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Tom Allen

Tom Allen (I)

  • 41 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

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Tom Allen writes a second memoir

Tom Allen is writing another memoir, Too Much, reflecting on finding love and the death of his father.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2022

BBC New Comedy Award wants to find new faces to make us laugh now

Satire is everywhere and a fresh generation of comics are ripping up the rules.

Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 22nd May 2022

Top of the Pods - How live podcasts are taking over comedy

The format has gone from low-cost side hustle to, for some, a lucrative bread-winner, and audiences are flocking to them.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 1st April 2022

Teenage Cancer Trust Comedy Night at the Royal Albert Hall review

The long-delayed annual fundraiser made a triumphant return.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 23rd March 2022

The Island review

I watched Dave's new comedy format The Island, not knowing it had been devised by stand-ups James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Lloyd Langford and John Robins when they got stranded in New York by a storm. That fact came as something as a surprise, given the show feels less than an idea created organically by some fine comic minds, and more like the brainchild of a UKTV exec trying to engineer something to fill a Taskmaster-shaped hole left after their biggest show got poached by Channel 4.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd March 2022

The Island, Dave, review

Comedy panel shows are over - this predictable refresh proves it.

Emily Watkins, i Newspaper, 23rd March 2022

The Island review

This nautical panel show is so laugh-free it's a wreck.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 23rd March 2022

The Island is proof that lazy podcasts are ruining TV comedy

Dave's new panel show challenges a group of comics to come up with strategies for how to survive after a shipwreck. But why?

Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 23rd March 2022

Tom Allen to co-host Bafta red carpet show

The comic and AJ Odudu have today been announced as co-presenters of the streamed programme on Sunday March 13.

Chortle, 24th January 2022

Tom Allen reveals his beloved father Paul has died

Tom wrote: "I'm so sad to report that my wonderful dad has died. It was a total shock. He was with mum and he had a heart attack last night."

Daily Mail, 2nd December 2021

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