The shape I’m in: Brendan Grace, comedian

PROSTATE cancer is no laughing matter, but that doesn’t stop comedian Brendan Grace from making wisecracks about it on stage.

“I do it deliberately to make men aware of the importance of getting checked. I’ve always been a great believer in the old saying: a stitch in time saves nine,” says Brendan, 64.

Though his father’s generation didn’t have the opportunity to get advice about prostate cancer —“I don’t think they ever wanted to know”— he believes it’s high time for men to open up about the condition.