Rob Beckett

Beckett was born on 2 January 1986 in Mottingham, London.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10657646.Mottingham_comedian_Rob_Beckett_chats_to_Vibe_ahead_of_UK_tour/|title=Mottingham comedian Rob Beckett chats to Vibe ahead of UK tour|work=News Shopper|last=Palmer|first=Jim|date=5 September 2013|access-date=28 September 2014}} His father (nicknamed "Super Dave") was throughout his career a driver of vans, lorries, oil tankers, and cabs.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=Rob Beckett: 'You have to suppress your working-class rage to operate in comedy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/12/rob-beckett-you-have-to-suppress-your-working-class-rage-to-operate-in-comedy |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-11 |title='For women, it's behind enemy lines!' Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe on their parenting podcast |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/11/for-women-its-behind-enemy-lines-rob-beckett-and-josh-widdicombe-on-their-parenting-podcast |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} He calls his mother, who was a homemaker throughout his childhood and later worked in a shop, "Big Suze".{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=Rob Beckett: 'You have to suppress your working-class rage to operate in comedy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/12/rob-beckett-you-have-to-suppress-your-working-class-rage-to-operate-in-comedy |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} He has four brothers.

Beckett went to Edgebury Primary School and then Coopers School in Chislehurst. He attended Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent from 2004 to 2007, where he studied Tourism Management.

Beckett started performing stand-up in 2009.{{cite web |title=Rob Beckett |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5RGKhxY9xVb4KP79tdPY4QN/rob-beckett |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=12 November 2020}} His performances led to a third place in So You Think You're Funny,{{cite web|url=http://soyouthinkyourefunny.co.uk/past-winners/sytyf-alumni/|title=Finalists & Runners up|website=So You Think You're Funny?|access-date=8 July 2017}} and winning the Amused Moose Laugh-Off which earned him an invitation to perform at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.amusedmoose.com/amused-moose-comedy-awards/amused-moose-laugh-off-2010/|title=Amused Moose Laugh Off 2010|website=AmusedMoose|access-date=8 July 2017}} In Adelaide, Beckett was nominated for the best newcomer award in 2011.{{cite web |title=Beckett and Smith |url=https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/229516-beckett-and-smith/ |website=Edinburgh Festival |access-date=12 November 2020}} He made his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 with his solo show "Rob Beckett's Summer Holiday".{{Cite news|url=https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/43992-rob-becketts-summer-holiday/|title=Rob Beckett's Summer Holiday|last=Cameron|first=Jamie|date=3 August 2012|work=Edinburgh Festival Fringe|publisher=The List|access-date=8 July 2017}} In 2011, Beckett made a guest appearance as Mike in the Channel 4 series Fresh Meat.{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-03-03/all-together-now-bbc1-who-is-rob-beckett/ |title=Who is Rob Beckett? Everything you need to know about the All Together Now presenter |date=3 March 2018 |work=Radio Times |publisher=Immediate Media Company |access-date=8 September 2018 }}

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From 2012 until 2014, Beckett co-hosted I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!, the ITV2 spin-off from the main show. He presented the show with Laura Whitmore and Joe Swash.{{cite web |last1=Sperling |first1=Daniel |title='I'm a Celeb' Q&A: 'BoJo would be great' |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a436345/im-a-celebrity-joe-swash-laura-whitmore-rob-beckett-on-new-series/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=12 November 2020 |date=7 November 2012}} He announced his departure from the show in October 2015, to concentrate on his tour. He was replaced by David Morgan.{{cite web |title=David Morgan for I'm a Celeb ITV2 spinoff |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a674214/comedian-david-morgan-replaces-rob-beckett-on-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here-now/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=12 November 2020 |date=17 October 2015}}

Beckett also presented the Rock'N'Roll Football Sunday show on Absolute Radio from August 2014 until 2018.{{cite web |url=https://absoluteradio.co.uk/presenters/rob-beckett-38/ |title=Rob Beckett on Absolute Radio |website=Absolute Radio |publisher=Bauer Radio |access-date=1 November 2014 }}

Alongside fellow comedian Ian Smith and former footballer Jimmy Bullard, Beckett hosts UK television channel Dave's comedy-football podcast The Magic Sponge, an irreverent look at the lives of professional footballers.{{cite web |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-magic-sponge-with-jimmy-bullard-rob-beckett/id1072130463 |title=The Magic Sponge with Jimmy Bullard, Rob Beckett and Ian Smith |website=iTunes |access-date=27 September 2016 }} Beckett narrated the 2016 E4 series Celebs Go Dating.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1011962/celebs-go-dating-who-is-narrator-rob-beckett-viewers-love-stephen-bear-ferne-mccann-e4|title=Celebs Go Dating: Viewers go wild for 'hilarious' narrator Rob Beckett as they brand him 'funnier than the actual show'|last=Donaldson|first=Laura|date=24 February 2017|work=OK!|publisher=Trinity Mirror|access-date=9 July 2017}} In February 2017, the second series of Celebs Go Dating began airing with him writing and narrating once again, this time with some overseas celebrities in tow. Since 2016, Beckett has been a team captain on the More4 panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats.

