Joe Thomas

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Joe met his partner, former Hollyoaks star Hannah Tointon, in 2010, on the set of cult C4 comedy The Inbetweeners.

Joe’s hero is writer-comedian Ricky Gervais: ‘I met Ricky when I was doing a radio show. The Office made me want to go into comedy.’

Joe was born in Chelmsford, Essex, as were artist and presenter Grayson Perry and 2011 Strictly Come Dancing winner Harry Judd.