Molloy spent most of his later teenage years honing his skills, and was only 18 when he opened his first, Manchester-based tattoo shop, which in the next decade would become a world class establishment.
[3] He designed David Beckham's back tattoo, depicting a bald, winged, angelic figure.
[4] Beckham calls the tattoo his "guardian angel" and premiered it in 1999 after work finished in April that year.
He has since completed tattoos on other celebrities, including Spice Girls Melanie C,[4] Mel B,[4] and Victoria Beckham,[5] all members of Boyzone, and fellow Mancunian Ricky Hatton.
[3] The show follows the daily happenings at the new shop, in the first series the main focus was on the relationship between Dan Gold and Molloy.