Forget smiling people in Christmas jumpers, Lee Mack’s family album is filled with photos of his mum taking her false teeth out and his dad with a cigarette stuck up his nose - playing for laughs.

So it’s hardly surprising that, at 15 he wanted to be a comic. He says: “At 15, I said in my head, ‘I want to be a comedian,’ but I didn't know what that meant. It was always the thing I did with my mates. I would make my mates laugh.”

Now 57, for five nights, starting on Monday, Lee will be hosting The 1% Club Rollover. Described as ‘event TV,” this spin-off from the usual ITV quiz show sees the prize pot growing to a life-changing £500K.

Although Lee would never win it - he says his memory is so bad that he can never remember the answers. A great fan of the show, he says: “At the pilot

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