Rob Beckett

Leicester Comedy Festival review: Rob Beckett

Thankfully, with whatever irked the lighting resolved, the second half was an improvement with Rob able to see jokes through without fear of blackout.

Rob Beckett interview

Family's an important subject for the Lewisham-based star Rob Beckett. He's got no desire to leave the neighbourhood where he grew up, despite it being 'a bit stabby'.

Rob Beckett 'Mouth of the South' review

At the end of the two hour marathon show Rob stood at the exit and personally shook every audience members hand and thanked them for coming out, showing just how grounded he still is.

Rob Beckett: I'm never going to be a Fringe favourite

Rob Beckett laughs as he admits he had no idea what the Edinburgh Fringe was until he became a comedian.

Fringe with new funnyman Lloyd Griffith

By day he's doing a podcast in his pants with pal and comedian Rob Beckett, by night he's gigging and boozing. Lloyd Griffiths has gone in two-footed into the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Here he describes the scene.

Edinburgh preview: Rob Beckett

I didn't want to write a preview of Rob Beckett that focussed on his teeth. Honest. But then I saw that his show was called Mouth of the South and I thought, well, he's asking for it.

Latitude 2015: comedy round-up - day 2

An 11am Saturday morning crowd is possibly the hardest to please, that's all saying you can tempt them out of bed in the first place, so it is surprising to see a more than healthy crowd of both children and adults first thing in The Comedy Tent. Nicole Evans offers a round-up on the first half of the day's comedic proceedings. Featuring Nish Kumar, Funz and Gamez, Rob Beckett, Ivo Graham and Rob Delaney.

Video - What makes a bully? Rob Beckett interviewed

What makes a bully? The This Week panel - joined by comedian Rob Beckett - try to ascertain what makes a troll tick, and what sort of behaviour characterises bullying.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of the Balham Comedy Festival, Rob Beckett, and Glenn Wool.

An obvious attempt to capitalise on the success of Sky One's superior A League of Their Own, Play to the Whistle had none of that show's charm or boyish humour. Part of the reason for this was the bizarre decision to have Holly Willoughby host the show which I don't think suited her girl-next-door style. Indeed, I found that she failed to make any of her scripted lines remotely funny and her attempts to act like one of the boys fell flat. In my opinion Play to the Whistle would've been a lot better had team captain Bradley Walsh taken up hosting duties. As anybody who watches The Chase knows, Bradley Walsh is a fine anchor and he was the stand out performer against a mediocre group. The only other highlights were provided by Jimmy Bullard who was the show's recurring character, often competing against team members in a number of challenges. Bullard, who was the best contestant on last year's I'm a Celebrity, would've made a better team captain than the dull Frank Lampard and I do feel the roles on the show definitely need a rethink. The other problem was that each round didn't last very long meaning that it was hard to play along at home or indeed root for either team. One example saw comedian Rob Beckett take on Bullard in a hurdles race which lasted all of about thirty seconds and provoked no laughter to speak of. There was also very little humour provided by the opening five minutes of banter the majority of which didn't do much for the overall feel of the show. At the end of the day, for a programme that's meant to have comedy at its centre, there was nothing about Play to the Whistle that was very funny. I do feel that if Walsh had replaced Willoughby and Bullard had taken his place at least there would've been a bit more fun. But as it was Play to the Whistle is one of those shows that has been written by committee and looks destined to join the host of Saturday night shows that eventually sunk without a trace.