Tom Wrigglesworth

With a disarmingly charming delivery and unforgettable appearance, Yorkshire funny man Tom Wrigglesworth became a national have-a-go-hero when he rescued a little old lady from the jaws of a Virgin train ticket inspector; only to be arrested for begging.

His subsequent story of the event secured Tom several awards including the Chortle Best Show Award, and a nomination for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award.

Tom first broke onto the scene back in 2003, winning the Channel 4 new comedian competition, ‘So You Think You’re Funny’. He is now firmly established as one of the most original, talented and respected comedians on the UK and International comedy circuit.

He’s enjoyed several nationwide tours with live shows, has written and starred in five self-titled series for Radio 4, and accepted performed at comedy festivals across the globe including the prestigious New Zealand, Sydney and Montreal Comedy Festivals.

A prolific writer, Tom has been a regular at the Edinburgh festival since 2006 when he first debuted performing in a double headline show with Tom Allen, entitled ‘Allen and Wrigglesworth’, and also compering the ‘Big Value show’. In 2007 he returned to perform in the prestigious compilation show ‘AAA Stand Up’. In 2008 he presented his eagerly awaited first full length solo show ‘I’m Struggling to See How That’s Helping’.

Tom’s second solo show ‘Tom Wrigglesworth’s Open Return Letter to Richard Branson’ was the one that truly cemented his position as an inspired writer and performer. earning Tom a nomination for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009.

As a natural and engaging television presenter, Tom put his technical background in electrical engineering and degree in acoustics (from Salford University) to use when he co-presented Electric Dreams for BBC 2, advising a modern family as they fast forwarded through three decades of technology.

He then presented Engineering Giants, also for BBC 2, which saw Tom climbing aboard an oil platform, servicing a passenger ferry and dismantling a jumbo-jet whilst interviewing various engineers to keep the viewers informed as the three major strip downs unfolded.

Indulging his love for science, Tom Wrigglesworth has been a resident expert on three series of the science entertainment show You Have Been Warned, for Discovery Networks. Featuring bizarre and outrageous clips, the show explored the world’s top YouTube home made science stunts and experiments, employing experts to explain the what, how and why of the biology, physics, and chemistry that made the experiments and stunts possible.

In a similar vein, Tom is also a team member on Deadly Dilemmas; a ten-part series also for the Discovery Networks; using science to settle some of the most outrageous, bizarre and perplexing dilemmas imaginable.

As a stand-up, Tom has performed on Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live, Russell Howard`s Good News and The Comedy Gala for BBC Three as well as The World Stand`s Up, Edinburgh and Beyond and three series of The Comedy Store – all for Comedy Central.

Tom is also a regular host of Radio 4`s Comedy Club, and has also guested on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends, Newsquiz, The Unbelievable Truth, The Now Show, Act Your Age, It’s Your Round, The Infinite Monkey Cage and You & Yours as well as BBC Radio 2’s Out To Lunch and Claudia Winkleman’s Arts Show.

Tom Wrigglesworth has had regular guest performances on BBC 6’s Jon Richardson show and has co-presented on Richard Bacon’s Radio 5 show and The Rhod Gilbert Show on BBC Radio Wales. He was also a regular panellist on BBC Radio Wales comedy series Jest a Minute, and was a regular contributor to Fanbanta.com; travelling the length and breadth of the country reporting on all things football related for their website and podcasts.

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