Danny Dyer says Harold Pinter’s death sent him into ‘spiral of madness’

Actor tells BBC about his relationship with the playwright, his mentor', and how he went off the rails'

The actor Danny Dyer said the death of his mentor, the Nobel prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, triggered a spiral of madness" in his life.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Dyer reflected on how he had stayed at Pinter's home while performing in his play Celebration. The play opened at London's Almeida theatre in 2000, before transferring to the Lincoln Center in New York.