More surprising, perhaps, is the opinion of his American competitors in California and Oregon who, you might think, would be cracking open something a bit special to celebrate.
"I just felt incredibly lucky to be there, to be on a sci-fi show written by Russell and to be playing a character who falls in love with his boss, which meant as an actor I got more to do," he said."When we finished filming and I started to realise the cultural impact Ianto and his relationship with Jack was having, it was a big surprise, a very moving surprise.
"I certainly wasn't expecting a shrine to be erected, and maintained for 20 years after. On one hand, it's a bit bonkers, but on the other it's a monument to the impact Ianto, and his relationship with Jack, had on the queer community, and one that I'm really proud of."He added: "I remember being moved to tears quite a number of times by fans saying how Ianto's relationship with Jack has helped them."Sci-fi, certainly for me when I was younger, was always about escaping to a better place, a better world where technology is evolved, politics is evolved, people are evolved.
"I think if accepting people's identities, who they are, is part of that better world, then that could be quite powerful."A museum store room may have been lost to a fire had its alarm not been working, a fire service said.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue was called to an automatic fire alarm within a building belonging to Ipswich Museum on Charles Street on Saturday night.
Crews found there had been a fire in the electrical intake to the property that had spread to the void between the ground and first floor levels.Two people have died and hundreds have been arrested across France after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) fans celebrated the club's victory in the Champions League final, according to the French interior ministry.
In the south-west town of Dax, a 17-year-old boy died after being stabbed in the chest late on Saturday evening, local media reported.A 23-year-old man who was riding a scooter in central Paris was also killed after being hit by a vehicle, the prosecutor's office said.
Flares and fireworks were set off, bus shelters smashed and cars torched amid wild celebrations as PSG won the biggest prize in European club football for the first time in their history.Paris police prefect Laurent Nuñez said PSG's Champions League trophy parade will go ahead on Sunday evening - but there will be an increased police and military presence on the ground.