
John Bishop - ‘I’ve always wanted someone to say: you’re good enough’
From How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
Published 5/14/2025

From How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
Published 5/14/2025
John Bishop has been a hugely successful stand-up comedian for 25 years. Yet that wasn’t his first dream, which was to play football. We discuss his failure to do so professionally, his challenges at school, the working-class upbringing that shaped him and how comedy saved his marriage when he and…

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