Stephen Merchant has used his height to demonstrate social distancing guidelines by lying down on the pavement to show people how much space they need to be leaving each other.
In a jokey video posted to his Instagram followers the co-creator of The Office said that because he is around two metres tall people should use his frame as a guide for how close they should be getting to people in public.
He said in his post that he is sharing “vital social distancing advice”. Merchant added: “Hey guys, so here in the UK we are only allowed to do one bit of exercise a day. “I’m out and about and I’m noticing a lot of people aren’t keeping the mandated two metre distance between themselves and me or themselves and other pedestrians and I think it is