ITV's new spin-off, The 1% Club Rollover, hosted by Lee Mack, airs nightly this week starting Monday, December 8. Each episode features 100 contestants competing for a potential £500,000 jackpot, with a twist: any finalist who answers the 1% question correctly returns the next evening, allowing the prize pot to roll over and multiply.
Lee Mack, born Lee McKillop in Southport, is best known for writing and starring in Not Going Out and as a team captain on Would I Lie To You?. His comedy career began at age 15, impersonating Bobby Ball at school. After a disastrous stint as a Pontins Blue Coat, he pursued open-mic nights while studying at Brunel University, turning professional in 1994 and full-time within 18 months.
He won the So You Think You're Funny competition at the 1995 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and made his TV debut on The Sketch Show in 2001. Mack met his wife Tara at Brunel in 1995; they married in 2005 and have three children: Arlo, Louie, and Millie. He keeps his family life private and rarely uses social media.
Mack manages pre-show anxiety by reminding himself he'll never see the audience again, a tactic that prevents him from performing in his hometown of Southport. He has also spoken openly about sobriety, becoming an ambassador for Alcohol Concern after reading a book by Allen Carr that changed his relationship with alcohol.
