Richard Ayoade
- 47 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, presenter and script editor
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Richard Ayoade to host BAFTA TV Awards
Richard Ayoade has been announced as the host of the British Academy Television Awards, which will be shown on BBC One on Friday 31st July.
British Comedy Guide, 29th May 2020Top 20 British sitcoms of 21st century: The IT Crowd
Although patchy at first, The IT Crowd was a rare sitcom which steadily improved as it went on.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 27th March 2020Richard Ayoade to host panel show pilot
Richard Ayoade to host Who's Asking?, a panel show pilot in which the players write the questions.
British Comedy Guide, 28th February 2020Guest judges lined-up for Series 4 of Roast Battle
Richard Ayoade, Big Narstie, Sara Pascoe, Noel Fielding and Joe Lycett will act as guest judges in Series 4 of Comedy Central's Roast Battle.
British Comedy Guide, 15th October 2019The 50 best comedians of the 21st century
Steve Coogan is the funniest Brit, coming second on the list, with American Tina Fey coming first. Once again, in a mirroring of a Channel 4 poll in 2007, Stewart Lee came 41st.
Hannah J Davies, Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Brian Logan and Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 18th September 2019Richard Ayoade interview
The comedian, 42, on cheap shoes, law degree shaming, meeting The Edge and being from Ipswich.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 14th September 2019The past Edinburgh Comedy Award winners you should know
Before we find out who won this year's prize, we've taken a look back over some of the most significant wins since the Edinburgh Comedy Awards began.
Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard, 21st August 2019Joe Lycett to take over from Richard Ayoade as Travel Man
Joe Lycett is to take over from Richard Ayoade as the presenter of Channel 4's Travel Man format.
British Comedy Guide, 5th July 2019Comedians appearing in celebrity Crystal Maze revealed
Vic Reeves, Al Murray, Steve Pemberton, Susan Calman, Russell Kane, Ellie Taylor and Tom Rosenthal have all signed up for the show, which will again be hosted by Richard Ayoade. Six hour-long shows will be made in aid of Stand Up To Cancer, with Reeves competing in a team captained by his wife, Nancy Sorrell.
Chortle, 11th June 2019The last show in a riotous run finds Richard Ayoade in charge as regular team leaders Ian Hislop and Paul Merton and their guests, Pointless presenter and producer Richard Osman and the comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean, lampoon the week's events and muse on the spectacle of the Tory leadership race.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 31st May 2019