Meet Will Shanahan

A builder by trade, Will first met Tommy Walsh on a house renovation project and the rest as they say is history! When Ground Force was first mentioned to Tommy, Will put himself forward as Tommy's mate and from then on, their on and off-screen antics as friends and colleagues saw them forge a great friendship.

Irishman Will grew up in a huge family with five brothers and eight sisters and he now lives in London with his wife and their two children.

Will is a huge football fan, a devoted follower of Manchester United, enjoys horse racing and reading suspense novels.

For Will, like Kirsty, one of the main highlights of working on Ground Force was when the team went to South Africa in 1999 to makeover Nelson Mandela's garden
"Just meeting him was a thrill in itself," he said.