Episode 263
Coal smoke hangs over terraced streets. Trams rattle past rows of brick houses. In living rooms across the country, black-and-white television sets flicker into life as families gather together at the end of the day.
A new kind of fame is beginning to emerge. Not from grand film palaces or theatre stages, but from the small glowing box sitting in the corner of the room. Television is turning ordinary performers into familiar faces—people welcomed into homes week after week, until they begin to feel like part of the family.
Soon, one particular character comes to dominate British comedy. A scruffy old man living among dust, junk and arguments. Millions know the face. Millions know the voice.
But behind the makeup and the performance sits a very different story. One shaped by Dublin streets, theatre stages, personal heartbreak, unexpected success and the strange cost of becoming famous for playing somebody else.
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