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Thomas Paul Allen (born 1982 or 1983) is an English comedian, actor, writer and presenter. In 2005, he won the So You Think You're Funny contest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Early life and education Allen attended Coopers School in Chislehurst. He trained with the National Youth Theatre, performing with the company in London and Manchester, in addition to working on outreach projects, films and also forming part of their Company Management Team. Career Comedian In 2005, at the age of 22, Allen won the UK comedy newcomer award, So You Think You're Funny. The same year, he won the BBC New Comedy Award. In 2016, he supported Sarah Millican on her sold-out tour of Australia, New Zealand and the UK. He has also supported Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre. After a sell-out run of his show Indeed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2016, he returned to The Pleasance in Edinburgh the following year with his show Absolutely. Allen subsequently embarked on his first solo tour around the UK in September 2017, and extended the tour into 2018, including two London runs at the Soho Theatre. Film Allen's film work includes Colour Me Kubrick with John Malkovich, Starter for Ten with James McAvoy and Mark Gatiss and Tamara Drewe. Television For the BBC, he has appeared in the series Sensitive Skin and The Cut, as well as biopics of Fanny Cradock (Fear of Fanny) and Frankie Howerd (Rather You Than Me). In 2008, Allen made his own documentary about identity for E4, titled Who Is Tom Allen?. In 2009, Allen appeared on Channel 4's weekly TNT Show, writing and presenting Dictionary Corner. He also appeared on Law of the Playground for the same broadcaster. In August 2015 and March 2016, Allen appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as a Dictionary Corner guest. In October 2016, he appeared as a guest on BBC2's The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, and in January 2017, he made his debut on Live at the Apollo in an episode hosted by Sarah Millican. The following month, he appeared as a panellist on the CBBC show The Dog Ate My Homework. In July 2017, he appeared on a celebrity special version of gameshow The Crystal Maze and – an hour later the same night – on Mock the Week. He has also appeared on Big Brother's Big Mouth and Big Brother's Little Brother. In 2018, Allen appeared on the BBC One comedy quiz show Ready or Not. He hosted Bake Off: The Professionals with former contestant from The Great British Bake Off Liam Charles, but left before season 5 where he was replaced by Stacey Solomon. He joined the 2018 series of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice as a regular contributor. In 2019, it was announced that he would become the new host from Series 15 of The Apprentice: You're Fired!, taking over from Rhod Gilbert. Allen also appeared in an episode of Josh Widdicombe's show Hypothetical. 2020 saw Allen compete on Richard Osman's House of Games, alongside Chizzy Akudolu, Charlie Higson, and Kate Williams. He also made two appearances on QI in the same year, and appeared again on Hypothetical. In December 2020, Allen co hosted The Great Christmas Bake Off alongside Matt Lucas as a replacement for Noel Fielding due to his paternity leave following the birth of his second child. On 20 February 2021, Allen appeared as a contestant on the ITV game show Celebrity Catchphrase. On 11 April 2021, Allen appeared as a contestant on the ITV quiz show Tipping Point. Also in 2021, Allen presented Tom Allen's Quizness for Channel 4 (a five-part series, first shown on 14 May 2021) and was signed up to present ITV/Marks & Spencer's Cooking with the Stars, a competitive cookery show which aired its first episode on Tuesday 13 July. In late 2021, Allen was signed up to be the host of the first National Comedy Awards, a new annual awards ceremony which Channel 4 hopes will be the successor to the British Comedy Awards. Allen was going to present the awards at the London Roundhouse on 15 December 2021 (with a Channel 4 transmission date of 17 December 2021), but the first ceremony was postponed by the channel a week before it was due to be staged, due to the concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. On 8 December 2021, Channel 4 said that event will be rescheduled for another time, though they did not give an indication to what date it would be or whether Allen would still be the host. In 2023, it was announced that Allen would be involved in the BBC's programming around the 10th anniversary of same-sex marriage in Great Britain Big Gay Wedding with Tom Allen was first shown on BBC One on 27 