He's also spoken about how he drew inspiration from comedy legend Rik Mayall, telling The Guardian: "I think Rik Mayall had an amazing range of facial expressions and I picked up a lot of tips from him as I developed my own comedy characters. Before working for What To Watch, David spent many years working for TV Times magazine, interviewing some of television's most famous stars including Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland, singer Lionel Richie and wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough. I visit friends, and I'm trying to give myself a bit more time off, but it always seems to fail because I am a bit of a workaholic.

Justin hit headlines in 2020 when axed CBeebies presenter Sarah-Jane Honeywell claimed former co-star Justin had ‘ frozen her out’ over her topless photoshoot. I used to see a lot of CBeebies back then and realised I never noticed that Sarah-Jane disappeared or read about this at the time. He explained: “I don’t get grumpy but when I feel really tired I get very quiet and people know I’ve hit the wall. So I pitched it to the commissioning editor of the Beeb and he replied, ‘Look we’ll make it but you’ve got to play all of the characters! Reflecting his father’s musical skills, Justin has released his own pop albums, including Justin Fletcher Gold.Michael recently shared a photo with Justin, saying: "Great to see my old drama school pal Justin Fletcher in Panto at Reading. Back in 2012, he revealed he dreamed of having his own family one day, telling the Mirror: “I’m not married, live alone and have been single for a while now because I’ve been a workaholic filming Something Special, Justin’s House and Gigglebiz.

Justin went to drama school with ex EastEnders star Michael Greco, who famously played Beppe di Marco in the soap from 1998 to 2002. Justin voices Shaun and Timmy, most recently for Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas, but he reckons the animators are the real stars. He developed his show, Something Special, through his own production company and it was aired first in 2004 – cementing his name in every household. At my third year in drama school, I met Phillip and he very kindly gave me some advice and he said go out there and make a showreel and get it out there… and I did and I got my first job about three weeks later.She undressed as part of a protest against meat eating so I would think it might have been the public airing of her personal views that caused a problem with bbc, they probably have rules in their contracts? And Shaun isn’t the only famous animal Justin has voiced as he played loyal Timmy the dog in Famous 5: On The Case, an animated TV series based on the legendary Famous Five stories by Enid Blyton. So old CBeebies presenter (Sarah-Jane if anyone remembers the olden days of CBeebies) is in the newspapers saying she was best friends with mr tumble but he completely ghosted her after cbeebies sacked her (without even letting her know) when she did an underwear photo for animal rights. David is a huge Death in Paradise fan, although he's still failed to solve a case before the show's detective! The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited.

Fans of Something Special will know that Justin is constantly in great spirits and the actor, who was awarded an MBE by the Queen, has previously insisted he’s just a happy person – and he doesn’t swear. Despite being a family favourite, Justin doesn’t have children of his own and is believed to be single.Other than watching and writing about telly, David loves playing cricket, going to the cinema, trying to improve his tennis and chasing about after his kids! Facts that change over time, such as age, will be correct, to the best of our knowledge, at the time of the last article update. Speaking to Metroonce, Justin said: “My cousin, Guy Fletcher, used to be the keyboard player in Dire Straits at the time of the Brothers In Arms album.