James Acaster
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Russell Howard 's Good News Self Series 4 Episode 5
2011 Show and Tell Self Series 1 Episode 7 , Series 1 Episode 8
2013-2014 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Self Series 27 Episode 1 , Series 28 Episode 4
2013-2014 Sweat the Small Stuff Self Series 1 Episode 8 , Series 2 Episode 5 , Series 4 Episode 5
2014 Spicks and Specks Self Series 8 Episode 15
2014 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live Self 2014 , Episode 1
2014 Big Brother 's Bit on the Side Self 26 June 2014
2014 Comedy Up Late Self Series 2 Episode 4
2014 Virtually Famous Self Series 1 Episodes 3 , 6
2014 Sweet Home Ketteringa Self ( Host ) Documentary Series
2014 , 2017 Richard Herring 's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast Self Leicester Square Episodes 49 , 208 ; Edinburgh Fringe Episode 77
2014-2017 8 Out of 10 Cats Self Series 17 Episode 5 , Series 18 Episode 5 , Series 19 Episode 6 , Series 20 Episode 10
2014-present Mock the Week Self Series 13 Episode 10 ; Series 14 Episodes 1 , 3 , 9 , 10 ; Series 15 Episodes 2 , 5 , 9 , 11 ; Series 16 Episodes 1 , 2 , 8 , 9 , 10 ; Series 17 Episodes 1 , 3 , 5
2015 Josh Mike Series 1 Episode 4
2015 Alan Davies : As Yet Untitled Self Series 2 Episode 5
2015 Community Kitchen Self Series 3 Episodes 4 , 5
2015 Drunk History : UK Self Series 1 Episodes 1 , 7
2015 The John Bishop Show Self Episode 1
2015 Live at the Apollo Self Series 11 , Episode 5
2015-2018 Have I Got News For You Self Series 49 Episode 9 , Series 55 Episode 4
Filmography
James William Acaster (; born 9 January 1985) is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire. He has performed for several consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and won two Chortle awards in 2015. He has been nominated for Best Show five times at the Edinburgh Fringe. 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. He has also written two books, James Acaster's Classic Scrapes, consisting of true stories, most of which were originally told on Josh Widdicombe's show on XFM, and Perfect Sound Whatever, consisting of album reviews from the year 2016. He currently hosts panel show Hypothetical alongside Widdicombe and food podcast Off Menu with fellow comedian Ed Gamble.