Rob Brydon once secretly impersonated Ken Bruce for an entire Radio 2 talk show.
The ‘Gavin and Stacey’ actor, 58, was so convincing during the April Fool’s Day prank for a two-and-a-half-hour slot in 2011 Ken’s sister called him concerned he was drunk.
Rob said in an appearance with Ken, 72, on his ‘Brydon and’ podcast: “I find that sort of thing easy and so enjoyable, that’s the thing.
“Pete Serafinowicz did Terry (Wogan) and then one bit I started drifting towards Terry’s voice and had to try and get back to Bruce.”
During the prank, listeners and PopMaster contestants were treated to a slightly unorthodox version of Ken, with his sister calling to say: “He must be drunk, get him off there.”
The real Ken joined right at the end of the show, introduced by Rob’s fake Ken as his “brother Kenn, with two ns”.
Ken – who recently left his longstanding BBC Radio 2 slot for Greatest Hits Radio – said: “For the entire programme, an act of absolute brilliance if I may say, just real genius.
“Nobody in my family knew, just my wife, because I was home in the beginning of the show.”
Just six months after King Charles shocked the world with news of his cancer diagnosis, necessitating stepping back from public duties just 16 months into his reign, there seems to be a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel.
The initial announcement sent shockwaves throughout the UK and abroad, yet now the monarch is showing signs of recovery strong enough to undertake a 10,000-mile tour to Australia and Samoa. In the interim, Camilla, aged 77, stepped up in support of her husband, shouldering duties like the Royal Maundy Service at Worcester Cathedral and a two-day solo trip to Belfast, both in March.
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