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Richard Woolford

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London, England
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February 2009
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Writer for

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Big Sam's England Edition FIFA 17, July 27th 2016
Highlights of European Ryder Cup gif, October 3rd 2016
Boris Johnson World Map, October 3rd 2016
Steven Woolfe replacement, October 18th 2016
Football Manager 17 Brexit oneliner , October 19th 2016
Whiny Tears Donald Trump Doll, October 19th 2016
Gran Theft Auto oneliner, October 19th 2016
Boris Johnson Bulldozer Heathrow oneliner , 25th October 2016
The Brexorcist, 31st October 2016
UK Cyber Defence Team, 1st November 2016
Bono Glamour Woman of the Year, 2nd November 2016
Brexit plan so far, 15th November 2016
HS2 Thomas the Tank Engine, 15th November 2016
Trump dialling Putin, 15th November 2016
Google "I'm feeling lucky", 16th November 2016
Word of the year poo emoji, 16th November 2016
Operation board game with passport and utility bill pieces, 22nd November 2016
Paul Nuttall / Harry Hill Fight, 29th November 2016
Vegan campaigners Fiver day, 30th November 2016
Brexit Selection Box, 1st December 2016
NHS - Carry On Waiting film, 7th December 2016
Sports Direct workhouse punishment, 8th December 2016
John Lennon Trump hair peace, 8th December 2016
Live pictures of Brexit trade deal, 15th December 2016
Trainstriking poster, 9th January 2017
Trump light switch nuke, 17th January 2017
Blah Blah Land, PM speech, 17th January 2017
PM commences Brexit deals gun, 18th January 2017
Live pictures of countries "queueing up" to sign free trade deals with Britain, 18th January 2017
Donald Trump redrawing Europe, 8th February 2017
Betsy DeVos school ideas, 8th February 2017
Harrison Ford near miss, 16th February 2017
Donald Trump Periodic Table, 17th February 2017
Paul Nuttall website relaunch, 20th February 2017
SpaceX Tourist Wayne Shaw, 28th February 2017
Trump Wire tap toy phone, 6th March 2017
Parcelforce Oliver Twist, 7th March 2017
Paul Burrell gay Pope Catholic, 7th March 2017
Canine world celebrate Heseltine sacking, 8th March 2017
Trump celebrates International Womens day pageant, 8th March 2017
Paul Nuttall claims Barcelona come back goal, 9th March 2017
Hornby release Southern Railway set (empty), 13th March 2017
Trump golf, making fun of handicaps, 13th March 2017
May's lost schedule found, 13th March 2017
Richard Hammond wheelchair crash gif, 21st March 2017
Post Brexit Cadbury Snack Size Dairy Milk, 27th March 2017
Daily Mail Inspirational Women Special, 28th March 2017
I have a drink - Pepsi / Martin Luther King Jr advert, 6th April 2017
Strong Stable Leader Chips, 3rd May 2017
Maylien Government, 12th May 2017
Donald Trump Tippy top secret, 16th May 2017
Donald Trump reveals White House leaks, 16th May 2017
Blunder Woman, 26th May 2017
Trump secret recording device, 23rd June 2017
Theresa May DUP door mat, 27th June 2017
Spewcastle, 4th July 2017
Barf Vader, 6th July 2017
Love Island Gonorrhoea, 7th July 2017
Trump / Merkel handshake, 7th July 2017
Breastfeeding in schools, 1st August 2017
Bloodsport Stan Kroenke Arsenal shirt, 1st August 2017
Trump golf technique, 4th August 2017
Trump Atomic Blonde, 8th August 2017
Trump Ghost Story KKK, 18th August 2017
Chocolate Orange honour plaque, 18th August 2017
Trump crashes golf cart after going blind from solar eclipse, 22nd August 2017
Trump / Jong-Un board game Battleships, 5th September 2017
Pro-fanity Evolution Soccer, 5th September 2017
Paul Hollywood Nazi bread, 11th September 2017
Brexit Thomas the Tank Engine, 15th September
George Osbourne locks Noel fielding in fridge, 15th September 2017
May / Johnson driving to work car split, 19th September
KKK knealing, 26th September
Donald Trump visits Puerto Rico (to play golf) 3rd October 2017
Theresa May Royal Mail letters, 6th October 2017
Trump visits Hawaii to play golf, 1st November 2017
Gender pay gap in Brexit years, 10th November 2017
15,000 scientists warn about I'm a Celeb, 14th November 2017
Wolverine not happy with new Disney costume, 15th December 2017
North Korea bobsleigh designs, 9th January 2018
Phil Neville Womens Football team training, 30th January 2018
Donald Trump bans schools, 23rd February 2018
Storm Emma reacts, 2nd March 2018
England reveal new Russian World Cup kit, 9th March 2018
Arsenal v CSKA Moscow precautions, 16th March 2018
Church of England contactless, 20th March 2018
Blue Passport design, 23rd March 2018

