Martin Compston shielded his mum’s eyes from sex scenes in new drama Fear

Appearing on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X on Thursday, he explained: “Being on home turf was great. But you come home – I hadn’t been home since just before Christmas – got there, everybody’s kind of feeling… You get the feeling when you’re in a good show, you know? Everybody’s on good form, you get to see all the crew and all that again, home fans building up. I saw my mum and dad there. I hadn’t seen them in the flesh for like a couple of months, big hugs. And you sit down, and you’re sitting between your mum and dad, and you’re like, ‘Ah, this is amazing!’ And then you just get the fear. “