CHRIS GILBERTCHRIS GILBERTTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY MD: CHRIS GILBERT Designed real time trading systems for fifteen years, ran away to the circus at thirty. Hasn’t looked back- James BurtonJames BurtonTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY STRATEGY ADVISOR: JAMES BURTON Former McLaren F1 Sponsorship whiz. Literally, he whizzes. Now whizzes for us like the whizziest thing in whizland
- MIKE SOUTHONMIKE SOUTHONTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY MIKE SOUTHONMike Southon is a serially successful entrepreneur, best-selling business author and one of the world’s top business keynote speakers on entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and sales.
- Jon DavenportJon DavenportTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY SENIOR PRODUCER: JON DAVENPORTJon headed up Quickies for BBC3, the fast turnaround comedy sketch content channel. He now produces + directs for us. Nice.
- ROB ROUSEROB ROUSETEAM BESPOKE COMEDY LEAD CREATIVE: ROB ROUSE Accomplished comedian and comic actor, you’ll recognise Rob from Ben Elton’s Upstart Crow. Throws powerful shapes in an office environment.
- Matt PothecaryMatt PothecaryTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY SENIOR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: MATT POTHECARY Where to start? Matt is an award winning Producer Director with broadcast credits ranging from Derren Brown, to ‘The Last Leg’. He’s worked in entertainment, docs, comedy, hidden camera and more recently online/TV content for major brands.
- RUSKIN KYLERUSKIN KYLETEAM BESPOKE COMEDY CREATIVE: RUSKIN KYLE All you need to know is that Ruskin’s first video was for a little ginger mate of his. It was a music video. The song was The A Team. It got Ed Sheeran 275 million views.
- JAMES DOWDESWELLJAMES DOWDESWELLTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY CREATIVE: JAMES DOWDESWELL Wine connoisseur, Russell Howard tour support and soon to be author. Has been on many a Bespoke adventure and long may he continue to.
- JOHNNY SPURLINGJOHNNY SPURLINGTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY HEAD OF MUSIC: JOHNNY SPURLING Hang on, didn’t this fella have two top ten hits as Bell and Spurling? Yes he did. Those mighty audio earworms ‘Sven Sven Sven’ and ‘Goldenballs’. Now Johnboy does all the music shizazzle at Bespoke.
- Nicola Burns-ThomsonNicola Burns-ThomsonTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY HEAD OF SALES: NICOLA BURNS-THOMSON Well spoken, outspoken and never loses her cool. Good with spreadsheets, handy with a craft knife.
- ROB WHITELOCKROB WHITELOCKTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY CREATIVE: ROBERT WHITELOCK From The Hour to Alan Partridge Rob has got some powerful acting chops…as well as great chops. And he writes, goddamn the boy can write.
- Rachel HarrisonRachel HarrisonTEAM BESPOKE COMEDY HEAD OF ADMIN: RACHEL HARRISON They say a woman’s work is never done. They’ve never met Rachel. She does all the work. And then goes home and manages a three kid household. That’s girl power.
THE QUESTION IS
What do you get if you take a bunch of comedians, some other folk who know stuff about business – including one that raised close to $1Bn in sponsorship for McLaren, another chap who produced + directed the Quickies Series for BBC3. Then add in some kid from the West Country that won a BAFTA, then sprinkle in a musician who had a couple of top ten hits and some Emmy and BAFTA Nominated writers?
