Jason Forbes
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
James Acaster's spoof crime podcast Springleaf attracts all-star cast
James Acaster has launched his spoof true crime podcast, Springleaf, in which he plays his undercover cop alter-ego, Pat Springleaf, with a cast that includes Finn Wolfhard, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Tom Allen, Sara Pascoe, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Nish Kumar, Rosie Jones, Guz Khan, Phil Wang, Ed Gamble, Josh Widdicombe, Sindhu Vee, Natalie Cassidy and Domhnall Gleeson.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2023Harry Hill releases silent rom-com film The Last Caveman
Harry Hill has written and stars in The Last Caveman, a silent, slapstick rom-com film about a prehistoric man, co-starring Holly Burn, Nick Helm and Jason Forbes.
British Comedy Guide, 9th November 2023Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical announces West End cast
The complete cast of puppeteers and voice-over artists of the West End transfer of Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical has been revealed.
Tom Millward, What's On Stage, 10th May 2023Late Night Mash dropped after 2 series
Satirical comedy programme Late Night Mash will not return for a third series, Dave has confirmed.
British Comedy Guide, 10th March 2023Dave drops The Island
Tom Allen-fronted comedy format The Island has been cast away after one series.
Chortle, 24th January 2023Baby Cow release new sitcom pilots
Two brand new digital comedy series from BBC Studios and Baby Cow Productions - The Train and What's Happening? - are being released online via YouTube and Facebook.
British Comedy Guide, 27th September 2022Just Jokes marks Black History Month on Dave
Dave will mark 2022's Black History Month with new factual comedy special Just Jokes, looking at black comics working in Britain and the comedy circuit today.
British Comedy Guide, 26th August 2022The Island review
I watched Dave's new comedy format The Island, not knowing it had been devised by stand-ups James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Lloyd Langford and John Robins when they got stranded in New York by a storm. That fact came as something as a surprise, given the show feels less than an idea created organically by some fine comic minds, and more like the brainchild of a UKTV exec trying to engineer something to fill a Taskmaster-shaped hole left after their biggest show got poached by Channel 4.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd March 2022The Island, Dave, review
Comedy panel shows are over - this predictable refresh proves it.
Emily Watkins, i Newspaper, 23rd March 2022Mash had to censor PM quote as it breached Dave rules
We can't tell you exactly what was said, but there was definitely a homophobic slur, some more than casual racism and a sizeable portion of misogyny. Nish Kumar put it in a sarcastic nutshell: "Pretty cool that we aren't allowed to broadcast things the Prime Minister has said because they're too racist."
The Poke, 22nd October 2021