Comic Strip and Bottom star had to be rescued from the outside of his house by the fire brigade

While many of us have occupied ourselves during the pandemic by performing home improvements, for the comedian Adrian Edmondson the usually straightforward act of cleaning windows took an unfortunate turn for the worse.

Edmondson has described having to be rescued by fire services at the weekend after getting himself trapped on his window ledge, saying he had to ask people passing by to find help and that despite the precarious position, the fire brigade “didn’t snigger too much”.

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