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Newsjack

Episode 1 Series 10 Pardew's Head Sketch, 6th March 2014
Episode 4 Series 10 Ghandi Crush Saga, 27th March 2014
Episode 6 Series 10 Onion Rings, 10th April 2014
Episode 1 Series 11 Leaked Sooty Nudes, 25th September 2014
Episode 2 Series 19 Pray day lender, 20th September 2018

Huffington Post

Snowman Appeal Sketch, 2nd December 2013

Huffington Post's - TopicaLOL

Donald Trump "The Moron" (The Martian spoof poster) 6th October 2015
Straight Outta Eton (Dr Dre-vid Camerons story) 3rd September 2015
THEIFA 16 (Sepp Blatter computer game) 4th June 2015
Dine Kampf (BNP Cook Book) 13th January 2014

Piñata TV

The Grave, 10th July 2020

Viz

Top Tips - June 2016
Top Tips - July 2016

Made TV - Purple Pigeon

The Grave, April 2016
Urgent Public Appeal, April 2016

Newsrevue, Canal Café Theatre, London

White-Power Ranger VO, March 2017
Crufts Junglist Mastiff VO, March 2017
Mary Berry, Heston Recipe VO, March 2017
Boris Johnson VO, January 2017
Diane James advent calendar VO, December 2016
Maths VO, December 2016
Porn Cinema VO, October 2016
Star Wars Day VO, May 2016
Howard Marks, rolling in his grave VO, April 2016
2 Ron's don't make a right Ronnie Corbett death VO, April 2016
Laurel & Ji-Hardy VO, August 2015
Nazi Queen Song, July 2015
Royal Baby One More Time Song, May & June 2015
Cliff Richard's Living Trolls VO (part 2), February & March 2015
Average Man Doll Sketch, December 2014
Strictly Scum Dancing VO, October & December 2014
Jack the Ripper VO, September 2014
Gender Reassignment Song, August 2014

Newsrevue, Edinburgh Festival, Pleasance Theatre

Cliff Richard's Living Trolls VO, August 2014

Slash Football

Special One video, 20th December 2016

10ish Minute Show Podcast

Recipes for Disaster Sketch, January 27th 2015
Clown Extinction Sketch, January 27th 2015

Joke writer for All Puns Blazing book 2021 - available here https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Puns-Blazing-British-Knockout/dp/1529109310

Quoted in How to write comedy by Tony Kirwood - Paperback released 1st May 2014

Member of www.whydidthechicken.com writing team

Comedy Competitions

Winner - G&B Weird & Wonderful Competition, June 2024
Winner - Dabbers Judges Winner, July 2023
Winner - Turnip Prize, Dec 2022
Finalist - UK Pun Championship Leicester Comedy Festival, Feb 2021
Winner - Hoopla Impro Broccoli advert challenge, Nov 2020
Finalist - UK Pun Championship Leicester Comedy Festival, Feb 2020
2nd Place - UK Pun Championship Leicester Comedy Festival, Feb 2019
Winner - Sky News Poll - Best Christmas joke 2017
Runner Up - Gold UK Cracker Joke Award, Dec 2017
Finalist - UK Pun Championship Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival, Feb 2016
Runner Up - Gold UK Cracker Joke Award, Dec 2015
Winner - Laughter Shock Comedy Sketch Competition, Aug & Sept 2015
Finalist - UK Pun Championship Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival , Feb 2015
Runner Up - Gold UK Cracker Joke Award, Dec 2014
Runner Up - Cofilmic Best Sketch Award, The Comedy Store Manchester, Nov 2014
Winner - 1st Prize Gold UK Cracker Joke Award - £5000, Dec 2013
Winner - 1st Prize Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Short Sketch Award - £5000, Feb 2013
Winner - Chortle's Best Sketch Award, Feb 2013
Winner - Electric Mouse Angel Best New Act, 2010
Finalist - BBC New Comedy Animators, 2006
Finalist - Jongleurs Comedy Live Tour, 2005
Finalist - Comedy Store / Samsung Fame 4U, 2005
Quarter Finalist - BBC New Comedy Award, 2005

