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 and 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.
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He co-created and wrote Dave's Hypothetical alongside Josh Widdicombe, Tom Craine and producer Stu Mather at Hat Trick.
Matthew 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 is currently scripting the new BBC Radio 4 show, Unspeakable' featuring Susie Dent and Phil Wang and 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
| The Last Leg - Paralympics 2024 Writer | The Last Leg - Paralympics 2024 - Writer | 2024 | |
| Great British Bake Off Head Writer | Great British Bake Off - Head Writer | Channel 4 | 2022 — 2024 |
| Channel 4 British Comedy Awards Programme Associate / Writer | Channel 4 British Comedy Awards - Programme Associate / Writer | Channel 4 | 2022 — 2023 |
| Friday Night Live Writer | Friday Night Live - Writer | Channel 4 | 2022 |
| Blankety Blank Writer | Blankety Blank - Writer | BBC One | 2021 — 2024 |
| Guessable Writer | Guessable - Writer | Comedy Central | 2020 |
| Roast Battle Writer | Roast Battle - Writer | Comedy Central | 2020 |
| Matt Lucas’ Reasons To Be Cheerful Writer | Matt Lucas’ Reasons To Be Cheerful - Writer | C4 | 2020 |
| There’s Something About Movies Writer | There’s Something About Movies - Writer | Sky One | 2020 |
| Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson Writer | Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson - Writer | Comedy Central | 2020 |
| Hypothetical Writer and Co-creator | Hypothetical - Writer and Co-creator | Dave | 2019 — 2022 |
| Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule Writer | Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule - Writer | ITV | 2017 — 2019 |
| The Last Leg Writer | The Last Leg - Writer | C4 | 2013 — 2024 |
| Badults Writer and Performer | Badults - Writer and Performer | BBC 3 | 2013 — 2015 |
Radio
| The Ed Gamble & Matthew Crosby Show Co-Host | The Ed Gamble & Matthew Crosby Show - Co-Host | Radio X | 2019 — 2024 |
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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! | |