TV host Lee Mack is gracing our screens every Saturday as a new series of the The 1% Club returned.
The comedian and presenter has been a regular face on our screens over the last two decades, from Would I Lie To You? to 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
The 56-year-old is very witty on the ITV show as he interacts with contestants who are hoping to answer every question correctly in a bid to take home the prize money.
But who is Lee Mack? We take a look at his life away from The 1% Club...
Many will be surprised to know that Lee's real name is actually Lee McKillop.
Lee is married to his childhood sweetheart Tara, and the pair met when they were teenagers studying at Brunel University in 1996.
They they tied the knot in a small and intimate ceremony in 2005, just one year after welcoming their first child, Arlo. They now share three children after also welcoming Millie and Louis.
They live a lovely life in Surrey, however, Lee has decided to keep his family life under wraps saying he doesn't feel he needs to share every aspect of his life online.
He told The Irish Times back in October 2021: "I'm not interested in telling people I'm off to Magaluf for three weeks or that I am buying a Cornish pasty. It doesn't make sense to me."
Lee did say that the family live a pretty normal life and his children aren't phased by him being on TV in the slightest.
In an interview with the Radio Times in 2017, he revealed that when his show Not Going Out, a BBC sitcom that has been running since 2006, was on, they didn't really care.
"They're really not bothered whether it’s on or not," he said. "My wife doesn't really watch it and although my eldest has just started to, it's not his favourite show by a long way – and why would it be?
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"The truth is I just wanted to write a sitcom about what I am in real life, which is a husband and dad of three kids.
"It allows me to tap into stories that have an element of truth. It also means that when stuff happens to me in real life, I don't get angry about it, I just write it down and use it."
Lee also decided to give up alcohol a few years back after reading a book which was recommended to him by a friend. Speaking on the I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha podcast in 2021, he said: "Probably the number one reason I gave up drinking was a book recommendation. I read a book (by famous author Allen Carr) that changed my whole attitude to alcohol."
Lee, who is an ambassador for Alcohol Concern, is known mostly for his hilarious sitcom Not Going Out.
However, he nearly cancelled the show because repeats of the show on UKTV channel Dave were being associated with alcohol.
"We make it on the BBC, but then it ends up on commercial channels, and is heavily sponsored by beer," he told Radio Times.
"This is my life. I spend 10 months a year doing this, and suddenly I feel like I'm in a brewer's marketing department, and my work is being used to sell booze."
Lee threatened not to make any more episodes if that continued, but the issue became complex due to contract obligations. He then worked out a loophole where he would make a new show and change the name, saying he would have done it "but then Dave relented".
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