Richard Ayoade
- 47 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, presenter and script editor
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The IT Crowd is still peak workplace comedy television
The IT Crowd is now streaming on Netflix, starring Chris O'Dowd and Richard Ayoade, and it's still one of the best workplace comedies on television.
Dana Da Silva, CBR, 13th November 2022My culture fix: Richard Ayoade
The comedian lets us into his cultural life.
The Times, 26th October 20222022 BAFTA TV Awards winners
Motherland has won Best Scripted Comedy in the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards. The other comedy-related winners were Sophie Willan, Jamie Demetriou, In My Skin, The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan and Big Zuu's Big Eats. This story includes the videos of the acceptance speeches.
British Comedy Guide, 8th May 2022Richard Ayoade's Question Team returning to Dave for second series
Richard Ayoade's quirky panel show Question Team is returning to Dave for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2022Along for the Ride With David O'Doherty review
Laidback, lighthearted and unapologetic about going nowhere, the latest entry into the comedians-on-holiday genre is utterly dispensable.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 22nd November 2021David O'Doherty to front cycling series featuring comedians
David O'Doherty is to lead a Channel 4 comedy entertainment series in which Richard Ayoade, Mel Giedroyc, Joe Wilkinson and Grayson Perry join him on cycle routes.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd October 2021TV review: Question Team
Maybe the programme won't be snapped up by Channel 4 like Taskmaster was, but who knows - I'd certainly watch DIY-Why-Aye every week if it was presented by Bob Mortimer.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th October 2021Question Time review
It's a good job Bob Mortimer is a guest in the opening episode of Question Team, else producers might be accused of ripping off Vic & Bob's chaotic, surreal and disrespectful approach to the panel show premise.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th October 2021Essential episodes: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
If the world were to end in thirty minutes time I've no doubt that many people would want to spend it watching one last episode of the show, at least if they wanted to go out laughing. But which one should be watched? It's an argument which has troubled humanity for many decades, or minutes, it's definitely one or the other, but for my money if you're a Darkplace fan your last seconds on this planet would be best spent watching the second episode, "Hell Hath Fury".
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 10th June 2021Inside No. 9 wins BAFTA award
Inside No. 9 has won the BAFTA award for Scripted Comedy. Aimee Lou Wood and Charlie Cooper won acting awards, with Romesh Ranganathan picking up the Entertainment Performance prize. Meanwhile The Big Narstie Show triumphed in the Comedy Entertainment Programme category.
British Comedy Guide, 6th June 2021