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| Born | Robert Edward Mills 30 June 1957 Chester, England |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian and Broadcaster |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Robert Edward Mills (born 30 June 1957) is an English comedian and broadcaster, who has appeared in the television series In Bed with Medinner and The Show .
Mills was born in Chester and attended Chester City Grammar School. [1] After a very short spell of training for the Merchant Navy, he quit and worked as a valet in King's Cross, London and as a Hoffman dry cleaning presser operator, driver and delivery man. After seeing Kevin Day and Eddie Zibbin (Pat Condell) at the Market Tavern in Islington in 1983, he decided to become a comedian and was a mainstay for the British 'stand-up' circuit for several years. [2]
In 1983 Mills played a villain as Lon's Bodyguard in Doctor Who opposite Peter Davison as The Doctor and Martin Clunes as Lon. [3] In the 1990s Mills hosted the daytime quiz show Win, Lose or Draw on ITV and the video games programme Games World on Sky One. He graduated to his own stand-up comedy show on ITV, In Bed With MeDinner, well known for its introduction, a remake of the opening credits of The Prisoner with Mills in the place of Patrick McGoohan. He is also a writer, having written the Michael Barrymore comedy Bob Martin. [4] He created and wrote the Robson Green vehicle Christmas Lights , and the spin-off series Northern Lights . He also wrote the screenplay for the film Pierrepoint .
Bob Mills presented his own weekday programme in the 1990s on Greater London Radio from 10 pm to 1 am. This was during the period when other comedians also had their own programmes on GLR such as Mark Lamarr and Phill Jupitus.
He is a regular pundit on BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk , and was the holder of the Copa de Croix Saint Simon, awarded to the annual FT Champion of Champions, having defeated Martin Kelner in the 2010 Final. This, he recently[ when? ] revealed, is his "most prestigious achievement in a life of anonymity."[ citation needed ] He lost the 2011 final to Tom Watt.
On 7 October 2011 Mills made his debut on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz . He has subsequently returned for further appearances.
He appeared on Talksport co-presenting with Jim White between 10 am and 1 pm. Mills also hosted a weekly three-hour radio programme called "Tragedy Plus Time" on TalkRadio each Sunday, in which comedy and light entertainment were among the subjects discussed.
Mills is a supporter of Leyton Orient and is frequently mentioned in his radio broadcasts, he has also written a regular column in the Leyton Orient matchday programme. His uncle Eric Lee played in The Football League for Chester. [5]
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