Jack Whitehall’s career as a comedian and actor took off 10 years ago with two TV shows: Channel 4’s Fresh Meat, in which he played posh boy JP, and the BBC sitcom Bad Education, which he wrote and starred in. Now he reprises his Bad Education role, the rogue teacher Alfie Wickers, for a one-off Christmas special that reunites most of the original cast. The 34-year-old Whitehall recently created a celebrity interview podcast on Audible, Safe Space, and last year starred in the movies Jungle Cruise, with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. He lives in London with his girlfriend, model Roxy Horner.
When we see teacher Alfie Wickers again, he’s duct-taped to the whiteboard, being abused by his students. That looked very realistic – was it?
Yeah, that was real.
