Fallen TV star Michael Barrymore has been working as a handyman at a garage in Essex, and has been pictured putting rubbish in a skip with a wheelbarrow.

The former TV presenter, whose personal problems have made it difficult for him to get work in showbiz, now works at Shiltons Bodyworks in Epping, Essex, every Saturday morning - and sometimes on weekdays too.

It's not clear whether he gets paid for his help, but his colleagues apparently call him "the Saturday boy".

Manager Bob Shilton told the Daily Mail: "Michael has been a friend of mine for 25 years.

"He just comes every now and then if I need help on a Saturday. This week he was cutting cardboard and sweeping leaves. I used to repair his cars when he had them, that was years ago.

"Because most of the guys who work for me have been here for years and years, they know Michael well anyway.

"Now, to them he's just one of the guys in the workshop. He comes in, makes the tea, has a chat, does his job, talks to the lads and goes home. He's just one of the guys from the shop."

Barrymore was one of the nation's best-known and highest-paid entertainers, but his career has never recovered from the body of Stuart Lubbock being found in the swimming pool at his Roydon home in 2001.

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