James Acaster
English comedian
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| March 2025 | The podcast duo returned to London for a short run of live shows at the London Palladium, featuring guests including Julian Clary and Self Esteem. |
| March 12 2025 | Off Menu podcast introduced a new format called 'Tasting Menu', where former guest John Kearns was served the dream menu originally created by Miriam Margoyles. |
| October 2024 | Revealed on the podcast 'What Did You Do Yesterday?' that he lives in North London with his girlfriend and four cats, including a Sphynx cat. |
| 2023 | Became the voice of Armadillo in the English dub of the Italian animated series This World Can't Tear Me Down. |
| 2023 | Appeared on the fifth series of Celebrity Hunted with Ed Gamble, ultimately being caught after deliberately provoking the Hunters. |
| October 2023 | Gamble and Acaster toured with 15 Off Menu live shows throughout October and November. |
| May 2023 | Released debut album 'Party Gator Purgatory' with his music collective Temps. |
| 2022 | Published his third book, 'Guide to Quitting Social Media', a parody of the self-help genre, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. |
| 2022 | Began touring 'Hecklers Welcome'. |
| 2022 | Completed the fourth and final series of Hypothetical, which ran from 2019 to 2022, with the third series notably filmed under social distancing restrictions. |
| 2022 | Participated in The Unofficial Science of Home Alone documentary, recreating stunts from the Home Alone movies alongside comedian Guz Khan. |
| 2022 | Appeared on Celebrity Mastermind with a humorously unprepared performance for the specialist subject 'The History of Ice Cream'. |
| 2022 | Co-created The Island panel show with comedians Ed Gamble, Lloyd Langford, and John Robins, which was cancelled after one series on Dave. |
| December 2022 | The podcast hosts recorded a Christmas episode of Off Menu. |
| May 2022 | Hypothetical: The Podcast debuted, featuring Acaster and Widdicombe being asked hypothetical questions by guest hosts. |
| 2021 | Releases the 'Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999' special on Vimeo, accompanied by 'Make a New Tomorrow', which contains material cut from the original special. |
| 2021 | Repertoire is streamed 840,000 times in the UK, becoming the third-most streamed British comedy special on Netflix. |
| July 2021 | Ed Gamble and James Acaster recorded a live episode of Off Menu at the Royal Festival Hall featuring guests Isy Suttie and Edgar Wright. |
| 2020 | James Acaster starts hosting 'James Acaster's Perfect Sounds' podcast, running from 2020 to 2024 |
| 2019 | Published his second book, 'Perfect Sound Whatever', which became a Sunday Times bestseller. |
| 2019 | Appeared on The Great British Bake Off, an experience he later discussed in his comedy routine Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, highlighting his mental health struggles during the competition. |
| 2019 | Performs 'Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999', which is released temporarily on DICE platform. The special receives critical acclaim, winning a Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award and a Chortle Award. |
| 2019 | James Acaster began co-hosting the panel show Hypothetical on Dave with Josh Widdicombe, where comedians are asked absurd hypothetical questions and awarded points based on their responses. |
| 2018 | The book was nominated for a Chortle Award in the Book category. |
| 2018 | Appeared as a guest on the British television panel show Taskmaster. |
| 2018 | Released four-part Netflix special 'Repertoire'. |
| 2018 | James Acaster launches 'Off Menu' podcast with co-host Ed Gamble, which continues through to 2025 |
| 2018 | Won Richard Osman's House of Games after winning the first three episodes. Notably, he got drunk after filming and smashed his trophy, giving it to a busker. |
| 2018 | James Acaster tours his stand-up comedy special 'Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999', which explores personal themes including his experiences with The Great British Bake Off, past relationships, and mental health. |
| 2017 | James Acaster began an obsessive challenge to collect as much music from 2016 as possible, which would later form the basis of his follow-up book Perfect Sound Whatever. |
| 2017 | Published his first book, 'Classic Scrapes', which became a Sunday Times bestseller. |
| 2017 | Toured three Fringe performances as The Trelogy while writing a fourth accompanying set. |
| 2017 | Broke up with comedian Rose Matafeo. |
| 2017 | Starred in a Christmas mockumentary short for Sky Arts called James Acaster's Xmas, featuring the turning on of Christmas lights in Kettering. |
| 2017 | Acaster performs 'Recap', the fourth show that ties together his previous three shows, inspired by Rogue One and Pixar film theories. |
| 2016 | Wrote a sitcom pilot for BBC Two called We The Jury about a man called to jury duty, which was later picked up by CBS for potential adaptation. |
| 2016 | Created and hosted the BBC Three series Sounds Random, interviewing musicians through a unique shuffle play concept. |
| 2016 | Acaster performs 'Reset', the third show in his comedy trilogy. |
| 2015 | Rose Matafeo moved from New Zealand to London to live with James Acaster. |
| 2015 | Acaster performs 'Represent', the second show in his comedy trilogy, which receives a Chortle Award nomination. |
| 2014 | Acaster performs 'Recognise' at Edinburgh Fringe, the first show in his comedy trilogy. The show wins the New Zealand International Comedy Festival Award for Best International Show and Chortle Awards for Best Breakthrough Act and Best Show. |
| 2013 | James Acaster begins hosting 'James Acaster's Findings' radio show, which runs for 5 episodes over 2013-2014 |
| 2013 | Ended relationship with comedian Louise Ford. |
| 2013 | Attended his first therapy session, beginning to address his mental health more directly. |
| 2010 | Worked as a support act for comedian Josie Long. |
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