Micky Flanagan: Funny Geezer - The Unofficial Biography

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In 2001, he performed in the Big Value Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Fringe as one of four headline acts, [11] and in 2003 co-headlined a show with Nina Conti. [12]

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In 2011, Flanagan signed a deal with Ebury Publishing to write his autobiography. [26] He appeared in a celebrity version of The Chase, hosted by Bradley Walsh. Through his father, he got his first job as a fish porter at Billingsgate Fish Market. [4] The work was well-paid, but Flanagan became disengaged with the job. [4] In 1981, he spent the summer on Fire Island, New York, where he worked as a kitchen porter. [4]

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He performed his first full-length solo show, What Chance Change? in 2006, [6] and in 2007 was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. [13] Flanagan's first major solo tour was The Out Out Tour. Which toured the UK between 2010/2011. [24] [25]

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Flanagan returned to London and worked as a furniture maker for several years. [6] [7] His business failed and he returned to Fire Island for another summer. [4] The Mad Bad Ad Show, coming soon to Channel 4" (Press release). Channel 4 Press. 14 July 2011 . Retrieved 25 February 2012. Flanagan was born in Whitechapel, East London, [ citation needed] and grew up in Bethnal Green. [3] His father, Jim Flanagan, who worked as a welder and latterly as a fish porter, came from County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. [4] His father was involved in petty crime, and served a short prison sentence as a result. [4]Flanagan was a sensitive and thoughtful child, and keen to leave the East End of London. [4] At the age of thirteen, he joined the Young Socialists. [4] Flanagan was a bright student, but became disengaged with schoolwork, and began to skive classes. [4] He left school at the age of fifteen with no qualifications. [5] Flanagan is a supporter of the Labour Party and was a member of the Labour Party Young Socialists in his youth. [29]