#SEAN LOCK TRIBUTES SERIES#
Between 20 he hosted the Channel 4 series TV Heaven, Telly Hell, in which he invited celebrities to share their own selection of TV’s triumphs and tragedies. In 2005, Lock became a regular team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats, a role he held for 18 series. The show was set in a south London tower block and centred on a pessimistic lifeguard called Vince (played by Lock) and his flatmate Errol, played by Benedict Wong. He script-edited the 1998 BBC Two series Is It Bill Bailey? and had his own show on BBC Radio 4, 15 Minutes of Misery, which he later expanded into 15 Storeys High.
#SEAN LOCK TRIBUTES PROFESSIONAL#
One of his first professional TV appearances was in 1993, starring alongside Rob Newman and David Baddiel on their TV show Newman and Baddiel in Pieces. After a period of travelling – which remained one of his great passions – he focused on a career in comedy.
#SEAN LOCK TRIBUTES SKIN#
He later developed skin cancer, which he blamed on overexposure to the sun. Diane Morgan tweeted that Lock was one of “the funniest people I’ve ever met” and described 15 Storeys High as “absolute genius”.īorn in Woking, Surrey, Lock left school in the early 1980s and began working on building sites.
More than almost anyone I’ve ever known.” Lock, said Mack, could “talk about putting a budgie up his bum and yet levitate it into a hilarious artform”. I was one of the lucky few that was that mate down the pub and he was making me laugh. Lee Mack, a comedian and close friend, also paid tribute to Lock: “I think the appeal of him as a viewer was that it felt like you were with your mate down the pub and he was making you laugh.
Sean will be sorely missed by all that knew him.” Sean was also a cherished husband and father to three children. His agent, Off the Kerb Productions, said Lock died at home surrounded by his family: “Sean was one of Britain’s finest comedians, his boundless creativity, lightning wit and the absurdist brilliance of his work marked him out as a unique voice in British comedy. His stage shows included Lockipedia, also released on DVD, in which he improvised on a number of topics suggested by his audiences: in what he described as a game of “audience battleships” he would call out a seat number and ask its occupant to give him a subject to riff on. The often deadpan absurdist, whose timing was described by one writer as “second only to the Greenwich Meridian”, toured extensively around the UK. He achieved television success with a long run as a team captain on Jimmy Carr’s Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats and the spin-off, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and also wrote and starred in the popular BBC sitcom 15 Storeys High. Want the latest Essex news direct to your inbox? Sign up here.Celebrated for his carefully crafted surreal content and imaginative observational wit, Lock was nominated for the Perrier comedy award at the Edinburgh fringe in 2000 for his show No Flatley, I am the Lord of the Dance. TikTok video from The Graham Norton Show Fan (): 'A Tribute To Sean Lock. "Undisputed, undefeated, carrot in a box champion. "I’m devastated for his family today and sad for comedy that we have lost one of the very best. "An incredible comic brain and a truly unique voice. Jon Richardson, who featured as a team captain alongside Lock on 8 Out Of 10 Cats and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, said: "I idolised Sean as a comic long before I became a comedian myself and ten years working alongside him didn’t diminish that in the least. Tributes to the 58-year-old comedian have filled social media. "We kindly request that the privacy of his family and children is respected at this difficult time." Sean Lock sadly passed away after a battle with cancer (Image: Jo Hale/Getty Images)
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