Bob Mortimer got married half an hour before undergoing a triple heart bypass operation.
The 56-year-old comedian said he was granted special permission by his registrar to marry Lisa Matthews without having to give the usual 21 days notice because he was so ill.
Mortimer was forced to pull out of the Reeves and Mortimer anniversary tour – 25 Years Of Reeves And Mortimer: The Poignant Moments – in October to undergo the surgery but in January the pair announced the tour was back on after he got the all-clear… Read the full story