“I was 18 and had taken A-levels in Woking where I grew up. But I didn't want to go to university so left sixth-form college. My father was in the building industry and he found me a job stripping concrete panels off buildings. It was dangerous work on high scaffolds, sometimes 12 hours a day, Monday to Friday, and often weekends too.”

English comedian and actor

Sean Lock was an English comedian and actor. Born in 1963 and active until his death in 2021, he first built his career as a stand-up comic and became known for sharp panel-show comedy. In 2000, he won the British Comedy Award for Best Live Comic and was also nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. He later served as a team captain on Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats from 2005 to 2015, and on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown from 2012 until his death.