James Sherwood is a stand-up comedian

Comedian

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, comedy writer, singer, pianist

Pianist

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, and composer

Composer

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. He lives in Peckham

Peckham

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, south London.

Born in Rochford

Rochford

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, Essex

Essex

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 in 1975, Sherwood grew up in Oxford, Bristol, Essex, and London. He was a chorister in the choir of Magdalen College

Magdalen College

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, Oxford

Oxford

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 and attended Magdalen College School. As an undergraduate English student at Magdalen he became an academical clerk in the same choir.

He had a brief career in public relations

Public relations

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 and new media working on campaigns for brand including BlackBerry

BlackBerry

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 before starting his comedy and music career.

Sherwood was a semi-finalist in ITV

ITV

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's stand-up talent show Take the Mike in 2002. In 2004 he was runner-up in the BBC New Comedy Awards in 2004

BBC New Comedy Awards

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, and in the FHM

FHM

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 Holsten Pils stand-up competition.

Sherwood has performed several shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and in August 2010 he performed his latest show, One Man and his Piano. He also runs a popular residency, Piano Bar, in central London

London

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.

Edinburgh Shows

Andrew O'Neill

Andrew O'Neill

Andrew O'Neill is a stand-up comedian, musician and writer. He lives in London.-Background:Born in Portsmouth in 1979, O'Neill grew up in the suburban town of Wallington. He did his first comedy performance at the age of ten . He started doing stand-up on 16 January 2002, at the Laughing Horse,...

 and James Sherwood, apparently (2004)

I Know What You Did Last Sunday (2006)

James Sherwood's Somewhat Premature Review of 2007 (2007)

Songs of Music (2008)

At the Piano (2009)

One Man and his Piano (2010)

Festival Awards

Hollywood Fringe 2010 - Best Comedy Show, for At the Piano

Buxton

Buxton

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 Fringe 2010 - Best Individual Comedy Performance Nominee, for One Man and His Piano

Radio and TV

Take the Mike (ITV).

40 Years of University Challenge

University Challenge

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 (BBC2) - in a vocal group singing his own arrangement of the theme tune

Paper Review, Sky News

Sky News

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 - frequent appearances

Richard Bacon Show, BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 Live

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- frequent appearances

The Gethin Jones

Gethin Jones

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 Show, BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 Live

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 - regular guest

4 Stands Up (BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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)

Loose Ends, BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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The Nemone

Nemone

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 Show, 6 Music

The Jon Richardson

Jon Richardson (entertainer)

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 Show, 6 Music

Comedy Writing

James has written for many radio comedies, including:

The News Quiz

The News Quiz

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The Now Show

The Now Show

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 (winner of a Sony award)

I Guess That's Why They Call It The News

I Guess That's Why They Call It The News

I Guess That's Why They Call It The News is a BBC Radio 4 satirical panel game hosted by Fred MacAulay and created by James Sherwood. The only series began broadcasting on 21 August 2009 and lasted for five episodes.-What's the Story?:...

Look Away Now

Look Away Now

Look Away Now is a BBC Radio 4 sports-based comedy series presented by Garry Richardson . The programme takes the form of a sports news programme and mocks many aspects of such programmes. The cast also includes Laurence Howarth, Katherine Jakeways, Dave Lamb, Richie Webb and Mark Evans...

Laura Solon

Laura Solon

Laura Solon is an English comedian, actor, writer, and winner of the 2005 Perrier Comedy Award, only the second woman to win as a solo performer .-Background:...

 Talking and Not Talking

Recorded for Training Purposes

Newsjack

Newsjack

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