Richard Ayoade
- 47 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, presenter and script editor
Press clippings
The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade review
Comic novel or conceptual art project?
Sam Leith, The Guardian, 31st October 2024The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade review
Who is Harauld Hughes? Those of you asking yourselves this question are filling the very same shoes that Ayoade himself walked in.
Lucy Riddell, Forge Press, 8th October 2024The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade review
Richard Ayoade's novel is meant to be funny - but it's utterly tedious.
Ellen Peirson-Hagger, i Newspaper, 6th October 2024Last One Laughing UK participants revealed
The participating comedians in Last One Laughing UK have been revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd October 2024Richard Ayoade picks his favourite books
The comedian enjoys works by George Saunders, Wallace Shawn and P.G. Wodehouse.
The Week, 27th September 2024Richard Ayoade defends Graham Linehan as a 'man of great principle' over his trans views
The IT Crowd actor was blasted by fans after he praised Graham Linehan's book.
Jon Brady, Daily Mail, 26th July 2024Chris Morris, Noel Fielding & more voice Richard Ayoade's spoof memoir
Chris Morris is returning to acting for the first time in eight years, voicing the audiobook of Richard Ayoade's latest spoof memoir, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes, alongside Stephen Merchant, Noel Fielding, David Mitchell, Sally Hawkins and Lydia Fox.
British Comedy Guide, 15th July 2024Bruiser: The excellent British comedy that preceded Peep Show
With additional writing assistance from the likes of Richard Ayoade and Ricky Gervais, Bruiser served as Mitchell & Webb's breakthrough on television and led to their appearance in Peep Show, plus their other widely celebrated sketch show That Mitchell And Webb Look, which cemented their status as two of 21st-century British comedy's most significant names.
Thomas Leatham, Far Out, 20th March 2024Richard Ayoade pens doppelganger memoir The Unfinished Harauld Hughes
Richard Ayoade has written The Unfinished Harauld Hughes, a seemingly fictionalised account of his attempts to rescue the reputation of a lookalike auteur.
British Comedy Guide, 10th February 2024Nathan Barley: the British comedy that foresaw the future of culture
Nathan Barley depicts the self-absorption of East London, where vapid hipsters and narcissistic media online personalities run amok amid a new age of journalism.
Thomas Leatham, Far Out, 5th February 2024