Alasdair Beckett-King

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.

Alasdair Beckett-King
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

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. "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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