Nick Hancock is an English actor

Actor

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, comedian

Comedian

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 and television presenter.

Probably TV's most well known Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

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 supporter, he hosted the sports quiz They Think It's All Over

They Think It's All Over (TV series)

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 for 10 years. He also formerly presented Room 101

Room 101 (TV series)

Room 101 is a BBC comedy television series based on the radio series of the same name, in which celebrities were invited to discuss their pet hates and persuade the host to consign them to a fate worse than death in Room 101, named after the torture room in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is...

 (1994–1999) on TV, as well as its earlier radio version

Room 101 (Radio series)

Room 101 is a radio comedy series that ran from 1992 to 1994 on BBC Radio 5, before transferring to BBC television. Hosted by Nick Hancock, it was an alternative to the more established and formal Desert Island Discs...

 (1992–1994).

Taking a sabbatical from show business, from 2005 he began working for a friend's mortgage brokerage. He left the position in February 2007, although no reason for his departure was made public.
Hancock grew up with three elder sisters, with father Ken, a builder.