Ray Peacock

Ray Peacock
Born Ian Boldsworth
(1973-06-27) 27 June 1973
Warrington, England
Occupation Comedian, actor, podcast host, writer
Website http://www.raypeacock.co.uk

Ray Peacock (born Ian Boldsworth, 1973, in Warrington, England)[1] is a comic performer, best known for The ParaPod and The Peacock and Gamble Podcast. He came to prominence in The Big and Daft comedy trio,[2] BBC London radio series, three consecutive years of sell-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows and their own series for the BBC's PlayUK, Terrorville.[2]

Career

Peacock made his debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002, originally as a brash Yorkshireman character who soon became a regular act on the live circuit. In his 2006 show at the Edinburgh Festival, the character was dropped in all but name and Peacock delivered a confessional stand-up show entitled "Out of Character".[3]

In 2007 Peacock began presenting his iTunes & Chortle hosted The Ray Peacock Podcast alongside fellow comedians Ed Gamble and former EastEnders actor Raji James. It was later succeeded by The Peacock and Gamble Podcast, which is also hosted by Chortle.[2] A surprise one-off reunion show was released on 13th Sept 2010 to celebrate the 50th episode on the same day that the Peacock & Gamble Podcast episode 50 was released.

Launched on 8 June 2009, The Peacock and Gamble Podcast was Peacock's second foray into the medium of podcasting. Released every Monday, the show was a comedic insight in the two's lives and experiences. It can be found free on the iTunes Store, and also on Chortle. Kings Place in London hosted a large scale live show version of the show in December 2009, which featured Nick Mohammed in supporting roles. Bumper two-hour shows commencing on 24th Feb 2011 at Kings Place, London - "Peacock & Gamble Emergency Broadcast" touring the UK from July 2011 (including a full run at the Pleasance during the Edinburgh Fringe). The show was based on the concept that the "real" show has been halted, so Ray and Ed take over and fill the time so the audience still have a show to watch. Early shows have featured a seance, a guide to world culture, a re-creation of the Stanford experiment, a tribute to Sister Act, and live Guitar Hero. The Kings Place shows were also notable for their live Twitter take-overs, where Ray and Ed hack into an audience members account during the interval. A limited Edinburgh run took place every Sunday of the 2011 Fringe. The show ended with a live podcast at Kings Place on 8 December 2011. It was reincarnated for daily episodes in the 2012 and 2013 Edinburgh Festivals with a new format with a different special guest each day. In 2013, BBC Radio 4 commissioned a pilot of Emergency Broadcast.[4]

After three consecutive fringe shows with Peacock & Gamble, Peacock returned to solo stand-up for the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe with the acclaimed show "Here Comes Trouble". It subsequently went on a UK tour in 2014-2015.

He writes a monthly column in the Rugby League Magazine "Forty-20" and regularly appears on Sky News's Sunrise.

Peacock presents a Paranormal Podcast 'The Parapod' [5] with comedian Barry Dodds

Personal life

Peacock attended Selwyn Jones High School (now Hope Academy) in Newton-Le-Willows. He turned his attention mainly to playing Rugby League before rekindling his performance interests and successfully applying to Bretton Hall. After graduation he relocated to London and was briefly active in fringe theatre, appearing in lead roles in Chekhov's The Bear and The Proposal, before turning his hand to comedy.

Peacock is well-documented as being an obsessive fan of The Muppets, Randy Newman, John Updike, Lemony Snicket and Star Wars. In September 2013, he hosted a three-hour radio show on BBC Radio 4 Extra dedicated to comedy icon Les Dawson.[6]

In his 2014 tour "Here Comes Trouble" Peacock revealed details of suicide attempts earlier that year, mental health and relationship issues, and has subsequently written about these topics at length for Mental Health Today Magazine and the British Comedy Guide, and spoken about them on Sky News and his radio shows.

He is a fanatical supporter of St Helens RLFC, a comic book collector and an accomplished artist.

Work

Live

TV studio audience warm-up

TV

Radio

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Ian Boldsworth - Biography". ianboldsworth.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ray Peacock". Comedy CV.
  3. ↑ "Ray Peacock Review, "Out of Character"". Chortle. 2006.
  4. ↑ Dipper, Andrew (21 February 2013). "Radio 4 order Peacock & Gamble pilot". Giggle Beats.
  5. ↑ http://theparapod.com
  6. ↑ Dipper, Andrew (9 September 2013). "Ray Peacock’s tribute to Les Dawson". Giggle Beats.

See also

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