Comedian Mo Gillligan looks back: ‘Drake shared my video, Ian Wright liked a post – then I quit my job in retail’

The standup and presenter on performing at the back of the school bus, his funny aunts and uncles, and swerving a career selling perfume Born in Lambeth, south London, in 1988, Mo Gilligan is a comedian and presenter. His online sketches went viral in 2017, which led to his debut tour, Coupla Cans, and the start of his TV career, co-hosting The Big Narstie Show and presenting The Lateish Show. The winner of two Baftas, Gilligan has released three standup specials, most recently In the Moment....

By Harriet Gibsone