James Acaster
James William Acaster is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire. He has performed for several consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has been nominated for Best Show five times. Acaster has appeared on several panel shows, including Mock the Week, Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, and Would I Lie to You?. He has a 2018 Netflix show entitled Repertoire, consisting of four hour-long stand-up comedy performances. In 2019, Acaster won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, making him the first UK comedian to do so in nine years.
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TV Series
We Have Been Watching
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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
7.5
Sweet Home Ketteringa
0
Sweat the Small Stuff
5
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
7.2
Celebrity Hunted
5.4
The Jonathan Ross Show
5.1
Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson
5.8
Virtually Famous
7
QI
7.9
Question Team
6.3
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
7.083
Grave New World
10
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
7
Just Puddings
0
Mission: Accessible
0
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
6.559
The Last Leg
5.6
James Acaster: Repertoire
7.944
Live at the Apollo
7.083
Room 101
6.3
Taskmaster
8.255
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
5.7
Would I Lie to You?
7.713
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
5.3
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
7
Insert Name Here
6.7
Romesh: Talking to Comedians
3
Richard Osman's House of Games
6
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
6.981
Mock the Week
6.987
Absolutely Fine
7
The Dog Ate My Homework
0
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
7.8
8 Out of 10 Cats
7.125
Hypothetical
7
Big Fat Quiz
7.6
Big Brother's Bit on the Side
4.9
Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish
7.545
Movies
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
6.483
Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage
6.3
Seize Them!
5.1
The Unofficial Science of Home Alone
5.5
Finlay Christie: OK Zoomer
0
A1: The Long Road to Edinburgh
6
James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999
8
James Acaster: Make a New Tomorrow
8
Cinderella
6.354
James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome
6.7