Chaser Mark Labbett on his panto role in Gravesend

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00:00What you can expect in the panto is lots of fear and terror.

00:06If I haven't got some children running and crying by the end of the performance,

00:11I'm not doing my job properly.

00:13Trust me, fellas, also a bit of singing and dancing and comedy as well.

00:16It's your classic panto.

00:18What I most look forward to, believe it or not, is the song.

00:21They let me do one song, and I'll admit, I'm very much at the

00:25never mind the quality, belted out level of singing.

00:28So they'll give me a good old anthem to belt out in the bad guy role,

00:31and I really enjoy that.

00:33I've got one of the world's greatest memories,

00:35but it's like a random access memory.

00:37And actually learning a script where every word's got to be in precise order,

00:42I find quite tough.

00:43Same time, I've got no excuse to just go and put the work in,

00:46because my role effectively is to be the straight guy in the panto.

00:51I'm the one who sticks strictly to the script,

00:56so the comedians can go off and do funny and react to the audience,

01:00knowing that when they've done their bit,

01:02they can come back and I'm there waiting for them.