As Bradley Walsh celebrates his 60th birthday this week, he can look back with pride on a glittering showbiz career. One strewn with sellout comedy tours, and acting awards, hit TV shows and even two Top 20 albums.
It’s all a far cry from the days when his dreams of making it as a pro footballer were shattered by ankle injuries at 22. Then Bradley, who had left school at 16 to work in a Rolls-Royce factory, chased another route to fame – with comic pal Joe Pasquale.
Joe, 58, says: “We’re as close as two blokes can get – Bradley’s like a brother to me. “We started off doing social club talent shows together while he was playing at Brentford and hit it off straight away. “He did Norman Wisdom impressions and a bit of ventriloquism – he had a