Comedian Jason Manford has lifted the lid on his early years growing up, recalling his parents' struggles to heat their home and put food on the table.
Family holidays and even school uniforms were an impossibility without help from charities.
And before his big break in 2007 with a small role in sitcom ‘Ideal’, the aspiring comedian picked up odd jobs where he could and gave back to his parents from the little he had.
