On a weekday afternoon in a quiet corner of a London studio, Darragh Ennis is getting ready to go to work. By “work”, he means stepping into one of the most-watched shows on British and Irish television, where he will — on command — transform into ‘The Menace’, the soft-spoken Irish scientist who became an unlikely household name. At the moment, though, he’s still in his dressing room, half-chatting, half-prepping, and entirely unfazed by the fact that millions of people will soon be shouting answers at him through their televisions.

Source: Irish Examiner December 28, 2025 11:57 UTC