The 1% Club viewers stunned as Lee Mack reveals real name – but did you know it?

The Sun

19-05-2025

VIEWERS of The 1% Club were left completely stunned as Lee Mack revealed real name.
The comedian first rose to fame when he wrote and appeared on the BBC One sitcom, Not Going Out.
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He also appears as a regular panelist on the comedy panel show, Would I Lie to You?, alongside David Mitchell and Rob Brydon.
Recently on ITV, the Southport-born comedian has reigned over the primetime airwaves on Saturday nights as he hosts The 1% Club.
The game show is not like other similar formats as it does not test players on general knowledge.
Instead, 100 players are whittled down as they are tasked with solving seemingly difficult riddles.
These are focused on reasoning skills, logic, and common sense that only a certain amount of the general public would answer correctly.
On a recent edition, presenter Lee Mack, 56, left the audience stunned when he revealed his real name.
When Lee reveals the correct answer on the hit show, often he will interview players.
He would often make jokes about either their names, their looks, or even their occupations.
The instalment featured one contestant who said their surname was McKillop.
Lee then revealed that the family moniker was actually his real surname as well, which left the audience completely stunned.
Easy question on The 1% Club wipes out 12 people – but did you get it right?
In 1995, he first received recognition at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival when he won the So You Think You're Funny competition as Lee McKillop.
Before becoming famous for his roles on television, he cleaned stables for the legendary race horse, and three-time Grand National champion, Red Rum.
According to Wales Online, he secured the job despite having never ridden a horse before, after failing his O-Levels and leaving college.
One of his initial TV sketches focussed on a quick-witter racing jockey on The Sketch Show and it could have been inspired by his exposure to the racing world from a young age.
The 1% Club's Most Difficult Questions
The 1% Club sees 100 contestants try and make it to the 1% question and be in with a chance to win a share of the jackpot. Here are just some of the show's most difficult teasers.
Players had to compare and contrast three images of butterflies then explain which of the butterflies were exactly the same on both sides. Find the image and answer here.
Players were shown groups of six symbols then asked which were in the same order whether you read them from left to right or right to left. Find the image and answer here.
Players were asked how many different combinations were there of displaying four digits on one hand. Find the answer here.
Peter had recently found his old diary that he'd written in secret code but he couldn't remember how to decipher what he wrote. Players were asked to crack the code and find out what the bold word was. WH89 I GR1W UP I WA92 21 B8 A 5L1RI72. Find the image and answer here.
Players were tasked with working out how many eyes they could see in an image, which was made up of letters, symbols and emojis. Find the image and the answer here.
A 1% question was based on a grid of numbers going in ascending order from 1 to 49. Starting on 25, the middle square, SEEN took you to square 27. From there, NEW took you to 20. From there, which square would SEWN take you to? Find the image and the answer here.
And finally, an easy one - What common food in bold has had its letters rearranged into alphabetical order? ABDER If you really don't know you can find the answer here.
In 2005, Lee married his university crush, Tara Mckillop in an intimate and private ceremony.
The year before, they welcomed their first child Arlo, and have since expanded their family with two more additions, Louise and Millie.
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