Alasdair Beckett-King
Beckett-King at the Utrecht International Comedy Festival 2018
Alma materYork St John University
Occupation(s)Stand-up comedian, programmer, actor, author
Years active2012–present
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2019–present
Subscribers280,000[1]
(May 2023)
Total views40.16 million[1]
(May 2023)
Last updated: 16 May 2023
Websiteabeckettking.com

Alasdair Beckett-King is an English stand-up comedian, video game writer, and actor from Durham.[2][3][4][5][6][7] He won the 2017 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year.

Early life

Beckett-King is half-Scottish.[8] He attended York St John University and graduated in 2012.[9][10] He holds an undergraduate degree in Politics and an MA in Journalism.[11]

Career

Beckett-King was listed among the finalists of So You Think You're Funny in 2013. He was also among the finalists of NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show in 2014.[12]

Beckett-King won the 2017 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year.[13]

Beckett-King has appeared on The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith and Unforeseen Incidents.[14] He co-hosts the Loremen podcast with James Shakeshaft.[15]

Beckett-King created the adventure games Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!, released in 2007, and Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, released in 2016.[16][17] He also wrote the script for the adventure game Unforeseen Incidents, released in 2018.[18]

Since 2019, he publishes comedy sketches, which are written, acted, produced and animated by himself, on his YouTube channel.[19]

In 2022, Beckett-King voiced the character of "The Floater" in Doctor Who: Redacted, produced by BBC Studios.[20][21]

Beckett-King was an occasional panellist on Mock the Week, the British comic news quiz show, most notably appearing in the show's final ever episode.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Alasdair Beckett-King". YouTube.
  2. ↑ "Lights, camera, action". York Press.
  3. ↑ "Stream Alasdair Beckett-King stand-up comedy". The Home of Stand-Up Comedy | NextUp Comedy. 23 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Edgar, Robert (2 November 2017). Basics Film-Making 03: Directing Fiction. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781350034631 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Edgar, Robert; Marland, John; Rawle, Steven (27 August 2015). The Language of Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472575258 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Head, Chris (12 July 2018). A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781350035539 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ @GlenLenSherman (31 March 2020). "@MisterABK Happy birthday Alasdair have a great day.🎂" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Mock the Week S20 E5. Stand-up challenge: Laura Lexx and Alasdair Beckett-King., retrieved 10 June 2023
  9. ↑ Edgar, Robert; Marland, John; Richards, James (14 December 2017). Basics Film-Making 02: Screenwriting. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781350034709 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett-King | London Film School". lfs.org.uk.
  11. ↑ "Interview with comedian and animator Alasdair Beckett-King". Voice Magazine. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  12. ↑ Steve Bennett (27 January 2014) "NATYS 2014 Final", Chortle
  13. ↑ "Comedians thank DMU students for making their lives easier". www.dmu.ac.uk.
  14. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett King". Top Secret Comedy Club.
  15. ↑ "About us". The Loremen Podcast. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet". Steam.
  17. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett-King Community". Youtube.
  18. ↑ "Wot I Think: Unforeseen Incidents". Rock Paper Shotgun. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  19. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett-King". Youtube.
  20. ↑ "The TARDIS visits BBC Sounds in new spin-off podcast Doctor Who: Redacted". BBC. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  21. ↑ Morris, Lauren (12 April 2022). "Doctor Who: Redacted teases the Doctor being "erased from existence"". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "Mock the Week S21 E5 (21 Oct 22). The End". YouTube. Retrieved 22 October 2022.


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