Mobility is a BAFTA Award-winning comedy short about three boys from Huddlesfield, Yorkshire, who get on each other's nerves as they ride the mobility bus to school.
Surly Dan (Ruben Reuter) insults everyone, mostly by references to the sexual proficiency of "your Mum."
Upbeat Sonny (Zak Ford-Williams) announces that "the only disability is a bad attitude," and chastises Dan: his behavior is not in keeping with the spirit of the Duke of Edinburgh award.
Entrepreneur Mike (Jack Carroll) claims to be the future Wolf of Wakefield; he's going to make a fortune on the stock market.
I researched Ruben and Zak, and discovered that they are both gay in real life. Coincidence, or a deliberate casting decision?
He has the longest resume of the three: Born in 1998 in Bradford, Yorkshire, started his career at age 12. Comedian Jason Manford saw a video of Jack performing at his parents' wedding anniversary, and invited him to perform at a show at St. George's Hall.
And the feature film Eaten by Lions (2018). After their Gran dies, half-brothers Pete and Omar (Jack, Antonio Aakeel) go off in search of Omar's estranged dad. They find him in the tawdry, seedy tourist trap of Blackpool (for Americans, think Atlantic City). Pete gets a girlfriend, and shows his bum. I reviewed it several years ago. It got a low grade for heteronormativity.
Next came 25 episodes of Trollied (2014-18), about the workers in a run-down supermarket (for Americans, a trolly is a shopping cart). Mark Addy, who stripped down in The Full Monty (1997), played head butcher Andy, and perennial nude dude Joel Fry played nice guy Leighton.
In the short Newbie (2023), a new teacher is worried that students won't accept him because of his disability. Weird-- the guy played a high school student that same year. But Cole Sprouse was 30 when he finished playing high schooler Jughead on Riverdale.
He has performed on Britain's Got Talent, Britain's Got More Talent, Loose Ladies, Pointless Celebrities, Sunday Brunch, This Morning, The Stand Up Sketch Show, and Would I Lie to You?, as well as many live venues. In 2026 his "Fall Guy" tours Scotland, beginning in Edinburgh.
Time to check out the third, Jack Carroll, who also co-wrote the script.
He has the longest resume of the three: Born in 1998 in Bradford, Yorkshire, started his career at age 12. Comedian Jason Manford saw a video of Jack performing at his parents' wedding anniversary, and invited him to perform at a show at St. George's Hall.
A film of his comedy bit aired on The One Show,leading Britain's Got Talent, where he was runner-up, and 13 episodes of the sketch comedy show The Ministry of Curious Stuff (2012). Episodes of 4 O'Clock Club, Katy, Big School, and Ministry of Justice followed.
And the feature film Eaten by Lions (2018). After their Gran dies, half-brothers Pete and Omar (Jack, Antonio Aakeel) go off in search of Omar's estranged dad. They find him in the tawdry, seedy tourist trap of Blackpool (for Americans, think Atlantic City). Pete gets a girlfriend, and shows his bum. I reviewed it several years ago. It got a low grade for heteronormativity.
Next came 25 episodes of Trollied (2014-18), about the workers in a run-down supermarket (for Americans, a trolly is a shopping cart). Mark Addy, who stripped down in The Full Monty (1997), played head butcher Andy, and perennial nude dude Joel Fry played nice guy Leighton.
Jack's character, 16-year old Harry, is the brightest of the group: he received 9 A-grades in his GCSEs (tests taken during Year 11 of secondary school). He's heterosexual.
Jack's biggest role to date is Bobby Crawford in 69 episodes of the soap Coronation Street (2023-25).
In 2023, the teenage Bobby argues with his mum's boyfriend, and gets kicked out. He looks up his birth dad, Rob Donovan (Marc Bayliss), who is in prison, and gets a referral to live with his Aunt Carla on....Coronation Street.
Ulp...maybe a soap opera community is not the best home. Aunt Carla has a life-threatening illness, then disowns Bobby due to his friendship with his birth dad. He is kidnapped, becomes a hostage, is accused of murder....
His crush Lauren disappears, presumably murdered; then she reappears, is accused of murder, and is blackmailed. Am I getting this right? It seems rather repetitive. Finally Bobby has had enough; he runs away to Majorca to work on a fishing boat with a male friend.
Jack explains that he had to leave the show to prepare for a national tour, but maybe he was getting tired of the angst. He's primarily a comedian, after all.
He has performed on Britain's Got Talent, Britain's Got More Talent, Loose Ladies, Pointless Celebrities, Sunday Brunch, This Morning, The Stand Up Sketch Show, and Would I Lie to You?, as well as many live venues. In 2026 his "Fall Guy" tours Scotland, beginning in Edinburgh.
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