Beckett was a contestant on (and eventual winner of) the third series of Taskmaster, which aired in October 2016. In 2018, he presented Wedding Day Winners, with Lorraine Kelly,{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/wedding-day-winners |title=Lorraine Kelly and Rob Beckett say 'I do' to BBC One's Wedding Day Winners |date=14 September 2017 |publisher=BBC |access-date=14 September 2017 }} and All Together Now, with Geri Halliwell, both Saturday-night entertainment series for BBC One.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/all-together-now |title=Rob Beckett joins in with All Together Now on BBC One |date=29 August 2017 |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 August 2017 }} The following year, Beckett started presenting a Sky TV series Rob & Romesh vs..., in which he and fellow comic and presenter Romesh Ranganathan travel around the world, delve into the lives and careers of celebrities, and take on various challenges.

As of April 2020, Beckett has co-hosted a podcast named Lockdown Parenting Hell, with fellow comedian Josh Widdicombe. The pair frequently interview celebrities regarding the difficulties of parenting during the Coronavirus lockdown. On 20 February 2022, Beckett started his new 5–7pm Sunday Show on BBC Radio 2, a timeslot he shared throughout the year with Paul O'Grady on the Wireless.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/celebs-tv/bbc-radio-2-paul-ogrady-6679502|title = Radio 2 Paul O'Grady replacement named as fans vow to switch off|date = 18 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/02/heres-how-spring-2022-looks-on-the-bbc-radio-2-schedule/|title= Here's how Spring 2022 looks on the BBC Radio 2 schedule - RadioToday|date= February 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/schedules/bbc_radio_two/2022-02-20|title=Radio 2 - Schedules, Sunday 20 February 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014r1v|title = BBC Radio 2 - Rob Beckett, 20/02/2022}}

In March 2025, he starred in the first series of LOL: Last One Laughing UK, hosted by Jimmy Carr and Roisin Conaty, alongside Richard Ayoade, Sara Pascoe, Lou Sanders, Bob Mortimer, Judi Love, Joe Wilkinson, Joe Lycett, Daisy May Cooper and Harriet Kemsley.

Beckett married Louise "Lou" Watts, a teacher, in 2015.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-11 |title='For women, it's behind enemy lines!' Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe on their parenting podcast |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/11/for-women-its-behind-enemy-lines-rob-beckett-and-josh-widdicombe-on-their-parenting-podcast |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=theguardian.com |language=en-UK}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=Rob Beckett: 'You have to suppress your working-class rage to operate in comedy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/12/rob-beckett-you-have-to-suppress-your-working-class-rage-to-operate-in-comedy |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=theguardian.com |language=en-UK}} The couple have two daughters.{{Cite web |title=Rob Beckett: 'You have to suppress your working-class rage to operate in comedy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/12/rob-beckett-you-have-to-suppress-your-working-class-rage-to-operate-in-comedy |date=2021-10-12 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=theguardian.com |language=en-UK}}

Beckett is a supporter of Arsenal.{{Cite tweet |number=952566549801553920 |user=robbeckettcomic |title=I wish I didn't support Arsenal so I could enjoy Arsenal Fan TV as much as everyone else. #arsenal |date=14 January 2018 |access-date=22 February 2021 |last=Beckett |first=Rob}} He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia.{{cite web |title=Rob Beckett a World Premiere Class Act |url=https://www.henleyherald.com/2021/10/06/rob-beckett-a-world-premiere-class-act/ |website=Henley Herald |access-date=12 May 2024 |date=6 October 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Stephenson |first1=Hannah |title=Comedian Rob Beckett on overcoming body shame and how playing with Lego helps his mental health |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19897873.comedian-rob-beckett-overcoming-body-shame-playing-lego-helps-mental-health/ |website=The Herald |access-date=12 May 2024 |date=12 February 2022}}

Beckett has two whippets, called Fred and George.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jtjk | title=BBC Radio 2 - Rob Beckett, Paws Down }}

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