March 2024. Radio Allen has co-written and recorded two series of The Correspondent for BBC Radio 4. In 2009, he made guest appearances on Loose Ends and The Richard Bacon Show. He took the lead role of young Pip Bin in the BBC Radio 4 comedy Bleak Expectations, which has so far run to five series (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012), co-starring with Anthony Stewart Head and Richard Johnson. In 2008, he recorded a radio adaptation of The Wooden Overcoat with Julia Davis and David Tennant, written by Mark Gatiss. Allen has also guested as a panellist on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute, in August 2015 and February 2017. He was also a guest presenter on the 9th episode of the 86th series broadcast in April 2021. In 2018, as part of a series of comedy stand-up specials on BBC Radio 4, a programme titled Tom Allen Is Actually Not Very Nice was broadcast on 22 April. The show was then extended to a series with four episodes broadcast in December 2019. In 2024, Allen joined Virgin Radio UK and presents Sunday afternoons 12:30 pm–4:00 pm. Doctor Who audio Allen portrayed Oliver Harper, the travelling companion of the First Doctor and Steven Taylor during a limited three-story arc in the Big Finish Productions audio dramas based on the Doctor Who series, released in 2011. His character is a city trader from 1966, who joined the First Doctor and Taylor in the audio plays The Perpetual Bond, The Cold Equations and The First Wave. Harper was the first ongoing companion created for the Companion Chronicles range. Podcast Since October 2015, Allen has co-hosted the podcast Like Minded Friends with comedian Suzi Ruffell. He also guested on Ruffell's other podcast, Out with Suzi Ruffell. Memoir Allen has written two memoirs, No Shame (2021) and Too Much (2023). Awards and nominations So You Think You're Funny (2005) BBC New Comedy Award (2005) Personal life Allen is gay and has spoken of his difficulties growing up as "closeted, working-class kid in Bromley" and homophobic bullying at school, saying "'Why do you talk about being gay all the time?' Well, it's because people wouldn't let me talk about it for the first half of my life!" He lived with his parents from his birth until May 2021. His father died on 1 December 2021, aged 80, of a sudden heart attack. References External links Tom Allen at IMDb Official website Tom Allen on Chortle. Discover the Tom Allen popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Tom Allen books.
Best Seller Tom Allen Books of 2024
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Thyroid Disorders
Rowan HillsonThyroid disorders affect one in every 20 people in the UK at some point in their lives. Once diagnosed, however, thyroid conditions can be treated effectively and good health resto...
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Where the Past Begins
Amy TanFrom New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir about finding meaning in life through acts of creativity and imagination. As seen on PBS American Masters "Uninte...
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Life and Laughing
Michael McIntyreDiscover the real Michael McIntyre through his remarkable and hilarious journey to comedy stardom in his first official autobiography'This book showed me the REAL Michael McIntyre'...
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A Tale Of Love And Darkness
Amos OzThe International Bestselling memoir from awardwinning author Amos Oz, "one of Isreal's most prolific writers and respected intellectuals" (The New York Times), about his turbulent...
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How to Drink Without Drinking
Fiona Beckett'Simple, creative ideas on what to drink when you are not drinking, from the queen of drinks.' Anna Jones 'Exciting alternatives for alcoholfree drinking.' Tom Kerridge One of BB...
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Our World
Little MixCelebrate Little Mix's first UK numberone album Glory Days by reading the full story of the girls' astonishing rise to pop super stardom. Our World is full of exclusive photos an...
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Glutton
Ed Gamble‘This book made me laugh and then order an unholy amount of takeaway.’ GREG DAVIES‘One of my favourite comics has now written an annoyingly great book.’ ROMESH RANGANATHAN‘Full of ...
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The Currabinny Cookbook
James Kavanagh & William MurrayCookbook of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2018Irish Times Best Cookbooks 2018'The book exudes a love of food . . . there are lots of good things to explore inside' Darina Allen, Iris...
