Michael Spicer (comedian)

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Michael Spicer (born 1977) is a British comedy writer and performer. He is best known for his satirical video series The Room Next Door.

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Career

In the Room Next Door videos, Spicer plays a frustrated adviser who is communicating live via an earpiece with a figure speaking in public. [1] [2] The videos cut between the exasperated Spicer and real footage of the public figure at a speaking engagement. Figures lampooned include Prince Andrew, [3] Boris Johnson [4] and Donald Trump. The Room Next Door has also been featured on The Late Late Show with James Corden in the United States.

Spicer is also an actor, appearing in the Netflix series Bridgerton and After Life , and the BBC 2 comedy series Mandy . He also produced series 2 of Mandy. [5] He has also appeared in The Mash Report and Late Night Mash. [6]

His radio series Michael Spicer: Before Next Door was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. [7] In May 2024 his series Michael Spicer: No Room was also broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Awards

Spicer won the internet category at the 2020 Chortle Awards [8] and the 2020 Comedy.co.uk Award for Best Radio Sitcom, for the pilot of his BBC Radio 4 comedy Michael Spicer: Before Next Door. [9] The first series of Michael Spicer: Before Next Door subsequently won the 2021 Comedy.co.uk Award for Best Radio Sitcom. [10]

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ Brewis, Harriet (1 March 2020). "Meet the man behind 'The Room Next Door' – the online comedy sketches starring an 'adviser' to the biggest names in politics and beyond". Evening Standard . Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Kale, Sirin (27 September 2020). "How comedian Michael Spicer hangs politicians out to dry". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ↑ The Room Next Door - Prince Andrew. British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Plummer, Kate (23 November 2021). "'Try to focus, you clueless bundle of horsehair': Comedian savages Boris Johnson's Peppa Pig speech". Indy100 . Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Darvill, Josh (5 January 2022). "Mandy series 2 start date and cast as Diane Morgan comedy returns to BBC Two". Telly Mix. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Michael Spicer at IMDb
  7. ↑ "Radio 4 series for Room Next Door's Michael Spicer". BBC Media Centre (Press release). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2022– via Chortle.
  8. ↑ "2020 Chortle Award winners revealed". Chortle. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 winners". British Comedy Guide. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 results". British Comedy Guide. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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