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1995 -- present http://www.smugroberts.co.uk/ smug roberts harpurhey , manchester , england british smug roberts 1960 y observational comedy , anecdotes smug roberts
 andy robert wilkinson stand up , television , radio
smug roberts

andy robert wilkinson -lrb- born 1960 -rrb- , better known by his stage name of smug roberts , is an english stand up comedian and actor .
born in harpurhey , wilkinson attended north manchester high for boys before taking various jobs such as a relief pub landlord and the coach of a football team in toronto .
he also ran a signwriting business for a time .
in 1995 , he tried stand-up comedy for the first time at the frog and bucket comedy club , adopting the stage name `` smug roberts '' ; the `` smug '' came from an event in his life where people teased him for being a `` smug bastard '' and the `` roberts '' was adapted from his middle name .
caroline aherne and her then-husband peter hook watched his set and she put him in contact with an agent .
six weeks later , roberts performed his first one-man gig .
in 1998 , he released the novelty anthem `` meat pie , sausage roll -lrb- come on england , gi 's a goal -rrb- '' as `` grandad roberts '' , both the character and song -lrb- originally a jingle referencing oldham athletic football club rather than england -rrb- stemming from his afternoon radio show on key 103 .
at the end of 1999 , he compered the re-opened embassy club , on the invitation of bernard manning 's son bernard jr. .
on his appointment , `` city life '' comedy editor marissa burgess said , `` i personally do n't hold with bernard manning 's comedy , so changing hands to smug roberts i feel can only be a good thing . ''
in 2000 , he headlined with paul merton and john thomson at the opening night of the manchester comedy store .
his appearance there lead to a role in the film `` 24 hour party people '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- .
roberts has also appeared on television , with roles in `` cutting it '' , `` buried '' and `` cold feet '' .
he has appeared in every television production by peter kay , except for `` max and paddy 's road to nowhere '' .
