Zombies in North London, death cults in the Western Country, the anatomist deck of the Enterprise: Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows in recent times. Having blasted onto the small screens along with his today legendary sitcom Spaced, his rise to nation’s favorite son status continues to be mercurial, meteoric, megatronnic, but mainly just plain great.

From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with Star Wars, his often passionate friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up which began along with his regular Monday morning hours slot in front of his 12-year-old classmates, this is a joyous tale of the homegrown superstar and a local boy made good.