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Matthew Crosby

Matthew Crosby is a comedian, broadcaster and highly sought-after TV writer.

He works closely with some of the biggest names in comedy - James Acaster, Noel Fielding, Nish Kumar, Josh Widdicombe, Richard Ayoade, Matt Lucas, Sara Pascoe and Harry Hill.
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Matthew works closely with some of the biggest names in comedy - James Acaster, Noel Fielding, Nish Kumar, Josh Widdicombe, Richard Ayoade, Matt Lucas, Sara Pascoe and Harry Hill. He is head writer for Great British Bake Off, and writes for the huge, hit shows The Last Leg, 8/10 Cats Does Countdown, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back and BBC1's Blankety Blank. He co-created and wrote Dave's Hypothetical alongside Josh Widdicombe, Tom Craine and producer Stu Mather at Hat Trick.

Matt was also part of the BAFTA award winning team behind Channel 4's Friday Night Live and writes for Channel 4's British Comedy Awards.

As well as writing all the television, he adapted Dickens's A Christmas Carol for the stage with SpyMonkey, earning a string of 5 star reviews. As a performer he has appeared in Big Age (C4), The Reluctant Landlord (Sky); Uncle (BBC Three); Ready or Not (BBC 1) and as a news reading dog on BBC 1’s Animal Antics.

Matthew can be heard every Sunday morning on Radio X co-hosting the Ed Gamble and Matthew Crosby Show. He is a founding member of the legendary Pappy’s Flatshare.

Television

Great British Bake Off
Head Writer
Channel 42022 — 2024
Channel 4 British Comedy Awards
Programme Associate / Writer
Channel 42022 — 2023
Friday Night Live
Writer
Channel 42022
Blankety Blank
Writer
BBC One2021 — 2024
Guessable
Writer
Comedy Central2020
Roast Battle
Writer
Comedy Central2020
Matt Lucas’ Reasons To Be Cheerful
Writer
C42020
There’s Something About Movies
Writer
Sky One2020
Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson
Writer
Comedy Central2020
Hypothetical
Writer and Co-creator
Dave2019 — 2022
Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule
Writer
ITV2017 — 2019
The Last Leg
Writer
C42013 — 2024
Badults
Writer and Performer
BBC 32013 — 2015

Radio

The Ed Gamble & Matthew Crosby Show
Co-Host
Radio X2019 — 2024

News

Podcasts

Ed Gamble & Matthew Crosby on Radio X
Ed & Matthew (aka Crunch & Crumble) are bringing top quality comedy to your Sunday mornings (8am - 11am). Tune in for film reviews, sports news, phone-ins, excuses, puns, quizzes, facts about catfish, and an education in heavy metal. No, really. It's like a proper weekend breakfast show, but presented by two comedians with relatively little radio experience. But it's better than it sounds.
Pappy's Flatshare
Pappy's Flatshare is the home of all of Pappy's podcast ventures with a brand new episode appearing every week.There's their award winning live panel gameshow Flatshare Slamdown in which they play silly games with famous names from the world of comedy. There's Beef Brothers: Cold Cuts in which Pappy's solve you the listeners' flatshare related problems with the help of a special guest. And finally there's House Meeting in which our three heroes, sit down, catch up and set the world to rights. So why not join Ben Clark, Matthew Crosby and Tom Parry and become a neighbour today!