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]]> “Barry from Watford” and paranormalist “Clinton Baptiste” are just 2 of Alex’s alter egos that you’ve likely met. But did you know he’s written material for just about every comedy performer in the UK? Hear his story, and the worst impressions of Barack Obama and Tom Cruise ever.

This episode contains strong language.

Cast: Chris Pavlo, Christopher Kent, Emma Clarke, Lizzie Roper and Beth Chalmers.

OFFCUTS:

  • 03’41’’ – Roman and Nancy; sketch for Euro 2004 TV comedy show, 2004
  • 11’14’’ – Alex Lowe’s Legends; radio sitcom, 2003
  • 17’33’’ – comedic material for radio presenters on ILR station, 2008
  • 22’31’’ – Two Nice Boop-a-Doops; extract from a TV drama, 2017
  • 29’54’’ – Police Operation; sketch for Watson & Oliver, 2011
  • 36’09’’ – Rude; extract from TV sitcom, 2016
  • 43’32’’ – Edwina; sketch for a TV pilot, 2012

Alex first worked as an actor as a teenager when he appeared with Kenneth Branagh in the West End theatre production of Another Country. Since then he has worked continuously in all entertainment genres, but is perhaps most well-known as the man behind comedy character Barry From Watford, a regular on Steve Wright’s Radio 2 Show, Iain Lee’s various radio shows, the Channel 4 TV series Cheap Cheap Cheap with Noel Edmonds, and numerous sell-out live shows and podcasts, the latest of which pairs him with fellow “character” Angelos Epithemiou. He also performs live round the country as the spoof paranormalist from Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights: Clinton Baptiste.

As a writer he’s written for impressionists Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona, for Miranda Hart, Peter Serafinowicz, Watson & Oliver, Ned Sherrin and countless other sketch and comedy shows, as well as creating several pilots for TV and radio shows both as vehicles for himself and for other performers. 

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