6. What do your parents/children (delete as applicable) think of your job?

Since reaching the age of maturity, ie. eighteen, to be honest as my parents don't pay my bills and I don't live at home, I don't give a shit what they think. 

7. What’s the worst thing about being a comedian?

It seems churlish to complain about the lonely life on the road and how hard it can be to maintain family or personal relationships, so I would therefore have to say I have become quite anal and OCD about counting how many Eddie Stobart lorries I pass on the motorway. I also have a reliable chart to tell you which service station along the M1 has the best toilet facilities.

8. I think you are very good at what you do (that’s why I’m asking these questions). What do you think of you?

Sometimes I look in the mirror, I don't even recognise myself. On stage I'm genuinely a larger extension of who I am. However, like everybody else I do have a mean and angry streak and things do piss me off. I'd like to strike a balance where I'm not only seen as Mr Niceguy.

9. How much do you earn and how much would you like to earn?

I have a house and car and I can currently afford to pay my tax bills having not relied on any off-shore domicile benefits. The day I can afford my own island and private jet and thus live off-shore, is the day I will know that I've just about earned enough.

10. How important is luck in terms of career success – have you had lucky breaks?

I think luck is very important as is timing. And also the backing of your target audience who may be your home crowd, ie, Liverpool, Scotland, Wales, or indeed students/ teenage girls. There also is an element of having the right agent who by chance produces other TV shows.

11. Alan Davies has said that comedians fall into two categories - golfers and self-harmers. The former just get on with life, the latter are tortured artists. Which are you – or do you think you fit into a third category?

I'm absolutely not one for labels as they tend to stereotype and pigeonhole people. There's nothing worse than an adjective other than "comedian" preceding your name.