Humphrey Ker is a British

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 actor

Actor

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 and an award winning comedian

Comedian

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. He is one third of comedy troupe The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls are a British sketch-comedy troupe consisting of comedians Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck. The sketch team perform regularly on the London comedy circuit.-History:...

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History

Between 2001 and 2005, Humphrey performed with Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 based improvisational comedy troupe The Improverts

Improverts

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. He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh.

In 2006, he co-founded The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls are a British sketch-comedy troupe consisting of comedians Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck. The sketch team perform regularly on the London comedy circuit.-History:...

 and performed their Victorian sketch show across Britain, including at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh Fringe

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 with Aeneas Faversham in 2006 and Aeneas Faversham Returns in 2007.

Since then he has appeared in Comedy Shuffle for BBC Three

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 and short film I am Bob starring Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof

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. He was also co-anchor on the short-lived internet-based satirical news program Log.tv.

The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls are a British sketch-comedy troupe consisting of comedians Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck. The sketch team perform regularly on the London comedy circuit.-History:...

 radio series The Brothers Faversham

The Penny Dreadfuls present...The Brothers Faversham

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 was first broadcast on BBC 7

BBC 7

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 in early January 2008. The second series, More Brothers Faversham

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, was aired in October 2008 and later repeated on Radio 4

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Ker is probably now best known for his appearances on the comedy quiz/panel show Fast and Loose

Fast and Loose (2011 TV series)

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, hosted by Hugh Dennis

Hugh Dennis

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, that aired in January 2011.

In 2011 he presented a feature length solo

Solo

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character comedy/storytelling show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for which he was awarded Best Newcomer at the Fosters Comedy Awards.