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Tom Allen

Tom Allen (I)

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

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Comedians tell us why we need to save live comedy

Five quid tickets, a back room in a pub and a lone microphone stand are the formula for some of the best nights. But now, with venues still closed, the future prospects of live comedy are looking bleak.

Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard, 22nd July 2020

Jessica Fostekew presents live episode of her podcast

Joining her will be Tom Allen, Briony May Williams and Zoe Adjonyoh.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th July 2020

Tom Allen to publish his autobiography

Tom Allen is to publish his memoir. No Shame, which is about growing up in 90s suburbia, will be published 12th November.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd July 2020

There's Something About Movies returning to Sky for Series 3

Sky One has ordered a third series of panel show There's Something About Movies, plus new runs of A League Of Their Own and its European Road Trip spin-off.

British Comedy Guide, 29th June 2020

TV preview - Comedians: Home Alone

Following E4's Remote Comedy From The Paddock the BBC launches with their own self-shot lockdown rapidfire sketch show. And on the basis of the first episodes - not that this is a competition - the BBC has the edge.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2020

Tom Allen to host documentary series about TV adverts

Channel 4 has ordered Tom Allen: Ad Man, a four-part series in which the comedian will celebrate 65 years of the nation's best-loved and most outrageous TV adverts.

British Comedy Guide, 29th April 2020

BBC Two orders Comedians Playing With Themselves

BBC Two is to broadcast a new short-form series called Comedians Playing With Themselves, in which comics are tasked with entertaining the nation from their homes.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2020

Comedians' all-time favourite stand-up routines

Top comics pick the routines that make them howl with laughter, from Eddie Murphy on Rocky to Eddie Izzard on penknives and Michelle Wolf on women's worst enemies.

Ben Williams, The Guardian, 6th April 2020

Comedy videos to raise your spirits

Self-isolating comedians are working from home to bring a little light relief to the nation. Here's a roundup of some of the funniest.

Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 30th March 2020

Explicable Me review

With her gregarious, in-control nature, it was probably only a matter of time before Suzi Ruffell landed a presenting slot of her own.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd March 2020

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