The creator of Mrs Brown's Boys Brendan O'Carroll has told This Morning of the heartbreaking reason he got into comedy.
Speaking to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on the ITV Daytime show, he explained his dad's passing back in 1964 opened up his career.
The 67-year-old - who is about to start filming a new series of the BBC hit show in Glasgow - says his obsession with comedy started at the age of 10.