitled to their opinions aren't they?

But do you not just wish that sometimes she would just button it? This week she had a go on you on Facebook regarding her renewed relationship with Blake - that must...

(Interrupts) Hold on a sec (speaks quite firmly to someone else) He's trying to talk to me about Blake and Amy all the time - Listen, it's not about Amy and Blake - this is all about the Living thing, you know - this was the agreement.

I didn't know anything about an agreement?

Listen, I'm happy to talk about it in general terms about Amy doing fine, but you don't really expect me to talk about that do you? (Considering he's done nothing but talk about Amy for 4 years, I actually kind of did)

Erm Ok, but it's been all in the press this week therefore I didn't think you'd mind.

There was no comment from me about it.

OK fine. Moving on swifty - So what other celebrities have you got lined up for  the show?

I don't know I'm waiting to hear.

Oh. How do you deal with celebrities in general then?

In my time with Amy (Who? Oh Amy! His daughter!) over the last six or seven years I've met many, many celebrities, hundreds. David Hasselhoff was just like the rest of them - a really nice, down to earth guy. I've met Elton John, Mick Jagger, David Schwimmer (CLANG!), you couldn't meet nicer people. So really the way to deal with them and speak to them is to do so in the way that you and I are talking to each other. I don't think they appreciate being revered or any nonsense like that. I think they just appreciate being spoken to in a normal way.

Did you come across any celebrities before Amy became famous? Just as a general cabbie around London? The classic "you'll never guess who I had in the back of my cab?"

Had a few, but the thing is I wasn't a typical cab driver. Not sounding miserable(!), I didn't really talk to people.

Oh. Who would you get a bit star-struck about?

Tony Bennett. When Amy won the five grammies and he announced it she just went absolutely potty. She never gets excited about anything, but that night she just went crazy because she said Tony Bennett spoke to her. That was a great night. 

So who would be the worst?

Nick Griffin. 

Really?

Has that surprised you?!

No - I wouldn't necessarily class him as a celebrity although I'm sure he would.

He's not a celebrity, but these so-called celebrities they're just trying to make their own way in life. Take Katie Price for instance, she's just a successful woman, but not my cup of tea. But really she's probably like everybody else, she just wants a quiet life. 

You really think she wants a quiet life?!

Yeah, everyone does.

Well she seems to be doing everything in her power to give herself the complete opposite of a quiet life. She doesn't do herself any favours.

She probably doesn't care. I admire. She makes decisions.

Look forward to seeing the programmes.

Cheers