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Jack Rooke: 'My mate who killed himself couldn't afford private therapy'

The comedian and writer discusses his new Channel 4 show Big Boys, male mental health, grief, and Alison Hammond.

Lauren O'Neill, i Newspaper, 26th May 2022

Big Boys review

In keeping with TV comedy trends, Big Boys is a thoroughly authentic story drawn from the real life of its creator - in this case comedian Jack Rooke's experiences of going to college and tentatively exploring his sexuality for the first time.

Chortle, 26th May 2022

Big Boys review - this warm, tender comedy will pierce your heart

The growing relationship between two young men, one gay one straight, makes for a genuinely uplifting, witty sitcom.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 26th May 2022

Big Boys review: Is Derry Girl star's new comedy worth your time?

Jack Rooke turns tragedy into a thing of beauty.

Abby Robinson, Radio Times, 26th May 2022

Why it's time to celebrate TV's most neglected relationship: the straight best mate

From eyeballing fetishwear at his first Pride to learning to cook, gay writer Jack Rooke shared his youth with his straight best pal. He explains why his new sitcom, Big Boys, pays homage to heterosexual sidekicks.

Jack Rooke, The Guardian, 25th May 2022

Jack Rooke on his new Channel 4 comedy Big Boys

The writer of Channel 4's new comedy on finding humour in tragedy and why we still have a long way to go when it comes to tackling mental health.

Anya Ryan, Evening Standard, 25th May 2022

Mother F**king Pep Talk coming to Comedy Central

Comedy Central will publish an online series called Mother F**king Pep Talk, in which comedians deliver motivational speeches straight down the camera.

British Comedy Guide, 12th January 2021

Big Boys - a sitcom by Jack Rooke - to be filmed for Channel 4

Channel 4 has ordered Big Boys, a semi-autobiographical sitcom by comedian Jack Rooke about an unlikely friendship between two young men who meet at university.

British Comedy Guide, 26th November 2020

Jack Rooke: 'We should teach mental health'

Comedian Jack Rooke's jaunty new memoir is actually a handbook for grief, he tells Samuel Fishwick.

Samuel Fishwick, Evening Standard, 2nd September 2020

Jack Rooke: There's nothing funny about grief

There's nothing funny about grief - but, says comedian Jack Rooke, openness, honesty and happy memories will help you smile again.

Daily Mail, 26th July 2020

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