Overview

• He discussed the episode in a pre-recorded segment for BBC One's The One Show filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe and aired August 20.
• He said a later coronary artery bypass was the 'worst week and a half' of his life and described a 'steady, unspectacular comeback' since.
• He continued performing during the 2023 festival before being admitted to hospital later that year for the operation.
• His husband, Oliver Leery, appears in the interview and helps with stand-up logistics and Parkinson's medication routines.
• He remains a Chaser on ITV's The Chase, and earlier this year he told Loose Women he worries most about potential cognitive decline affecting his work.