Rob Beckett

If you Google St Petersburg, it shows you some amazing buildings. When you go there, you realise that there are a lot…

— Rob Beckett

I've three older brothers, Dan, Russ and Darren, and a younger brother, Joe. It was a lot of fun.

— Rob Beckett

It sounds quite mad, but once I've got a show up and running, walking out on stage is the easiest part of…

— Rob Beckett

I did gigs alongside Oxford students and I thought being working class I'd feel inferior. But the thing is you don't feel…

— Rob Beckett

Boxing has parallels with stand-up, because you're on your own. If a boxer gets knocked out in the first round, it's humiliating.

— Rob Beckett

I'm only competitive at stuff I'm good at.

— Rob Beckett

I can't imagine a time I don't want to do standup.

— Rob Beckett

Comedy isn't subjective like music. You either get the laughs or you don't.

— Rob Beckett

Where I grew up in South East London you became a cab driver or worked in a flower market.

— Rob Beckett

I do like a savoury bake, I love a Gregg's savoury pastry more than something with the word chocolat in it.

— Rob Beckett

In the kitchen I just do all the normal stuff - roast dinners - Christmas dinner is probably my signature dish. Nothing…

— Rob Beckett

I can tell there's going to be a fight in a pub five minutes before anyone else.

— Rob Beckett

It's the hardest job in telly as a newbie. You're writing standup every night on your own and presenting live TV. It's…

— Rob Beckett

I know how hard it is to get a babysitter, get dressed and go out again after work. I'm like, right, I…

— Rob Beckett

Being launched into a show with two million viewers every night made me instantly famous. I found it quite difficult to deal…

— Rob Beckett

My three years at Canterbury Christ Church University was the only time in my life I had my own room - first…

— Rob Beckett

My dad was a taxi driver - he's a long distance lorry driver now - and he has an amazing work ethic.

— Rob Beckett

I quite like winding up other competitive people. I enjoy that.

— Rob Beckett

I was told Moscow was the tough place and St Petersburg was the hip, happening, cultural centre of Russia. I've never seen…

— Rob Beckett

I am so excited to announce that I have written a book. I have actually written it myself with no ghost writer,…

— Rob Beckett

Romesh Ranganathan and I come from similar backgrounds and we've both done well for ourselves.

— Rob Beckett