TV fave Stephen Mulhern may be a super-popular fixture of weekend telly on ITV these days.
But are you familiar with the career path he took during his rise to fame that caused him to be so beloved?
The Saturday Night Takeaway and Dancing On Ice host – who is on screens on July 7 for a In For A Penny repeat – appears to have got bitten with the showbiz bug very young.
And even though Butlin’s was the site of some of his earliest performances, Stephen still returns there to show off his magic and illusions, and plays games with audiences. Indeed, his brand-new live show Beyond Belief is on during selected school holiday breaks in 2024!
Here’s how it all began for Stephen Mulhern as an entertainer…
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Stephen’s parents were market traders in London when he was growing up – and it has been claimed he first got a sense of how to play to a crowd when helping out on the family stall aged 11.
Additionally, his lifelong interest in magic began after his dad performed tricks for Stephen and his siblings.
But it was during his holidays to Butlin’s in Somerset where he started doing an act to amuse his relatives. Then, opportunity came knocking after a performer dropped out of the resort they were staying at.
Stephen is recalled about that fateful day when he was 17: “My dad asked a Redcoat: ‘Could my son do a little show?’‘”
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