Rob Beckett
- 39 years old
- English
- Stand-up comedian and presenter
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Rob Beckett says LEGO helped him battle suicidal thoughts after having kids
Rob Beckett had a breakdown in 2020 due to crippling worries about providing for his family, despite his success on shows like Taskmaster and 8 Out Of 10 Cats - but his wife and kids helped him.
Alex Lloyd, The Mirror, 15th October 2022Parenting Hell: Beckett and Widdicombe podcast 'redressing the balance'
Beckett suggests that part of the appeal for female listeners could lie in getting an insight into their partner's psyche.
BBC, 13th October 2022These computer generated posters of comedians will give you nightmares
Artificial intelligence is getting good at generating images... but it's not perfect yet. Comedy writer and performer David Reed has demonstrated this by getting a computer to generate posters for some well-known comedians, and posting the results on Twitter. Prepare to have nightmares...
British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022Rob Beckett ends up as accidental activist after becoming caught up in protest
Rob Beckett ended up on the news looking as if he was leading a protest march by accident.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022Rob Beckett to host BBC One celebrity couples competition Unbreakable
Rob Beckett will host BBC One couples competition Unbreakable, in which celebrities put their relationships to the test in a series of challenges, with participants including Stephen Bailey, Denise Welch, Simon Weston and Shirley Ballas.
British Comedy Guide, 21st September 2022The new comedy establishment?
I couldn't help noticing recently that a lot of comedians are intertwined. In a fiercely competitve business a lot of solo stand-ups seem to be forming temporary double acts for podcasts and programmes. And the same people keep cropping up, creating what you might want to call, if you were so inclined, the new Comedy Establishment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th June 2022Improv Corner - Improv in the media - Rob & Romesh Vs
The thing with heightening a character's personality is that you don't want to have them through the whole show as that will be intense and it will become too much for the audience. However the odd one here and there can be really effective and make a really random surreal section for the audience.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 6th June 2022Meet The Richardsons returning for two more series
Meet The Richardsons is returning for two more series on Dave, with 20 new episodes ordered.
British Comedy Guide, 12th May 2022Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan's chaotic One Show interview
Fans of The One Show were left fuming and "switched off" the show after a "chaotic" interview on Thursday night.
Jessica Lester, The Sun, 29th April 2022Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe to publish Parenting Hell book
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe have signed a publishing deal to release a spin-off book from their hit podcast Parenting Hell.
British Comedy Guide, 26th April 2022