Tim FitzHigham

For over 15 years, multi-award winning, internationally renowned comedian, author, actor and crash test dummy, Tim FitzHigham, has been visiting Selby on Maundy Thursday to fulfil his duties in the 700-year-old role of town pittancer. Join comic adventurer and classically moulded British eccentric Tim this Maundy Eve as he tells the truth about rowing the English Channel in a bath tub, running across deserts in suits of armour and, of course, his love of Selby. Tim’s been on TV with Sir Tony Robinson, Netflix with Ricky Gervais, in Paddington 2 with Hugh Grant and in films with Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood, as well as starring in his own series, The Gambler on BBC Radio 4 and CBBC’s Super Human Challenge. ‘Gut bustingly funny’ The Scotsman. Critics Choice in The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian, The Evening Standard, Time Out, The Daily Mail and Metro.