“I worked in a chicken factory, in a steel foundry, I worked on the bins for a year or so. It started as a summer job, but I stayed on because I liked it very much. I liked it that it made you very fit, doing all the lifting and that, so I could wear short-sleeved t-shirts, which I'd never been able to do before!”

English comedian, television presenter, writer and actor

Bob Mortimer is an English comedian, television presenter, writer and actor. He is best known as one half of the comedy double act Reeves and Mortimer, alongside Vic Reeves, and for his work on television across panel shows and other comedy formats. He appears with Paul Whitehouse in Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, and has also been a familiar presence on programmes such as Would I Lie to You? and Taskmaster. In 2026, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance for his work on Last One Laughing.