Biography
James William Acaster is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire. He has performed for several consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has been nominated for Best Show five times. Acaster has appeared on several panel shows, including Mock the Week, Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, and Would I Lie to You?. He has a 2018 Netflix show entitled Repertoire, consisting of four hour-long stand-up comedy performances. In 2019, Acaster won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, making him the first UK comedian to do so in nine years.
TV credits
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The Dickie Show
2026
Rated 8.2 out of 10
The Celebrity Traitors
2025
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Taskmasterclass
2024
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Question Team
2021
Rated 7.9 out of 10
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
Rated 10.0 out of 10
Grave New World
2021
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021
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Mission: Accessible
2020
Rated 5.8 out of 10
Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson
2020
Rated 6.2 out of 10
Hypothetical
2019
Rated 5.8 out of 10
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
2018
Rated 8.1 out of 10
James Acaster: Repertoire
2018
Rated 7.1 out of 10
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
Rated 5.5 out of 10
Celebrity Hunted
2017
Rated 6.1 out of 10
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
Rated 5.3 out of 10
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
2017
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Absolutely Fine
2017
Rated 4.3 out of 10
Romesh: Talking to Comedians
2017
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Just Puddings
2017
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We Have Been Watching
2017
Rated 6.8 out of 10
Insert Name Here
2016
Rated 8.3 out of 10
Taskmaster
2015
Rated 6.4 out of 10
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Drunk History
2015