“I can’t wait to perform at the Theatre Royal – it’s one of the few venues in Glasgow I haven’t worked in.”
However, the former Edinburgh student, who now lives in Wales with his wife Rachel and their five children, is an astute and intelligent comedian and writer.
His debut novel, History, has a lot to say about the hypocrisy of independent schools in Britain, for example; he can destroy your average, morally-bankrupt British politician with one, subtle putdown; and his outrage at the way things are playing out in this fractured country of ours usually neatly sums up what the rest of us are thinking.“It’s lovely, fun stuff,” he says. “I do remember watching Ealing comedies when I was growing up. My parents probably had a VHS box-set in the 80s.
“I like acting, although it’s the thing you have least control over. I think I always planned to do lots of things. Stand up was what I was doing when Balamory happened. The whole thing was new, the channel was new….but it would be very ungracious not to be grateful for an opportunity like that.”On the horizon is another TV show – all he will say is it is a “costume drama” – and he is hoping to continue his regular spot on fellow comic Frankie Boyle’s apocalyptic TV chat show, New World Order.
“I do love doing that show,” he says. “I missed the last series because I was touring, and I was very sad about that. “Actually, that fourth-ever stand up show I did in Glasgow was compered by Frankie, and we have been friends for about 20 years. He really is very good and I’m extremely happy sitting giggling beside him."The Lavender Hill Mob runs from January 30 to February 4 at the Theatre Royal.
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