Jack Rooke - Writer and Executive Producer | BAFTA Breakthrough 2022

Although he earned his place on BAFTA Breakthrough for writing and executive producing Channel 4’s hit comedy Big Boys (2022), Jack Rooke says he’s actually done a little bit of everything across his career. He started out compering poetry and spoken word nights in the upstairs rooms of pubs, before performing stand-up himself and then taking his shows, which he produced, promoted, wrote and performed, to the Edinburgh Fringe. Success followed, catapulting this Jack-of-all-trades from relative unknown in 2015 to award-winning writer and performer, published author, presenter of provocative factual television, national radio expert in bereavement and mental health and showrunner of his own comedy series (which he also narrates) in 2022. Next year, he will make his feature film acting debut, too.

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