Bob Mortimer

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Bob Mortimer

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Mortimer was born in [[Middlesbrough]] on 23 May 1959,{{Cite web |last=Pain |first=Andrew |date=10 August 2011 |title=Bob Mortimer on growing up on Teesside and North-east comedy |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/bob-mortimer-growing-up-teesside-3691898 |access-date=11 February 2022 |website=TeessideLive}} and grew up with three brothers in the town's [[Linthorpe]] area.{{cite web |last1=Herring |first1=Richard |title=Episode 64 – Bob Mortimer |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/episode_64_bob_mortimer/ |series=Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast |website=British Comedy Guide |access-date=17 June 2015 |ref=Herring}} His father died in a car crash when Mortimer was seven.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3b2k5jV6ZD7PVCBp92WBTz8/nine-things-we-learned-from-bob-mortimers-desert-island-discs |title=Nine things we learned from Bob Mortimer's Desert Island Discs |website=BBC |access-date=19 December 2021}} At around the same time, Mortimer accidentally burnt down his family's home with a firework.{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-16/the-10-most-surprising-truths-weve-learnt-from-the-guests-on-would-i-lie-to-you/ |title=The 10 most surprising truths we've learnt from the guests on Would I Lie to You? |publisher=Immediate Media Company Ltd. |website=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=13 August 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Ewing |first1=Sarah |title=Bob Mortimer: 'I wrecked the family fortunes by burning down mum's uninsured house' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/bob-mortimer-wrecked-family-fortunes-burning-mums-uninsured/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/bob-mortimer-wrecked-family-fortunes-burning-mums-uninsured/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} He attended [[King's Manor School]] in Middlesbrough, where his schoolmates included future sports presenter [[Ali Brownlee]].{{cite news |title=Voice of the Boro Ali Brownlee of BBC Tees dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-35578501 |access-date=15 February 2016 |work=BBC News |date=15 February 2016}} A keen [[association football|football]] fan, he had trials for local club [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]], but abandoned his footballing dreams due to [[Childhood arthritis|early-onset arthritis]].
Mortimer was born in [[Middlesbrough]] on 23 May 1959,{{Cite web |last=Pain |first=Andrew |date=10 August 2011 |title=Bob Mortimer on growing up on Teesside and North-east comedy |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/bob-mortimer-growing-up-teesside-3691898 |access-date=11 February 2022 |website=TeessideLive}} and grew up with three brothers in the town's [[Linthorpe]] area.{{cite web |last1=Herring |first1=Richard |title=Episode 64 – Bob Mortimer |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/episode_64_bob_mortimer/ |series=Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast |website=British Comedy Guide |access-date=17 June 2015 |ref=Herring}} His father died in a car crash when Mortimer was seven.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3b2k5jV6ZD7PVCBp92WBTz8/nine-things-we-learned-from-bob-mortimers-desert-island-discs |title=Nine things we learned from Bob Mortimer's Desert Island Discs |website=BBC |access-date=19 December 2021}} At around the same time, Mortimer accidentally burnt down his family's home with a firework.{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-16/the-10-most-surprising-truths-weve-learnt-from-the-guests-on-would-i-lie-to-you/ |title=The 10 most surprising truths we've learnt from the guests on Would I Lie to You? |publisher=Immediate Media Company Ltd. |website=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=13 August 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Ewing |first1=Sarah |title=Bob Mortimer: 'I wrecked the family fortunes by burning down mum's uninsured house' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/bob-mortimer-wrecked-family-fortunes-burning-mums-uninsured/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/bob-mortimer-wrecked-family-fortunes-burning-mums-uninsured/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} He attended [[King's Manor School]] in Middlesbrough, where his schoolmates included future sports presenter [[Ali Brownlee]].{{cite news |title=Voice of the Boro Ali Brownlee of BBC Tees dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-35578501 |access-date=15 February 2016 |work=BBC News |date=15 February 2016}} A keen [[association football|football]] fan, he had trials for local club [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]], but abandoned his footballing dreams due to [[Childhood arthritis|early-onset arthritis]].


Mortimer left school with three [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-Levels]] and went on to study law at the [[University of Sussex]] and [[University of Uk]]. There, he became a [[Punk ideologies|punk]], and started a band called Dog Dirt.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/live/2015/jun/12/vic-reeves-and-bob-mortimer-webchat-post-your-questions-now |title=Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer webchat – as it happened |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 June 2015 |access-date=13 November 2020}} After leaving university with an [[Master of Laws|LL.M.]] in Welfare Law, he moved to [[London]] and became a [[solicitor]] for [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark Council]]. He then moved to a private practice in [[Peckham]], where his work with [[Public Health Act]] cases regarding cockroach infestations of council properties led to a local paper, the ''[[South London Press]]'', dubbing him "The Cockroach King".{{cite news |title=Bob Mortimer |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00029fv |access-date=4 May 2019 |work=Desert Island Discs |publisher=BBC |date=3 February 2019}} According to his autobiography, he was mugged during this time by one of his clients, who stopped and apologised after recognising him; he continued to represent the client.{{cite book |last1=Mortimer |first1=Bob |title=And Away... |date=2021 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-398-50530-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBQiEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 |language=en |at=Chapter 15}}
Mortimer left school with three [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-Levels]] and went on to study law at the [[University of Sussex]] and [[University of Leicester]]. There, he became a [[Punk ideologies|punk]], and started a band called Dog Dirt.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/live/2015/jun/12/vic-reeves-and-bob-mortimer-webchat-post-your-questions-now |title=Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer webchat – as it happened |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 June 2015 |access-date=13 November 2020}} After leaving university with an [[Master of Laws|LL.M.]] in Welfare Law, he moved to [[London]] and became a [[solicitor]] for [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark Council]]. He then moved to a private practice in [[Peckham]], where his work with [[Public Health Act]] cases regarding cockroach infestations of council properties led to a local paper, the ''[[South London Press]]'', dubbing him "The Cockroach King".{{cite news |title=Bob Mortimer |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00029fv |access-date=4 May 2019 |work=Desert Island Discs |publisher=BBC |date=3 February 2019}} According to his autobiography, he was mugged during this time by one of his clients, who stopped and apologised after recognising him; he continued to represent the client.{{cite book |last1=Mortimer |first1=Bob |title=And Away... |date=2021 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-398-50530-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBQiEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 |language=en |at=Chapter 15}}


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