1. Shaun Williamson attended Holy Family RC Primary School, followed by St Simon Stock Catholic School where he frequently played truant.
18 Facts About Shaun Williamson
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Shaun Williamson later said he joined the Royal Navy at that point "to break that cycle".
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Shaun Williamson intended to become a helicopter pilot but was rejected when it was discovered he was colour blind.
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Shaun Williamson was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2001.
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In 2004, Shaun Williamson appeared on and won an episode of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes, impersonating the singer Meat Loaf.
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Shaun Williamson finished third in the 2007 series of Comic Relief does Fame Academy.
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Shaun Williamson competed in Celebrity Big Brother 20, and became the eighth housemate to be evicted, on day 23.
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Shaun Williamson reprised the role from the pilot which had previously been broadcast in 2017 on BBC One.
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Shaun Williamson returned to the Marlowe Theatre from December 2007 to January 2008, in Aladdin, alongside Stephen Mulhern.
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In May 2006, Shaun Williamson played the lead in the play Road to Nirvana at The King's Head Theatre London and in October 2006, appeared in a sketch as part of the charity benefit The Secret Policeman's Ball which was staged at the Royal Albert Hall.
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In 2009, Shaun Williamson toured the UK playing habitual criminal Norman Stanley Fletcher in a stage version of the classic TV comedy Porridge.
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Shaun Williamson played Baron Bomburst and Lord Scrumptious in the UK tour production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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In 2018, Shaun Williamson wrote a BBC radio drama series titled Eden's End, set in the Kent hop picking season of 1939.
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Shaun Williamson spent a year competing in the UK Quiz Grand Prix as research for his book A Matter Of Facts which details the world of elite general knowledge quizzing competitions.
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Shaun Williamson has been part of a karaoke singing act called "Barrioke", which is touring the UK throughout 2025.
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Shaun Williamson's first child was born in 1987 when Williamson was 22.
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The child's mother was a circus performer with whom Shaun Williamson was in a relationship.
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Shaun Williamson subsequently married his manager Melanie Sacre and they were married for 16 years; they have two children together.