Des Clarke
I was born in Glasgow, a child of my mum and dad and the 1980s. I first got into comedy when I won my school talent show, beating a Nirvana tribute band along the way. I did a killer impression of my headmaster. I could do it for you now but you probably don’t know him. I got into stand-up properly when I was 19 and was lucky enough to win some nice prizes. My mum keeps them in a cabinet for me.
It was about then I got a shout to host the breakfast radio show on Beat 106. After that I did loads on air at the BBC then a bit at XFM and now Capital Breakfast. Come to think of it most of my radio has been at breakfast time. I think it’s because I go well with toast.
My big telly break was SMTV Live. If you didn’t catch it, it was a weekly dose of ITV1 happy pills every Saturday morning. I loved it. It was a great gig and I was following Ant n Dec, not in a stalker way you understand. They left pretty big shoes to fill which was surprising as they have tiny feet.
Anyway it all worked out really well and I had a cracking time. From then on I’ve done some other cool presenting stuff like BBC Scotland’s Children in Need, Club Cupid and Sportsround. Oh and I’ve met Keith Chegwin.
I’ve never given up the day job though and am still standing up most weekends and a few school nights as well. I’ll usually amble up with a show to the Edinburgh Fringe every year and do some touring when I can too.
I’m sure there are lots of other things I’ve forgotten to tell you about but that’s what happens when you use your diary for doodling rather than writing stuff in.
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