Timmy Mallett is best known for whacking TV contestants over the head with an inflatable mallet, but the TV star has now reinvented himself and has accrued tens of thousands of fans in the process. The former children's TV presenter has hung up his mallet but you may pass him on the street.
“I decided I wanted to see if I could cycle around the coast of Britain, and you start off thinking, ‘oh, it’s a long way, I’d better do lots of miles today.’ It took a long time to slow down and think, it’s not about how far you go or how fast, it’s how much fun you have. Slow down, look at things, follow the stories.”
But thankfully, most of the time he speaks to someone it is not a case of mistaken identity. He has even started being recognised for his TikTok videos.