I'm in the best place I've ever been now

Your tour is called Tips Not Included and you talk about losing the tips of your fingers. How did it happen?

- MARION MCMULLEN finds out how TikTok star Stuart Mitchell went from banking to stand-up comedy

This is my first childhood memory - being four and losing the tips of two fingers. It was a He-Man sword that I dropped down the drain. My friend picked up the drain lid and then let it fall on my hand. I remember getting rushed to the hospital and lots of commotion.

You are one of the UK's top TikTok stars with more than 100 million views. How did your first job see you working for the Treasury?

My uncle Bob put a bet on that I would be Chancellor of the Exchequer one day and I think he got 500 to 1. I absolutely believed that I would go into politics, but I started to question what went on there and with all the subsidised bars and food.

What was it like then going into banking?

The bank wanted to send me on a course as part of my qualifications. There was a stand-up comedy course at the college as well and I was more interested in that. I remembered seeing Ed Byrne when I was at Stirling University studying economics and I always wondered how you got into stand-up. The tutor said I should keep this up. And that's when I just started plugging away.

Who are your comedy heroes?