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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox person Nicholas John Hancock<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (born 25 October 1962)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an English actor and television presenter. He hosted the sports quiz They Think It's All Over for 10 years. He also formerly presented Room 101 (1994–1999) on TV, as well as its earlier radio version (1992–1994).

Early lifeEdit

Hancock grew up with three elder sisters and his father Ken. He was educated at Yarlet School in Staffordshire and later Shrewsbury School.<ref name="shropshirestar">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was awarded a third-class degree in education by Homerton College, Cambridge.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/{{#if: nm0359409 

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}}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:IMDb name with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|showblankpositional=1| 1 | 2 | id | name | section }}</ref> While he was at Cambridge Hancock was a member of the Footlights, where he first collaborated with Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt, and became president in 1983, with Punt as vice president. He was also a founding member of the Homerton College Blaggards.<ref name="homerton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After graduating Hancock became a PE teacher and practised stand-up comedy as a hobby. He formed a double act with Neil Mullarkey, another former member of the Footlights, and they mostly did satirical spoofs of the title sequences of television shows to accompanying music, several times on television, including on After Ten with Tarbuck in 1988.<ref name="Mullarkey"/> The shows included Doctor Who, Kojak, and Dad's Army.<ref name="Mullarkey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

His early television credits also include working with Jasper Carrott in Carrott Confidential (1989), and The Mary Whitehouse Experience (1989-1992),<ref name="comicus"/><ref name="comedy"/> and Me, You and Him.<ref name="comicus"/> In 1990, Hancock presented a comedy/chat show about trivia for British Satellite Broadcasting called La Triviatta (1990).<ref name="comedy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The same year 1990, Hancock appeared in two episodes of Mr. Bean,<ref name="comedy"/> first as a thief who stole Mr. Bean's camera, and later as a ticket inspector on a train.<ref name="comedy"/>

In 1992, Hancock was chosen as the host presenter of Room 101,<ref name="comicus"/> remaining in the role until 1999.<ref name="comedy"/>

In 1995, he became as the host presenter of They Think It's All Over,<ref name="comicus"/> A great example of the show's humour was when Chris Eubank was slating Kiwi rugby star Jonah Lomu, who's 6 ft 5 in and about 18½ stone, Hancock knowing Lomu was backstage as a mystery guest, and about to come on, was very comedic in the moment.<ref name="comedians">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1998 Hancock starred (alongside Andy Smart) in a documentary/comedy about the Iranian national football team, "The Outsiders".<ref name="comicus"/> In 1999 he also appeared in Great Railway Journeys of the World, travelling from Guantanamo to Pinar del Rio.<ref name="comicus"/> In 1998 Hancock also provided the narration for a six-part BBC documentary Pleasure Beach,<ref name="comicus"/> following the running of the Blackpool amusement park.<ref name="comicus"/>

In 2006 Hancock was discussing his TV likes and dislikes on TV Heaven, Telly Hell.<ref name="comedy"/> In 2007, Hancock filmed a series for STV and Discovery Real Time called Nick Hancock's Fishing School, where he teaches a number of students the art of fly fishing.<ref name="fishing">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2011, He appeared in a celebrity special edition of the ITV1 gameshow The Chase.<ref name="tv">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2011 he was asked by BBC America to join the panel of the NPR quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! for a year-end special, "A Royal Pain in the News". Hancock won the game.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In June 2015 Hancock guest-hosted the breakfast show for Stoke-on-Trent radio station Signal 1.<ref name="comicus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In October 2021 he competed on Scott Mills and Chris Stark's "Upside Down Quiz" on their Weekend Show for BBC Radio 5.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> Hancock's podcast, "The Famous Sloping Pitch"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is hosted on Apple.

In December 2022, Hancock's barn conversion home and contents, featured in season 2/episode 4 of Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House, he submitted 15 quirky items to auction, including a club fender that made £400 and a retro lava lamp, which went for £30. In total, 14 items sold, raising £1,123, the unsold item, a cherished oil painting, returned home with him.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In April 2023 he appeared as a fictionalised version of himself in an episode of series 4 of Meet the Richardsons, having been tracked down by Jon Richardson to discuss life after showbusiness.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Hancock met his wife, Iranian-born Shari Eftekhari, during a George Best and Rodney Marsh football roadshow in Staines, Surrey. Hancock proposed to Shari in a pub: "We were playing pool in the Nellie Dean. I said to Shari: 'Have I got something stuck between my teeth?' As she looked I stuck out my tongue – there was an engagement ring on it. She said: 'That's lovely, yes, I will – but can we change the ring?" The couple married in Staffordshire in 1997, two years after they first met, and have two children.<ref name="shropshirestar"/>

Hancock is a lifelong supporter of Stoke City. In September 2001, he paid £20,000 at Sotheby's Football Memorabilia auction in London for the FA Cup winner's medal awarded to Sir Stanley Matthews in 1953. Hancock sold the medal in November 2014 for £220,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2007, he made an appearance on an edition of Antiques Roadshow recorded in Stoke-on-Trent, talking about some of the items in his collection of football memorabilia. He is also a cricket fan. He was interviewed by 6 Towns Radio about the 40th anniversary of Stoke's 1972 League Cup win.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He lives with his wife and their two children in Shrewsbury.<ref name="shropshirestar"/>

Television creditsEdit

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Hancock recorded an hour-long compilation video release of footballing bloopers, dubbed Football Nightmares. This was released on VHS which was succeeded by two follow-up videos: Football Hell and Football Doctor. These three were later released on a one-disc DVD.

Radio creditsEdit

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