The comedian on working in a paper factory, thinking she’s right when she’s wrong, and a faux pas with Stephen Fry

Born in Cornwall and raised in Hull, Lucy Beaumont, 41, studied at Hull University. Having won the BBC’s 2012 New Comedy award, she went on to write and star in three series of BBC Radio 4’s To Hull and Back with Maureen Lipman. From 2020, she made five series of the TV sitcom Meet the Richardsons with Jon Richardson, from whom she is now separated. Her other work includes Hullraisers and Taskmaster, the podcast Perfect Brains and a memoir. She is touring the UK with her latest standup show, Lucy Beaumont Live. She has a child with Richardson, and lives in South Yorkshire.

When were you happiest?
I remember going to my auntie Pauline’s house in winter when I was eight or nine and she made me a roast beef sandwich. I ate it and fell asleep next to a fire. I felt like a cat, fed and left to nap.