Alasdair Beckett-King

Alasdair Beckett-King
Beckett-King at the Leicester Square Theatre in London during his King Of Crumbs tour, 2026
Born (1984-03-31) 31 March 1984[1][2]
EducationLondon Film School
Occupations
Years active2012–present
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2019–present
Subscribers363 thousand
Views78.14 million
Last updated: 30 December 2025
Websiteabeckettking.com

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.

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Alasdair Beckett-King & James Shakeshaft. "Loremen Podcast". Loremen Podcast (Podcast). Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ↑ @MisterABK (31 March 2020). "It's my birthday, so please listen to my podcast and/or send me free money. No coins!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  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. ↑ Mock the Week S20 E5. Stand-up challenge: Laura Lexx and Alasdair Beckett-King., 11 June 2021, retrieved 10 June 2023
  8. ↑ Information included in Beckett-King's set in the King of Crumbs tour, seen at The Witham, Barnard Castle, UK, on 14 March 2026
  9. ↑ https://lfs.org.uk/films-and-filmmakers/lfs-filmmakers/307/alasdair-beckett-king
  10. ↑ "Interview with comedian and animator Alasdair Beckett-King". Voice Magazine. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  11. ↑ Steve Bennett (27 January 2014) "NATYS 2014 Final", Chortle
  12. ↑ "Comedians thank DMU students for making their lives easier". www.dmu.ac.uk.
  13. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett King". Top Secret Comedy Club.
  14. ↑ "About us". The Loremen Podcast. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  15. ↑ Development, PodBean. "Eleanor & Alasdair Read That". readthat.podbean.com. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  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 12 January 2025.
  21. ↑ Morris, Lauren (12 April 2022). "Doctor Who: Redacted teases the Doctor being "erased from existence"". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  22. ↑ Bennett, Steve. "Chortle Awards 2023 winners announced : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  23. ↑ "Mock the Week S21 E5 (21 Oct 22). The End". YouTube. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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