Many food-lovers' weekends start with James Martin's Saturday Morning on ITV - and today's guests include much-loved comedian Johnny Vegas. The Merseyside star is arguably one of the most recognisable faces in comedy, but how much do fans really know about his life away from the cameras?
Johnny Vegas, 51, who was born in St Helens, where he still lives now, is well-known for his portrayal as Geoff Maltby aka 'The Oracle' in ITV sitcom Benidorm from 2007 and 2009 and from 2015 to 2017. Before then, he'd starred in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Night Class and BBC Three's sitcom Ideal.
His TV debut was in 1996 when he was a contestant on the game show Win, Lose or Draw under his real name - Michael Joseph Pennington. Whilst in the competition, he spoke of wanting to become a comedian under the stage name of 'Johnny Vegas'.
