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Question Team
''Question Team'' is a British television comedy panel show presented by Richard Ayoade. The show features three different comedian guests each episode, who each present a round of their own questions. ''Question Team'' was first broadcast on Dave on 12 October 2021, with episodes airing at 10pm on Tuesdays for the first series, and at 10pm on Mondays for the second. Accompanying the release of the second season was a YouTube series called ''Question Team: Interrogations''. Comedians Abi Clarke and Huge Davies interrogated the soon-to-be ''Question Team'' guests on their chosen topic before their appearance on the show. It was cancelled in 2023. Format ''Question Team'' flips the traditional panel show format by inviting each of the three comedian guests to bring their own round of questions about their own chosen specialist topic. The other two guests, as well as Ayoade, must answer these questions—which often involve the utilization of props, people, and/or the large in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Mortimer
Robert Renwick Mortimer (born 23 May 1959) is an English comedian, podcast presenter and actor. He is known for his work with Vic Reeves as part of their Vic and Bob comedy double act, and more recently the '' Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing'' series with comedian Paul Whitehouse. He has also appeared on panel shows such as ''Would I Lie to You?'' and ''Taskmaster''. Early life Mortimer was raised with three brothers in the Linthorpe area of Middlesbrough. His father, a biscuit salesman, died in a car crash when Mortimer was seven. At around the same time, Mortimer accidentally burnt down his family's home with a stray firework. Mortimer attended King's Manor School on the site of Acklam Hall in Acklam, Middlesbrough. His schoolmates included Ali Brownlee, who would go on to become a sports presenter on BBC Tees. He had trials for local professional football club Middlesbrough, and although he was not able to join the club as a professional due to arthritis, he still s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Koch
Olga Alfredovna Koch (; born 1 September 1992) is a Russian-British stand-up comedian, writer, and actress. Early life Koch is the daughter of Alfred Koch, head of the State Committee for State Property Management of the Russian Federation from 1996 to 1997. When she was 13, her family moved to the UK, settling in Surrey, where she was educated at The American School in England. She studied computer programming at New York University, and also trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Career Koch's first show was in 2016, entitled ''Me, Me, Me''. This was followed by ''Data Night'' and ''Good Vibes'' in 2017. In 2018, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut hour, ''Fight''. She was named Quantum Leopard Champion of Champions for 2018, jointly with Zoë Tomalin. A recording of her next show ''If / Then'' was released as a vinyl record on Monkey Barrel Records in November 2020. She has appeared on ''The Now Show'', ''Mock the We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemah Bob
Kemah Bob is an American comedian. She achieved fame in the United Kingdom, and is best known for hosting '' It's a Sin: After Hours''. Early and personal life Bob grew up in Houston, Texas, and went to school in Waco, Texas. She has lived in California and London. Bob's grandfather was musician Camille Bob. Bob uses she/they pronouns. In an interview with ''Metro'', Bob said "I do identify as a woman, I use she/they pronouns, but there are so many unanswered questions that I don't feel the need to answer around my own gender identity". Bob is pansexual and queer, and mentioned in a 2022 interview that she was simultaneously dating two people. She has been outspoken about her experiences of racism, telling Dave's ''Just Jokes'' in 2022 that "there are a lot of places where I don't want to go, won't go, am fortunate to not have to go, ..and I feel like back to Texas is one of them". Bob has bipolar disorder, which she was diagnosed with the week of her twentieth birthday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Acaster
James William Acaster (; born 9 January 1985) is an English comedian, writer, presenter and musician. As well as appearances on panel shows, he is known for the stand-up specials ''Repertoire'', co-hosting the food podcast '' Off Menu'' and co-presenting the panel show ''Hypothetical''. He has won four Chortle Awards. After attempting to pursue a music career as a drummer, Acaster began performing stand-up comedy in 2008. He drew acclaim for his stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where he has been nominated for Best Comedy Show five times. Four of his Fringe performances were adapted into the serialised Netflix specials ''Repertoire'': "Recognise", "Represent", "Reset" and "Recap". His more recent special ''Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999'' (2019) won a Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award. As a presenter, Acaster began the food podcast ''Off Menu'' with Ed Gamble in 2018, and has co-hosted four series of the Dave panel show ''Hypothetical'' from 2019 onwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mat Ewins
Mat Ewins is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian. His comedy shows are anarchic audiovisual experiences with multimedia features, including video clips and elements from computer games he programs himself. Life and career Ewins studied at Bristol University where he was a member of sketch comedy troupe '' The Bristol Revunions''. He started doing stand-up in 2003 and debuted at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011. Stage Ewins has performed various characters on ''The Bearpit Podcast (Podcast)'', a live comedy show set up as a fictional podcast. Co-creators of the show and fellow performers were Lolly Adefope, Richard Gadd, Matt Winning, Fin Taylor and Adam Hess. He performed his solo show ''Adventureman 7'', dubbed a ‘declaration of independence from seriousness’, at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival and the Vault festival. The show was nominated for Best Show at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival. He won Best Show at the Comedians' Choice Awards 2017. He had also won the aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maisie Adam
