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Bobby has now fully recovered from his stroke and ready for a second stint at the Edinburgh Festival. 5<\/p>\n Bobby took part in Celebrity Big Brother in 2015. 5<\/p>\n Bobby with Dani Behr, Dane Bowers and Leyla Morse in Channel 4’s Come Dine With Me.. 5<\/p>\n Bobby’s fiancee Vicky Wright died from cancer in 2023. She was 63.<\/p>\n And as Bobby prepares for a second stint in the capital, he says: \u201cLaughter is the best medicine<\/a>, that\u2019s what they say, unless you\u2019ve had a stroke then statins are much better.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I didn\u2019t do any impressions in Edinburgh last year because I had my stroke in January and some of my impressions had suffered.<\/p>\n \u201cMy voice has come back properly now so the impressions are coming back. I\u2019ll be doing Michael McIntyre<\/a>, Alan Carr, Jimmy Carr<\/a> and some of the old favourites like Dave Allen too.\u201d<\/p>\n Born Robert Nankeville in Middlesex, Bobby became one of the biggest telly comics of the 80s with his own ITV Saturday night shows including Bobby Davro<\/a> on the Box, TV Annual and TV Weekly.<\/p>\n He also showed off his incredible mimicry on the popular sketch show Copy Cats with favourites including a Mickey take of kids\u2019 TV characters Bungle, Zippy, George and Geoffrey from Rainbow.<\/p>\n In later years he has taken part in numerous TV talent and reality shows including Channel 4\u2019s Come Dine with me<\/a> in 2009 and Dancing on Ice<\/a> in 2010 while in 2015 he came fourth in Celebrity Big Brother.<\/p>\n But Bobby admits he\u2019s enjoyed returning to his comedy roots in Scotland after a tough time which also saw his fiancee Vicky Wright – daughter of Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a> and England footballer Billy Wright – died from cancer in 2023. She was 63.<\/p>\n He says: \u201cIt was really quick, eight months, but extremely painful to be there.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why work is so important because even in my darkest days, when my father died (Olympic runner Bill Nankeville), I had to work the next night. The same when Vicky died too, I had to work.<\/p>\n \u201cBut when you work then you don\u2019t have time to think about your grief or your problems, you\u2019re out there thinking about the show.<\/p>\n \u201cI love working, I\u2019ve always said this has never really been a job. I\u2019m just an old school entertainer. I sing, do impressions and stand-up.\u201d<\/p>\n One area he tends to shy away from though is politics – even though it would be a rich seam of material.<\/p>\n He explains: \u201cI do a bit of Donald Trump<\/a> and Keir Starmer now and then, but I\u2019m not a political guy.<\/p>\n \u201cI did an interview with Nigel Farage<\/a> recently and found him to be really nice and I like his viewpoints.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd yes I do think this country is in a hell of a mess at the minute, but that\u2019s as far I want to go with it.\u201d<\/p>\n He adds: \u201cBut I have noticed that the left and the liberals say they have empathy and compassion – but only if you agree with them.<\/p>\n \u201cThe minute you don\u2019t then they want you f***ing cancelled. But I\u2019m a great believer in free speech<\/a>. And jokes aren\u2019t hurty words, jokes aren\u2019t violence – they\u2019re just funny.\u201d<\/p>\n The comic also had a straight acting stint in EastEnders<\/a> in 2007 as Vinnie Monks, the love interest of Shirley Carter (Linda Henry).<\/p>\n Bobby, who had three children with ex-wife Trudi Jameson, says: \u201cI did the EastEnders thing, and I was enjoying that.<\/p>\n \u201cBut then I had a pantomime<\/a> offer and I make a good fee doing those, but EastEnders wouldn\u2019t let you do both.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the time I needed the money as my kids were still going through school, but I would go back to EastEnders if asked.<\/p>\n \u201cI also did a play in London called Not a Game for Boys, which was a really good piece. I\u2019ve got a very good memory for learning my lines.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough after the stroke I had a bit of brain fog and struggled with learning new stuff a little bit. It\u2019s come back now although I forget names sometimes. But I really would like to do more acting.\u201d<\/p>\n Away from the stage, Bobby, 66, has become a grandad for the first time after daughter Brittany gave birth to baby boy Bohdi (corr), while he\u2019s also found love again.<\/p>\n He says: \u201cWhen Vicky died, which was two years ago May, I just wasn\u2019t really interested in anyone else.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I\u2019ve just met somebody who I\u2019ve started a relationship<\/a> with. Her name is Kelly but I\u2019m going to keep everything else about her private because we\u2019re just starting out.<\/p>\n \u201cAs for Bohdi, he\u2019s fantastic. I\u2019m so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n But right now Bobby is looking forward to his month-long stint in Edinburgh with his new show Funny Magnet, on the back of last year\u2019s run of Everything is Funny if You Can Laugh at It, which earned him rave reviews.<\/p>\n He says: \u201cI was playing a small venue that only holds about 300 people, but I was getting full houses and it\u2019s nice to see people queuing around the block to get in.<\/p>\n \u201cI like seeing other shows too. Last year I went to see The Last Laugh, which was a wonderful play about Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Morecambe.<\/p>\n \u201cI also watched Jasper Carrott and Alastair McGowan who are good friends of mine. I don\u2019t mean to be disrespectful to other comics, because there\u2019s some very good young ones out there, but some of what they do is a bit too surreal for me.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a gag man, I love gags. Some of the jokes I\u2019ve been telling for 30 years, but they still work and people still laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n And at least his medical<\/a> woes, when Bobby collapsed on stage at the Coulson Comedy club in London last year, have given him plenty of new material.<\/p>\n Read more on the Scottish Sun<\/p>\n He quips: \u201cAfter my stroke I\u2019ve got to take one tablet now every day for the rest of my life – the problem is they\u2019ve only given me six tablets.\u201d<\/p>\n *Bobby Davro: Funny Magnet is on from August 1-24 at Frankenstein Pub \u2013 Bier Keller (venue 304) <\/a>at 9pm.<\/p>\n![\"Man](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MixCollage-10-Jul-2025-10-58-AM-615.jpg\")
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