Performed at

Comedy Store, Manchester
Jongleurs, Birmingham, Camden

Edinburgh Festival

Ron & Jerry Show - Assembly Roxy
Mad Ron's Character comedy Carnage
Parks Circus
Laughing Horse Comedy Selection

Leicester Comedy Festival

UK Pun Championship 2021 Final
UK Pun Championship 2020 Final
UK Pun Championship 2019 Final
UK Pun Championship 2016 Final
UK Pun Championship 2015 Final

Stand In work

Mock The Week, 2019

Acting

Biker, Down Hill from Here - ITV Studios
Timmy, Pinky & Sweety Show - Soho Theatre

Sketches Screened at

Piñata TV 2020
CineMadness, Leicester Comedy Festival 2017
ShortCom Christmas Best of Show, London 2015
Cofilmic, The Comedy Store Manchester 2014
ShortCom Glasgow Film Festival 2014
ShortCom Edinburgh Festival 2013
ShortCom Pleasance Theatre London 2013
Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival 2013
Brainwrap Comedy 2013

Comedy Education

Amused Moose - Logan Murray Stand & Deliver - 2005
Tony Kirwood - Sketch Writing -2008
Dave Cohen - Make a Living From Comedy - 2014
Dawson Brothers - Sketch Writing - 2016
The Comedy School - Stand Up Comedy - 2018
Hoopla Impro - Improvisation - 2020
Hoopla Impro - Comedy Writing - 2020
Sam Simmons Master Class - 2020
Jon Davison - Introduction To Clowning - 2020

"Crams more visual gags and sound effects into his set than would seem possible" The Scotsman, Kate Copstick
"Very funny" David Schneider
"Terry Gilliam-esque piece of comic animation brilliance" - Shortcom
"Brilliant.....wonderful" - Huffington post
"Funny, original and took us back to our childhoods" - Steve North, GM of Channel Dave
"Effing hilarious" - Rob Broderick, Abandoman
"Very funny" - Howard Read
"Ruthlessly economic nuggets" - The Guardian (on my Pun writing)
"Brilliantly corny" - Beyond the Joke
"Quirky" - Chortle
"The real deal" - Howler

Website

www.richardwoolfordcomedy.com

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  1. Newsjack Series 19

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  2. Newsjack - Series 12

    Posted on 23rd June 2015 at 1:47pm

  3. Newsjack - Series 12

    Posted on 22nd June 2015 at 10:16am

  4. Sepp Blatter PS4 game THEIFA

    Posted on 6th June 2015 at 4:00pm

  5. UKTV Gold Christmas Cracker Joke Competition

    Posted on 16th December 2014 at 10:40am

  6. Cofilmic

    Posted on 31st October 2014 at 10:46pm

  7. Cofilmic

    Posted on 30th October 2014 at 4:30pm

  8. Cofilmic

    Posted on 22nd October 2014 at 1:07pm

  9. Newsjack - Series 11

    Posted on 6th October 2014 at 11:22am

  10. Newsjack - Series 11

    Posted on 2nd October 2014 at 5:13pm

  11. Newsjack - Series 11

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  12. Newsjack - Series 11

    Posted on 26th September 2014 at 5:05pm

  13. Newsjack - Series 11

    Posted on 25th September 2014 at 9:59pm

  14. Newsjack - Series 11

    Posted on 16th September 2014 at 10:47pm

  15. NewsRevue again!

    Posted on 1st September 2014 at 12:13pm

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