Alasdair Beckett-King
British stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (born 1984)
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Alasdair James Beckett-King[1] (born 31 March 1984) is a British stand-up comedian, writer, and actor.[3][4][5][6] He won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2017 and Chortle's Breakthrough Comedian of the Year in 2023.
Alasdair Beckett-King | |
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Beckett-King at Leicester Theatre in London during his King Of Crumbs tour, 2026 | |
| Born | 31 March 1984[1][2] |
| Alma mater | London Film School |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Subscribers | 363 thousand |
| Views | 78.14 million |
| Last updated: 30 December 2025 | |
| Website | abeckettking |
Early life
Beckett-King's father is from Manchester and his mother from Scotland, and he grew up in County Durham.[7][8] He holds an MA in filmmaking from the London Film School, graduating in 2012.[9]
Career
Beckett-King began performing stand-up comedy when graduating from film school.[10] He 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.[11]
Beckett-King won the 2017 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year.[12]
Beckett-King has appeared on The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith and Unforeseen Incidents.[13] He co-hosts the Loremen podcast with James Shakeshaft[14] and Eleanor & Alasdair Read That with comedian Eleanor Morton.[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 is an occasional panellist on Mock the Week, the British comic news quiz show, most notably appearing in the show's final episode on BBC Two.[23] He reappeared on the show's revival series on TLC. He is the host of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Wing It!
He created the children's book series Montgomery Bonbon.