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, Bradley Walsh, 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, Bradley Walsh, Richard Ayoade, Matt Lucas, Sara Pascoe and Harry Hill. He writes for Great British Bake Off, Channel 4’s The Last Leg, 8/10 Cats Does Countdown, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, BBC's Blankety Blank and co-created and still writes for 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’ 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.
C4
| Matt Lucas’ Reasons To Be Cheerful Writer | Matt Lucas’ Reasons To Be Cheerful - Writer | 2020 | |
| The Last Leg Writer | The Last Leg - Writer | 2013 — 2022 |
Dave
| Hypothetical Writer and Co-creator | Hypothetical - Writer and Co-creator | 2019 — 2022 |
BBC 3
| Badults Writer and Performer | Badults - Writer and Performer | 2013 — 2015 |
Radio X
| The Ed Gamble & Matthew Crosby Show Co-Host | The Ed Gamble & Matthew Crosby Show - Co-Host | 2019 — 2023 |
Comedy Central
| Guessable Writer | Guessable - Writer | 2020 | |
| Roast Battle Writer | Roast Battle - Writer | 2020 | |
| Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson Writer | Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson - Writer | 2020 |
Sky One
| There’s Something About Movies Writer | There’s Something About Movies - Writer | 2020 |
ITV
| Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule Writer | Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule - Writer | 2017 — 2019 |
Television
| Channel 4 British Comedy Awards Programme Associate / Writer | Channel 4 British Comedy Awards - Programme Associate / Writer | 2022 — 2023 |
Channel 4
| Friday Night Live Writer | Friday Night Live - Writer | 2022 | |
| Great British Bake Off Programme Associate/Writer | Great British Bake Off - Programme Associate/Writer | 2022 |
News
Podcasts
 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 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! | |