An 81-year-old who started posting online videos in a bid to promote his self-published novel has amassed millions of views imparting eight decades of life advice.
Ian Smith, from Snettisham in Norfolk, now posts a video twice a day to his 1.5 million followers, with the theme being positive and uplifting messages.
His wife encouraged him to start posting and Smith said he was like a "red rag to a bull" after she said he would never gain 100 followers.
"I thought, I'll show you," he joked.
"I said 'Look if I can get 100, I can get 1,000. If I can 1,000, I can get 100,000' — never really thinking that, and I just began to get people who began to follow me."
