Tom Craine is an English comedian, writer and broadcaster. As well as performing solo stand up comedy Craine has performed as part of a sketch group called ''Jigsaw'' with

Dan Antopolski Dan Antopolski (born 22 August 1972) is a British comic, actor and writer. He has appeared in various television programs and radio shows, and is best known to younger audiences for hosting the UK game show ''The Dare Devil''. In 1998 Antopol ...

and Nat Luurtsema. Luurtsema and Craine were in a relationship, the break up of which has been the focus of solo shows for both. He co-wrote the sitcom Josh (TV series) with

Josh Widdicombe Joshua Michael Widdicombe (; born 8 April 1983) is an English comedian, presenter and actor. He is best known for his appearances on ''The Last Leg'' (2012–present), '' Fighting Talk'' (2014–2016), '' Insert Name Here'' (2016–2019), ''Moc ...

for the

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. He co-devised and wrote the panel show ''

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'' for UK TV channel Dave. He has regularly appeared on Widdicombe’s football nostalgia podcast

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He has written regular columns for

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called ‘Sex and the Single Guy’ and he used the correspondence from readers he received as the basis for a one man show called ‘Thoughts on Love (By a Man With None of the Answers)’. For television he has written for

Mock The Week ''Mock the Week'' is a topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It was produced by Angst Productions for BBC Two, and was broadcast from 5 June 2005 to 4 November 2022. Presenter Dara Ó Briain and pan ...

The Last Leg ''The Last Leg'' (known during its first series as ''The Last Leg with Adam Hills'' and in Australia as ''Adam Hills: The Last Leg'') is a British late-night television humorous talk/sketch show that originally ran alongside the 2012 Summer Par ...

, and

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 ...

, he has appeared on Russell Howard’s Good News,

Live at the Electric ''Live at the Electric'' is a British comedy series that aired on BBC Three between 31 May 2012 and 28 February 2014 and was hosted by Russell Kane who performed stand-up in between comedy sketches from a variety of performers such as Joe Wilk ...

, and

Drunk History ''Drunk History'' is an American educational comedy television series produced by Comedy Central, based on the Funny or Die web series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner in 2007. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are the show's executive p ...

. He has had a show on Radio X for which ''‘Tom Craine’s story show’'' was available as a podcast. He has also had shows for

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and

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and co-presented on

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with

Rhod Gilbert Rhodri Paul Gilbert (born 18 October 1968) is a Welsh comedian and television and radio presenter who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008 he was nominated for the main comedy award (as the Edinburgh Comedy Award ...

Personal life

He is from

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, Somerset. In childhood he was the lead chorister of

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Choir and sang a solo on the 1990

Songs Of Praise ''Songs of Praise'' is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns, worship songs and inspirational performances in churches of varying denominations from around the UK alongside interviews and stories reflecting how Ch ...

Christmas special.

References

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