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Season 3, Episode 6
Richard Ayoade showcases gadgets that highlight the benefits of staying home. Comedian Seann Walsh joins him to check out designs that deliver the health benefits of the great outdoors without the dirt and danger leaving the house can include. Richard then enjoys the company of mechanised pets before inviting comedian David Mitchell round to try out the latest gaming technologies. Lastly, he demonstrates live holographic broadcast technology that allows the host to party without the need for guests to attend, proving that leaving the home could be a thing of the past
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Cast & Crew
Richard Ayoade
(Presenter)
Seann Walsh
(Guest)
David Mitchell
(Guest)
Colin Byrne
(Producer)
Dionne South
(Producer)
Dom Bowles
(Series producer)
Leo McCrea
(Series director)
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Did You Know..
Richard Ayoade
(Presenter)
Best Known For:
The IT Crowd.
Early-life:
Born Richard Ellef Ayoade on June 12, 1977, in London. His mother is Norwegian, his father Nigerian, and Richard is their only child. The family left the capital when he was young and settled in Ipswich. He was interested in film from an early age, and wrote plays and sketches while still at school before landing a place at Cambridge to study law, where he met David Mitchell and joined the famous Footlights group. On leaving university he spent two years writing for TV sketch shows and attempting to become a stand-up comedian.
Career:
Ayoade's breakthrough came when he and Matthew Holness created fictional horror author Garth Merenghi; a stage show featuring the character won the Perrier Award, which was followed by the Channel 4 series Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. Ayoade went on to appear in The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley, Bunny and the Bull, and The IT Crowd. He made his big-screen directorial debut with the acclaimed Submarine (which he also wrote, adapting it from the novel by Joe Dunthorne), and has since directed The Double as well as numerous music videos for acts such as the Arctic Monkeys, Super Furry Animals, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kasabian. He's was a team captain on Channel 4 panel show Was It Something I Said? and took over as host of Gadget Man from Stephen Fry.
Quote:
"I find performing very difficult. It's difficult to be a good actor. I get very nervous, even though it sounds disingenuous, because you could legitimately go, 'Well, why do it?'"
Trivia:
Here's Ayoade's tips for aspiring directors: "Try not to get depressed. You need to be healthy so don't get a cold. Get comfortable shoes because you don't sit down for two months."
Seann Walsh
(Guest)
Born:
December 02, 1985
in
Lewisham
Best Known For:
Being a comedian.
Early-life:
Seann was born in Lewisham on December 2, 1985. He grew up in Brighton and left school with a GCSE pass in drama. He was a graduate of Jill Edwards' comedy workshops and performed his first stand-up gig in 2006.
Career:
Walsh supported Stephen K Amos between 2008 and 2010 and performed his 2012 show Seann to Be Wild at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before taking it on tour. He has also performed shows with Josh Widdicombe. Walsh is a regular guest on TV comedy panel shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week and Virtually Famous. In 2013, he had his own shown on Comedy Central called Seann Walsh World.
Quote:
'It's an aggressive world where people are competing to get likes and hits.'
Trivia:
Walsh won the Chortle Best Newcomer award in 2009. He supports Queens Park Rangers FC.
David Mitchell
(Guest)
Born:
July 14, 1974
in
Salisbury
Best Known For:
Being one half of hysterical duo Mitchell and Webb.
Early-life:
Born David James Stuart Mitchell in Salisbury on July 14, 1974. He has a younger brother called Daniel. His parents were hotel managers who later moved to Oxford, where they became lecturers in hotel management. He claims he always wanted to be an actor or comedian, but told people he planned to become a barrister to please his parents. In 1993 David went to Peterhouse College, Cambridge, to study history. He performed with the famous Cambridge Footlights, eventually becoming the society president. It was in his first year at university that he met Robert Webb at an audition for a student pantomime production of Cinderella.
Career:
After graduating, Mitchell worked an usher at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. He and Webb took a number of shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before being asked to write for Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller and for surreal comedy series Big Train. In 2001, they made their first sketch show, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, which ran for six episodes on the now-defunct cable channel Play UK. Their next project came in 2003, with the award-winning Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show. They've also worked together on That Mitchell and Webb Sound, That Mitchell and Webb Look and the film Magicians. Solo, Mitchell has appeared on 10 O'Clock Live and numerous panel shows, including Would I Lie to You?, where he's a regular team captain. His autobiography, Back Story: A Memoir, was published in 2012.
Quote:
'I think, fundamentally, the people I want to make laugh are British. I can't ever imagine living abroad.'
Trivia:
He writes columns for The Observer and The Guardian.
Colin Byrne
(Producer)
Dionne South
(Producer)
Dom Bowles
(Series producer)
Leo McCrea
(Series director)
