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Mar 14, 2016 · Paul Merton discusses the death of his wife, the "ecstasy" of his first stand-up gig - and what happened when he auditioned for Rada
- Jane Graham
Oct 6, 2014 · Two things, actually. Both of his parents died within months of each other, and something inside him changed. “It just freed it up a little bit,” he says. “I don’t think I could have spoken...
Oct 10, 2014 · Both Merton’s parents died last year, in their mid-eighties. Despite all of his success, he says his father Albert never praised him and rarely went to watch him perform.
In 2002, following allegations in the UK tabloids linking the show's chairman, Angus Deayton, with prostitutes and drug use, the host was asked to resign from the show. Merton hosted the first episode after Deayton's departure and was described as "merciless" in his treatment of his former co-star.
Aug 23, 2019 · Paul becomes aware now that his grandfather is buried in Cardiff, a fact that he doesn’t think his mother ever knew as it was never mentioned. There’s no headstone on the grave, but Paul does go to the plot of the unmarked grave in Cathays cemetery, one of the main cemeteries for Cardiff.
May 21, 2015 · As a child, Paul Merton tells us, he grew up in Fulham and Morden. His father was a Tube driver. He was fascinated by clowns, and even had his own clown mask.
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Merton, born in 1957 in Parsons Green, and growing up in a small flat with a grumpy grandfather who had a club foot, visited the Comedy Store in Soho, where the great Alexei Sayle was the compère...
