He’s argued with Katie Hopkins on Celebrity Juice and has even written his own sitcom but now comedian Chris Ramsey is encouraging young people to get in their cars and embark on road trips in the UK.
The South Shields comic, who is no stranger to TV panel shows, wants to encourage people to explore after it emerged almost half (44%) of drivers aged 18 to 35 have never taken a road trip in the British Isles.
He has teamed up with insurance company Swiftcover, which conducted research on road trips, to offer a free one-off stand-up gig, on that very theme, in London on July 23.
“The time-honoured tradition of road trips is in danger of being lost,” the BBC Two sitcom Hebburn star said. “The research found young people in Britain are more likely to have travelled to Africa or Asia than have taken a road trip here.
“It’s incredible really. When I passed my test that was the first thing I wanted to do – visit my friends at uni. We would pile in the car all the time but now it’s dying out.”
Chris, who is currently writing material for his new show All Growed Up, revealed he had his first driving lesson on his 17th birthday and passed his test first time four months later.
“I was itching to pass as my birthday is August 3 so I am the youngest out of all of my mates,” he said. “I was the last person left at the bus stop.
“In South Shields there were two instructors you didn’t want to get – Hogg or Fasher because they were so strict – but I got Hogg.
At the end of my test, I reverse bay parked and stalled it and Hogg asked me ‘Are you seriously telling me you would leave a car park like this?’ and I said I was nervous. He said: ‘Hmm a very limp pass now give me the papers before I change my mind’.”
Chris revealed his first road trip was to Leeds Uni before taking trips to Edinburgh University to see more friends. But one trip is more memorable – for all the wrong reasons.
“Then we we met some girls from Liverpool in Magaluf and went to visit them but my friend had to be up the next day so we drove back overnight.
“He had his last shift at Sports Direct the next day and he wanted to get a good reference for his next job.
The South Shields comic, who is no stranger to TV panel shows, wants to encourage people to explore after it emerged almost half (44%) of drivers aged 18 to 35 have never taken a road trip in the British Isles.
He has teamed up with insurance company Swiftcover, which conducted research on road trips, to offer a free one-off stand-up gig, on that very theme, in London on July 23.
“The time-honoured tradition of road trips is in danger of being lost,” the BBC Two sitcom Hebburn star said. “The research found young people in Britain are more likely to have travelled to Africa or Asia than have taken a road trip here.
“It’s incredible really. When I passed my test that was the first thing I wanted to do – visit my friends at uni. We would pile in the car all the time but now it’s dying out.”
Chris, who is currently writing material for his new show All Growed Up, revealed he had his first driving lesson on his 17th birthday and passed his test first time four months later.
“I was itching to pass as my birthday is August 3 so I am the youngest out of all of my mates,” he said. “I was the last person left at the bus stop.
“In South Shields there were two instructors you didn’t want to get – Hogg or Fasher because they were so strict – but I got Hogg.
At the end of my test, I reverse bay parked and stalled it and Hogg asked me ‘Are you seriously telling me you would leave a car park like this?’ and I said I was nervous. He said: ‘Hmm a very limp pass now give me the papers before I change my mind’.”
Chris revealed his first road trip was to Leeds Uni before taking trips to Edinburgh University to see more friends. But one trip is more memorable – for all the wrong reasons.
“Then we we met some girls from Liverpool in Magaluf and went to visit them but my friend had to be up the next day so we drove back overnight.
“He had his last shift at Sports Direct the next day and he wanted to get a good reference for his next job.
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