Actors - Marcus Brigstocke

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Marcus Brigstocke is a British comedian and satirist who has worked extensively in stand-up comedy, television and radio. He is particularly associated with the 6.30pm comedy slot on BBC Radio 4, having frequently appeared on several of its shows concurrently.

Many of the central themes of Brigstocke's work (essentially the hypocrisy of the affluent) were first addressed during his time as a student at the University of Bristol, an institution renowned for its perceived social elitism, against which Brigstocke has continually rebelled. Very few of the conventions and institutions of the bourgeoisie have escaped his ire, be it the middle-class obsession with heritage (The Museum of Everything), the turpitude of contemporary business culture (Think the Unthinkable), or English provincial parochialism (Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off). However, Marcus's favourite joke is to do an impersonation of Tim Westwood, which always contains a reference to Westwood's name just in case you didn't get it from the impersonation.

With a successful radio career including The Now Show with Punt and Dennis, he retains a cult following. He is increasingly enjoying mainstream success, recently having appeared on such broadly popular TV shows such as Have I Got News for You and Jack Dee's Live at the Apollo series.

One of his best-known jokes is "Computer games can't affect kids that much. I mean, if Pacman had affected us as kids we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music." This is also a good example of the sort of one-liners Brigstocke usually comes up with, though it is also often attributed to a Nintendo employee.

Selected Radio

The Now Show
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
We are History
The Museum of Everything
As Safe as Houses

Selected TV

The Late Edition With Marcus Brigstocke
My Hero
Stupid!

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