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Drawn Testimony
Jane RosenbergFrom America’s top courtroom sketch artist, a penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about her dramatic fourdecade careerFor over forty years, Jane Rosenberg ...
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J. Tom Allen Et Al. v. Nebraska Liquor
Court of Appeals of New YorkOn March 12, 1964, the applicants filed a joint application for a package liquor license with the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. After a hearing the commission denied the appl...
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The Psoriasis Handbook
Jenny Lewis With The Psoriasis AssociationPsoriasis is a common and sometimes painful skin condition affecting more than 1. 5 million people in Britain. Brought to most people's attention in Dennis Potter's THE SIN...
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Puckoon
Spike MilliganDISCOVER PUCKOON, SPIKE MILLIGAN'S CLASSIC SLAPSTICK NOVEL 'Pops with the erratic brilliance of a careless match in a box of fireworks' Daily MailIn 1924 the Boundary Commission is...
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Slave
Anna & Jason JohnsonNow watch the BBC drama Doing Money‘They took me because I would not be missed’This is the shocking true story of how an ordinary young girl was kidnapped off the street as she wal...
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Adolf Hitler
Spike MilliganSpike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive firsthand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this to...
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Chapter 1, Verse 1
Tom AllenIs the Book of Revelation about the destruction of the world? I think not. Instead, it's symbolism describes our own as well as others relationships with God as we all move forward...
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Shake Some Action
Stuart CoupeFor over four decades, Stuart Coupe has been at the heart of the Australian music scene, experiencing the giddy highs, crushing lows and everything in between that comes along with...
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French Country Cooking
Elizabeth DavidFrench Country Cooking first published in 1951 is filled with Elizabeth David's authentic recipes drawn from across the regions of France.'Her books are stunningly well written ....
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More Taste Than Time
Annie BellThis is the essential cookery book for the host or hostess who wishes to entertain in style, using the freshest and best seasonal produce, but who doesn't want to spend long in...
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ROAR
Bruce WagnerA new novel by Hollywood’s "master of satire."The myth of an epic, public lifeits triumphs and tragediesis a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of...
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Agent 110
Scott Jeffrey MillerThe “lively and engrossing” (The Wall Street Journal) story of how OSS spymaster Allen Dulles built an underground network determined to take down Hitler and destroy the Third Reic...
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Disciples
Douglas Waller“A fantastic book, one of the very finest accounts of wartime spookery” (The Wall Street Journal)a spellbinding adventure story of four secret OSS agents who would all later lead t...
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Bonkers
Jennifer SaundersTHE HILARIOUS, TOUCHING LIFE STORY OF THE ICONIC COMEDIAN AND NATIONAL TREASURE 'Fabulous? Yes. Funny? Absolutely' Mail on SundayJennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy...
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Gridiron
Fred BowenThis accessible, informative, and beautifully illustrated book celebrates the 100th anniversary of the NFL and is the perfect keepsake for football fans of all ages.The National Fo...
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Flying with Confidence
Steve Allright & Patricia Furness-SmithDoes the thought of flying fill you with dread? Do panic attacks leave you feeling scared and vulnerable?If so, this book could change your life. Written by top flying experts fro...
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New York, New York, New York
Thomas DyjaA New York Times Notable BookA lively, immersive history by an awardwinning urbanist of New York City’s transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city’s future.Dangerous, f...
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A Literary Tea Party
Alison Walsh & Sara LetourneauA LiteraryInspired Cookbook for Voracious Readers at Teatime Tea and books: the perfect pairing. There's nothing quite like sitting down to a good book on a lovely afternoon with a...
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No Shame
Tom Allen'Excellent I inhaled it, I absolutely loved it!... it's moving, and funny...It's a beautiful, beautiful read...for anyone who wants to laugh and be charmed'CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN, BBC ...