But she suffered terribly from nerves. “It felt like every time you walked on stage you were walking off a cliff. I just used to shake. I had to bring it into my persona.” She felt the responsibility to please during the filming of Taskmaster, too. “Alex [Horne, Taskmaster creator and co-presenter] sort of watches you. You feel like you’re letting him down,” she says. “I always felt: there’s an intelligent way of doing this and I don’t know what it is.” It didn’t matter though: “We were immersed in play. You don’t really get that chance as an adult to play. It was therapeutic.” Jones, Alice (1 August 2015). "A right pair of jokers: The secrets of comedy couples". The Independent . Retrieved 29 December 2019. But she also feels – much to the consternation of the show’s publicist, within earshot – that Meet the Richardsons is becoming too career-focused. “The new series is too work-based,” she says. “It’s my least favourite.”

On a recent trip to a toy shop to buy Elsie a special treat for doing well at school, Lucy managed to up-stage Jon.Over the years, it seems that Beaumont has become best known as her role of wife - be it in real life or written. But that wasn't always the case.

At times with the newborn and toddler we could relate... and last night it was only after reading this that I remembered to take my bra off as we had been dealing with a Huffy Gabbie as to why she could not take her Easter Bumble Bee to bed with us ( it squeaks and rustles plus her Brother had already destroyed his Sloth and was eyeing Stripes ( name of Bumble Bee) up next! One of the actors in the show, Natalie Davies, posted a message on Facebook at the weekend that said: “And that's a WRAP on #Hullraisers! What an incredible 7 weeks it has been. I'm so overwhelmed right now but my God has it been a blast. To the cast and crew I bloody love you. Thank you @fablepicsuk for having me it's been emotional. Cannot wait for you to meet ASHLEY!”Lucy tried her hand at many different jobs before her comedy career took off. She first worked at the meat counter of Asda on Hessle Road, West Hull and then went on to get a degree in drama at the university of Hull. No, but the place she was renting before had a big gun safe. She found out the owners were small-time drug dealers. But she said it was helpful because takeaway delivery drivers were always on time because they were scared of them. What else appealed to both of you? Jon: I'm going downhill the other side so it won't be long before I'm recording 3,000 episodes of a quiz a week in an airport hangar somewhere. I'm quite happy for Lucy to take on the world. And it will happen. We’ll move to America at some point because that's what Lucy wants to do. She's done everything else she's set her eyes on. I wanted the birth to be a bit ethereal at home. I thought my baby would sort of float out to jazz music. I was hoping to go for a run afterwards,” she jokes.

She’s got a Netflix accent now! She did have a northern twang but she’s half Northern and half Netflix really.’ It looked lovely. It was all painted a misty grey colour. It’s only a two-bedroom terraced house but it felt quite spacious. My mum has put a big bust of Elvis in the living room and made a jungle theme with plants and monkeys hanging everywhere so it doesn’t look as spacious anymore. Beaumont is extremely relatable and I felt like I was chatting with a much loved friend. A friend who completely understands the Jekyll and Hyde that is motherhood. Someone I can be honest and open with about how tough this parenting gig is. I don’t blame her for wanting to look after a pet bull when she saw an advert on Facebook during her pregnancy and wanted to bring him home to cuddle and have parties with his bull friends. I would be exactly the same. Hormones, it’s always the hormones that mess with your emotions.However, the couple have recently moved away from Hebden Bridge to a posh suburb of Leeds, and so have the fictional versions of themselves in the latest series of the show. Yes, I have thought about it. But we would kill each other. It would never get finished. One of us wouldn't be alive.’ Mutch, Michael (26 December 2019). " 'Rude' University Challenge audience laugh at Lucy Beaumont's degree". Hull Daily Mail . Retrieved 29 December 2019. We went to Center Parcs and there was a woman in the toilet who said, ‘Can I just say, in’t it lovely that Jon lets you be on his shows?’” Beaumont remembers. “If you see me as Jon’s wife, I don’t mind. But I was a stand-up before.”