'I use cerebral palsy to get away with a lot': the shameless star of sitcom Jerk

Tim Renkow talks about the joys of making people feel awkward, how to spot a pity laugh - and why he had to give bad etiquette lessons to Sopranos shrink Lorraine Bracco It's hard to watch Jerk, Tim Renkow's new sitcom, without feeling nervous about meeting him. Renkow has cerebral palsy, and in Jerk we see his character - based on himself - use his disability in all manner of devilish ways: he jumps queues, takes advantage of charity workers and acts as though he has a green light to behave as ...