![]() ![]() Everyone I’ve been invited to, because I’m single, you get sat on the table with all the other freaking single people.” Sean Lock: “They are not single people, Job. Jon Richardson: “ is stressful just going to a wedding. Jimmy Carr: “Whats a normal day in the life of Sean Lock?” Sean Lock: “It’s just eight hours of sleep, six hours of hiding, two hours of regret and apologies, an hour of scratching and then a bit of telly.” “Some people say the glass is half empty or the glass is half full, but for me thats irrelevant, because I’m having another drink.” I couldn’t find any, but luckily I had some in the freezer.” I had to take the RSPCA advice quite seriously because they said you should check under your bonfire for sleeping hedgehogs. Jimmy Carr: “What would it mean to you to beat Jon this evening?” Sean Lock: “It would be like… finding a fiver in an old coat.” Jimmy Carr: “If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?” Sean Lock: “Well, obviously the front.” It’s either me saying yes to ‘Strictly’… or them saying no.” It’s a bar of fruit and nut!” Jimmy Carr: “You have got a mobile, but it’s above the bed isn’t it?” We had like other phones but then we kept losing them.” Sean Lock: “Somebody’s told you it’s a phone. “The Daleks: devoid of all emotion except hate. Jimmy Carr: “Do you think British people judge others on their accent?” Sean Lock: “I judge people long before they’ve opened their mouths.” Lock also appeared on panel shows including Have I Got News for You, QI, and They Think It’s All Over, and in 2000 he won the gong for the best live stand-up at the British Comedy Awards – below are some of the moments he’ll be most fondly remembered for. “I used to like Roy’s restraint, because, for a comedian, the opportunity to take the mick out of some of the ridiculous answers could have been too hard to resist.” Speaking at the time, Lock told the PA news agency: “I think one of my all-time favourite shows is Catchphrase with Roy Walker. Guests on the show included Alan Davies, Johnny Vaughan, David Mitchell, Bill Bailey, Johnny Vegas and Nick Hancock. Sean Lock was a favourite on 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Photo: Ian West/PA Wire)īetween 20 he hosted Channel 4 series, TV Heaven, Telly Hell, in which he invited celebrities to share their own selection of TV’s triumphs and tragedies. ![]() In 2005 Lock became a regular team captain on the panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats, a role he held for 18 series. The show was set in a tower block and centred on a pessimistic character called Vince (played by Lock) and his flatmate Errol, played by Benedict Wong. He script-edited the 1998 BBC Two series, Is It Bill Bailey? and had his own show on BBC Radio 4 called 15 Minutes Of Misery, which was later expanded into TV series 15 Storeys High. One of his first professional TV appearances was in 1993, starring alongside Rob Newman and David Baddiel on their signature TV show Newman And Baddiel In Pieces. He made a full recovery and focused on a career in comedy. Born in Woking, Surrey, the comedy star left school in the early 1980s and began working on building sites but developed skin cancer, which he blamed on over-exposure to the sun. ![]()
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