“I started writing sketches when I was 13. I liked Vic Reeves, Fry and Laurie, and Paul Merton, and I thought you could just send sketches to the BBC, and they'd go, 'Great. We'll put these on telly.' But I gradually realised that you either had to go to university and join a club, or do standup.”

English comedian, actor, writer, television personality, and artist

Noel Fielding is an English comedian, actor, writer, television personality, and artist. He came to wider attention in the late 1990s as part of the comedy troupe The Mighty Boosh. He is known for dark, surreal comedy and for work that crosses performance, writing, television, and visual art. His public image is closely tied to an offbeat comic sensibility, with material and appearances that often lean toward the strange, playful, and unexpected.