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John Robins (comedian)
John Michael David Robins (born 4 May 1982)General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: ''Volume 22, Page 1473'' is an English stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and Radio personality, radio presenter. Early life Robins was born and grew up in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, Thornbury and was educated at The Castle School and at St Anne's College, Oxford, where he read Medieval English, having reapplied to University of Oxford, Oxford after an initial unsuccessful application the previous year. After graduating from Oxford, Robins returned to Bristol, where in 2006, he shared a flat with fellow comedians Jon Richardson, Russell Howard and Mark Olver (comedian), Mark Olver. Career Robins began performing comedy in 2005, and reached the semi-finals of the ''So You Think You're Funny'' competition at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2007, he participated in the "Comedy Zone" showcase at the festival. Robins appeared both as guest and as co-presenter on both ''The Russell Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornbury, Gloucestershire
Thornbury is a market town and civil parish in the South Gloucestershire Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area of England, about north of Bristol. It had a population of 12,063 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, rising to 14,496 in the 2021 census. Thornbury is a Britain in Bloom award-winning town, with its own competition: Thornbury in Bloom. The earliest documentary evidence of a village at "Thornbyrig" dates from the end of the 9th century. The Domesday Book of 1086 noted a manor of "Turneberie" belonging to William the Conqueror’s consort, Matilda of Flanders, with 104 residents. History There is evidence of human activity in the Thornbury area in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, but evidence of the Roman presence is confined to the Thornbury hoard of 11,460 Roman coins dating from 260 to 348 CE, found in 2004 during the digging of a fishpond. The earliest documentary evidence of a village at "Thornbyrig" dates from the end of the 9th century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Howard's Good News
''Russell Howard's Good News'' is a British comedy and topical news television show which was broadcast on BBC Three between 2009 and 2014, and on BBC Two between 2014 and 2015. Hosted by comedian Russell Howard, it offered his commentary on the news of the week through mostly stand-up, along with sketches and humorous video clips, whilst also having guest appearances from people who have been featured in the media recently. It was made by independent production company Avalon Television and produced by Mark Iddon, Robyn O'Brien and David Howarth. Repeats of earlier episodes are also broadcast on Comedy Central, Dave and W. The show also made an appearance on '' Children in Need 2011'' and '' Red Nose Day 2013'', featuring a number of sketches from recent episodes, as well as a new segment of "It's Not All Doom and Gloom". In February 2013, users of Digital Spy voted ''Good News'' as the Best Show Ever on BBC Three in the run-up to the channel's tenth anniversary. On 9 June 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio X (United Kingdom)
Radio X is a British national commercial radio station focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, and owned by Global. The station launched in 1989 as a pirate radio station named Q102, before being renamed Xfm in 1992. The station became a legally licensed London-wide station in 1997, and in 2015 began national broadcasting under the name Radio X. As of September 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 2.1 million, according to RAJAR. History In 1989, the pirate radio presenter Sammy Jacob, known as DJ Sammy Jay on London's Horizon Radio and Solar Radio, set up an indie music station called Q102, which started broadcasting rock music on a part-time basis from 1 January 1989, with other hours following the soul format of another local station called CD93. Jacob was one of the presenters on this forerunner to Xfm alongside Adrian Gibson, Donald Johnson, Steve Lamacq and CD93's Bob Matthews (a DJ also known as Bob Mower), with the format changing to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elis James And John Robins
Elis James and John Robins is a weekly radio show and bi-weekly podcast presented by British comedians Elis James and John Robins. Formerly broadcast on commercial radio station Radio X, the show aired on BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday afternoons until the end of 2023. The show was also released as a weekly podcast from BBC Sounds with a specially-recorded intro. From 6 February 2024, the show changed formats to two weekly podcasts, with a one-hour highlights broadcast on 5 Live on Friday afternoons - a change nicknamed "The Great Reset". Robins has described the show as "a commercial indie radio show that has got wildly out of hand". History James and Robins have been friends since meeting on the comedy circuit in 2005 and fantasised about making a radio show together. Xfm had a tradition of having weekend shows hosted by male comedians and after their agent submitted a demo, James and Robins were granted a weekend slot, following in the footsteps of Ricky Gervais & Stephen Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Radio Wales is a Wales, Welsh national radio station owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC. It began broadcasting on 13 November 1978, replacing the Welsh opt-out service of BBC Radio 4. As of August 2022, the station's managing editor is Carolyn Hitt, who is also editor of BBC Wales Sport. Radio Wales is broadcast in English, whilst sister network BBC Radio Cymru, Radio Cymru broadcasts in Welsh language, Welsh. According to RAJAR, BBC Radio Wales has a weekly audience of 348,000 listeners and a listening share of 5.5%, as of March 2024. History In November 1978, BBC Radio Wales launched on the former Radio 4 opt-out frequency of 882 kHz. Initially the station broadcast for only twenty hours per week, and relayed output from BBC Radio 2, Radio 2 and Radio 4 at other times. However, the groundwork had been laid for the station to gradually become a full-time service and now Radio Wales broadcasts for up to twenty hours a day. BBC Radio Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. Since 2019, the station controller has been Mohit Bakaya. He replaced Gwyneth Williams, who had been the station controller since 2010. