HISTORY Boys actor Russell Tovey

enjoyed his stint on Celebrity Bake Off. ‘It’s the proudest thing I’ve done in my mum’s opinion despite everything that I’ve done in my career,’ he tells me. ‘She kept telling everyone “that’s my son” — she’s very proud. ‘I think I got away with being on the show. ‘I just didn’t want to come off the show looking like an absolute idiot in the kitchen. I wanted to have some sort of sex appeal that would make people think they can trust me with cooking dinner for them, which they can.’