Alasdair Beckett-King | |
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Alma mater | York St John University |
Occupation(s) | Stand-up comedian, programmer, actor, author |
Years active | 2012–present |
YouTube information | |
Channel | |
Years active | 2019–present |
Subscribers | 280,000[1] (May 2023) |
Total views | 40.16 million[1] (May 2023) |
Last updated: 16 May 2023 | |
Website | abeckettking |
Alasdair Beckett-King is an English stand-up comedian, video game writer, and actor from Durham.[2][3][4][5][6][7][excessive citations] He won the 2017 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, and Chortle's Breakthrough Comedian of the Year in 2023.
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]
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] He won the award for Breakthrough Act in the 2023 Chortle Awards.[22]
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.[23]