Maisie Adam (born 24 January 1994) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actress. Early life Maisie Adam grew up in Pannal, North Yorkshire, with her parents Phillip and Jill Adam, and her younger brother Daniel. At 14, she was diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Adam attended St Aidan's Church of England High School in Harrogate, where she was Head Girl. She trained with the National Youth Theatre in 2010 and 2012 and went on to study acting at the East 15 Acting School in Southend on Sea. She graduated with a BA in Acting & Community Theatre in 2016. Adam's mother, Jill Adam, used to work for Leeds Beckett University and is the founder and executive director of the ''Louder Than Words Festival'' in Manchester. Career A trained actress, Adam initially planned on acting and writing professionally. She won a Laurence Marks sitcom-writing mentorship in 2015. Stand-up comedy After graduating, Adam did not have an agent and had difficulty finding acting jobs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie Jones (comedian)
Rosie Jones (born 24 June 1990) is a British comedian, writer and actress. She has written for panel shows ''Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule'', '' Would I Lie to You?'', ''The Last Leg'' and ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'', and has appeared as a guest on ''The Last Leg'', ''8 Out of 10 Cats'', ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'', '' QI'' and ''Hypothetical''. Jones has performed stand-up comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, incorporating her cerebral palsy into her comedic style; in 2018, she was featured on ''Edinburgh Nights''. Jones has also appeared on other television shows, written an episode of ''Sex Education'' and hosts the podcast ''Daddy Look at Me'' with Helen Bauer. She attended the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo as a roving reporter for ''The Last Leg''. As an actress, she appeared in six episodes of ''Casualty'' between 2021 and 2022. She is also the author of a children's book, ''The Amazing Edie Eckhart'', about an 11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nish Kumar
Nishant Kumar (born 1985) is a British stand-up comedian and television presenter. He became known as the host of satirical comedy ''The Mash Report'', now known as '' Late Night Mash''. He has also presented BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical comedy show ''Newsjack'', the Comedy Central series ''Joel & Nish vs The World'', the BBC Radio 4 programme ''The News Quiz'' and ''Hello America'' on Quibi. Early life and education Kumar was born in Wandsworth in 1985 and raised in Croydon, south London. He attended St Olave's Grammar School in Orpington before reading English with history at Durham University as a member of Grey College. He is of Indian descent: his parents are from Kerala. His father chose the surname Kumar for the family when he emigrated to the UK. Career Kumar performed with Tom Neenan as a double act, Gentlemen of Leisure, having met while students at the University of Durham and performed in the Durham Revue. He has been performing as a solo stand-up performer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Helm
Nicholas Tristan Phillip Helm (born 1 October 1980) is an English comedian, actor and rock musician known for his comedic confrontational delivery. His routines have been described as "brash and bullish". Many of his performances begin with him acting calmly and see him gradually getting more and more enraged about what he is talking about. He came to prominence following the success of his 2010 Edinburgh Fringe show ''Keep Hold of the Gold''. In 2014, Helm made his main acting debut as lead character Andy in the BBC Three sitcom ''Uncle''. Early life Helm was born in Barts Hospital in West Smithfield, London, and raised in Finsbury Park, until the age of 8 when he then moved to St Albans, Hertfordshire. He attended Cunningham Hill Primary School, after which he graduated to Sandringham Secondary School. Following this he attended the University of Winchester. While at secondary school Helm began writing and performing. In 1997, when he was in the sixth form, his drama teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Graham
Ivo is a masculine given name, in use in various European languages. The name used in western European languages originates as a Normannic name recorded since the High Middle Ages, and the French name Yves is a variant of it. The unrelated South Slavic name is a variant of the name Ivan (John). Origins The name is recorded from the High Middle Ages among the Normans of France and England (Yvo of Chartres, born c. 1040). The name's etymology may be either Germanic or Celtic, in either case deriving from a given name with a first element meaning "yew" (Gaulish ''Ivo-'', Germanic ''Iwa-'').Campbell, MikIvo(Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names) The name may have been spread by the cult of Saint Ivo (d. 1303), patron saint of Brittany. The Slavic name is a hypocorism, like its variant ''Ivica''. Variations Ivo has the genitive form of "Ives" in the place name St Ives. In France, the usual variation of the name is Yves. In the Hispanic countries of Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desiree Burch
Desiree Lea Burch (born 26 January 1979) is an American comedian, actress, television presenter, and voice actress. Originally from Diamond Bar, California, Burch has also lived in New York, Streatham, Croydon and Peckham, having moved to London to live with her boyfriend in 2014. She won the Funny Women title in 2015 having completed an arduous series of gigs around the UK, she followed up this success with five-star reviews and a Fringe First Award for her one-woman, self written show, ''Tar Baby'' at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Early life and education Burch was born in Diamond Bar, California and attended Yale University where she earned a bachelor's degree majoring in Theatre Studies. After university, she moved to New York City where she became a founding member of the New York Neo-Futurists, and performed regularly as a stand-up comedian and actress on the New York comedy circuit. In 2014 she moved to London, where she achieved wider acclaim in televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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