TUBE manager Danny Woodward whose quick-thinking saved lives, has spoken of his trauma after being injured in the bomb blast outside BBC Television Centre.

Mr Woodward, of Kingston Road, Totteridge, High Wycombe, duty manager of trains at White City Tube station, was the only person injured in the terrorist attack on March 3.

The 52-year-old, who will receive trauma counselling, said: "For the whole week I have been having flashbacks so I am trying to keep occupied.

"I seem to be getting mood swings and am so jumpy, especially if anything goes bang or the door slams."

After the bomb blast, the shaken father-of-two went straight to his wife Sheena, 42, who works in Tesco, Loudwater, for a cuddle and comfort, before going to casualty for a minor eye injury.

The bomb panic started at the station at 11.30pm when police received a coded warning about a genuine device.

Mr Woodward was responsible for the mammoth task of suspending all trains coming through the station, liaising with police, their control station and staff to evacuate the building.

He said: "I was told I sounded like a robot. The papers made out I was a hero but I was only doing my job."

He added: "I have dealt with about 700 bomb threats and only one real one that was defused."

But the blast went off as he was still organising stations in the office.

He said: "One minute I was at the desk, the next I was under it.

"It was like someone had pushed me underneath. I banged my left knee and there was stuff in my right eye that concerned me. I thought it was glass but it turned out to be putty.

"I still had the phone in my hand and the person on the other end had heard it and thought I was dead. He was shouting, 'Are you OK?'"

Brave Mr Woodward was too busy to get his eye seen to. It was not until he finally left the station at 4.45am, that he went to Wycombe Hospital before returning to the station for his 9.30pm shift.

He said: "My car was one away from the one that blew up. All it had was a cracked number plate and pieces of shrapnel in the side."

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Alan Fry of the Metropolitan Police's Anti-terrorist Branch, appealed for anyone who may have seen anything on Saturday to call 0800 789 321