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An amalgamation of Rooke’s past three theatre shows, Big Boys is a broadly autobiographical snapshot of his time at university following the death of his father, Laurie, when Rooke was 15. His new Channel 4 comedy Big Boys is no less personal.

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“Some people might think I’ve overdone it, but grief is the thing that has shaped my identity more than anything else in my life,” he says. The jokingly self-confessed “one trick pony” (actually a comedian, writer and mental health ambassador) has built a prolific career over the last seven years writing about his experiences with mental health and loss through his teens and early twenties - he’s now 27. I’m actually quite sick of myself at this point,” laughs Jack Rooke.

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