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM broadcast band, FM, Longwave, LW and Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview (UK), Freeview, Freesat, Sky (UK & Ireland), Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it List of most-listened-to radio programs#Top stations in the United Kingdom, the UK's second most-popular radio station after BBC Radio 2. BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Forde
Matt Forde (born 6 November 1982) is an English comedian, impressionist, writer and presenter. Background Forde attended Becket School in West Bridgford, Nottingham. His mother is a former nun. He joined the Labour Party when he was 15 and became a member and associate of the party. Following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, he gave up his membership. Career Forde regularly broadcast with Russell Howard and Jon Richardson on their shows on BBC Radio 6 (2007–2010). Forde has made six seasons of '' Unspun with Matt Forde'', a topical political show on Dave. In August 2018, Forde became host of Absolute Radio's ''Rock 'N' Roll Football'' with fellow Nottingham Forest fan Matt Dyson. On '' Spitting Image'', Forde voiced Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Keir Starmer. Forde wrote the memoir ''Politically Homeless'', published by Quercus Books in 2020. Forde co-hosts the Wondery podcast ''British Scandal'' with Alice Levine, ''Down the Dog'' with Jon Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8 Out Of 10 Cats
''8 Out of 10 Cats'' (stylised as ''8 out of 10 CATS'') is a British comedy panel show that aired from 3 June 2005 to 17 January 2021. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 from 2005 to 2015, then More4 from 2016 to 2017, and finally E4 from 2017 to 2021. The show was hosted by Jimmy Carr and featured regular team captains Sean Lock, Dave Spikey, Jason Manford, Jon Richardson, Rob Beckett, Aisling Bea and Katherine Ryan. The show was based on statistics and opinion polls and draws on polls produced by a variety of organisations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by The Harris Poll. The title was derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas" (which later evolved into "8 out of 10 owners who expressed a preference said their cats prefer it"). New and past episodes air across the Channel 4 network of channels, including More4 and E4 Extra, and past episodes are also repeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Millican
Sarah Jane Millican (' King; born 29 May 1975) is an English comedian. Millican won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Radio 4's ''Woman's Hour''; in the same year, she married fellow comedian Gary Delaney. Her first book, ''How to Be Champion'', was published in 2017. Early life Millican was born and brought up in South Shields, England, the daughter of Valerie Prince and Philip D. King, who was a mining electrician. She attended Mortimer Comprehensive School, later to become Mortimer Community College. She worked as a civil servant at a jobcentre until the age of 29. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deal Or No Deal (British Game Show)
''Deal or No Deal'' is a British game show. It was originally presented by Noel Edmonds from 31 October 2005 to 23 December 2016 on Channel 4, and then by Stephen Mulhern from 20 November 2023 on ITV1. Based on the Deal or No Deal, original Netherlands format of the game show, each episode sees a contestant choosing one of 22 boxes, each containing a cash amount. A contestant winning is determined by luck – cash amounts are randomly allocated to each of the boxes prior to the game, with contestants required to open a specific number of boxes per round of the game to eliminate the cash amounts their chosen box does not contain, in turn affecting how much is offered by the Banker. Games always end with the player opening all of the boxes, including their own, regardless of how they intend to make money. On 19 August 2016, Channel 4 axed ''Deal or No Deal'' after almost 11 years on air, ending the game show with a special ''On Tour'' series across the United Kingdom, with the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live From The BBC
''Live from the BBC'' is a British stand-up comedy series that has aired on the online BBC Three service since 17 February 2016. Three series have aired, both with six episodes. Series one has two comedians per episode (three in episode 5) and series two and three have one comedian per episode. The series is filmed at the BBC Radio Theatre at the Broadcasting House London Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London. The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, and the building was officially opened two months later, on 15 May. T ... in London. Episodes Series 1 (2016) Series 2 (2017) Series 3 (2018) References External links * * *{{British Comedy Guide, tv, live_from_the_BBC, Live from the BBC 2016 British television series debuts 2010s British comedy television series BBC high definition shows BBC television comedy British stand-up comedy television series British English-language t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
