Mark Heap is one of the funniest actors on television - from Green Wing to Friday Night Dinner and his new series opposite Dawn French - Can You Keep a Secret.

Born in India to the son of a Methodist minister Mark's early life featured eclectic and majestic music.

Inherited: Were You There? by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Passing on: L'Ascension: IV Prière du Christ montant vers son père, composed by Olivier Messiaen, performed by Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris

Producer: Ben Mitchell