A TV extra has proudly told how he landed the job of body double for John Prescott's backside.

Michael Knott, 54, bared his bottom for a racy scene in Confessions of a Diary Secretary - based on the Deputy PM's fling with an aide. The 17st extra got the role because John Henshaw, who played Prescott, has a scarred bum from a car crash. So it was his bottom that ITV viewers saw when Prezza romped on a desk with secretary Tracey Temple.

Michael believes he was the ideal candidate and said: "I'm a bit of a fatty but my bum's pretty pert. It's quite smooth and not hairy or pimply. I look after it by giving it a dusting of talc each night. "I look after myself too. I've a gym at home and work out a bit. That's why my bottom's pert. But if I dieted my parts would dry up, pardon the expression."

Michael, of Littlehampton, West Sussex, got a cheeky £191 for his day's work on the political drama.

So he bares his bum in front of millions of people and gets paid £191. I tried it in front of the W.I. and got three months.

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I can also do Jeremy Beadle.