#SEAN LOCK LEAVES COUNTDOWN SERIES#
The programme evolved into Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High, which ran for two series (1999-2000), introducing Peter Serafinowicz as the miserable recluse’s ever-optimistic, considerate flatmate, Errol. Lock played his fictional self in a London tower block listening in on the lives of his neighbours via a device called the “Bugger King”. His own persona was given a boost when he wrote and starred in the BBC Radio 4 comedy Sean Lock’s 15 Minutes of Misery (1998-99). Guest appearances followed on other programmes and, in 1998, his writing skills were recognised when he became script editor for a fellow comedian in the television series Is It Bill Bailey? Sean Lock used powers of observation gained from his wide life experience to develop his stand-up act This led him to support Rob Newman and David Baddiel on a tour that year culminating at Wembley arena, when the venue was sold out for the first time for a comedy show.
His big break came when he landed a regular guest spot in the 1993 TV sketch show Newman and Baddiel in Pieces. “One day I got my first gig and I got paid £15 for 20 minutes, and that’s when I realised you could earn a living from it.” “I used to go to comedy gigs and see people in pubs in London, then I started doing open spots and it was a hobby for many years,” he explained.
Lock used his powers of observation gained from such a wide life experience to develop a stand-up act.
#SEAN LOCK LEAVES COUNTDOWN SKIN#
He attributed a skin cancer diagnosis in 1990 to his work outside on building sites in the full glare of the sun, but made a full recovery after surgery. On leaving St John the Baptist school he took jobs as a builder’s labourer, a Department of Health and Social Security office worker, a toilet cleaner and a goat herder in France. Sean was born in Chertsey, Surrey, to Mary (nee McCreesh) and Sidney Lock, who worked in the building trade, and was brought up in Woking. Photograph: Steve Meddle/Rex/Shutterstock Sean Lock, left with his fellow team captain Jason Manford, right, and host Jimmy Carr on the set of 8 Out of 10 Cats.
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