Nick Doody (born 1972 in

Morley, West Yorkshire Morley is a market town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. Morley is the largest town in the borough after Leeds itself. Morley forms part of the Heavy Wooll ...

) is a British

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. Doody featured as a guest on vox-pop television shows and radio broadcasts such as '' Political Animal''. He wrote for the television series ''

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'', featured on '' The Mark Thomas Comedy Product'', and was a finalist on Channel Four's 1997 ''So You Think You're Funny'' competition. He was commissioned to write a study of American comedian

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, ''Telling the Truth, Laughing: The Life and Works of Bill Hicks'' following his gigging with Hicks in 1992. In 2006 Doody performed his first solo Edinburgh Show ''Before He Kills Again'' and made an appearance at

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. He has appeared on '' The Comic Side of 7 Days'' on

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, and has written for ''

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'', ''

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'' (

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), ''

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'' (

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), ''

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'' (BBC Radio 4). He appeared on ''The World Stands Up'' for

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and

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in the UK, and on ''Edinburgh and Beyond'', also for Paramount. He was creator and head writer of '' Bigipedia'', which broadcast in 2009 and 2011 on

. He took his second solo show ''Hypocrite'' to the

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in 2007. and continued to perform regular shows at the Fringe. Doody supported

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in his latest 2018 tour ''With Great PowerPoint Comes Great ResponsibilityPoint''.

References

External links

Official Website
Living people 1972 births People from Morley, West Yorkshire People educated at St. Bede's Grammar School British male comedians Comedians from West Yorkshire {{UK-comedian-stub