
Acting
David Baddiel
Born
1964-05-28 (62)
Place of birth
Troy, New York, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
81 titles
David Lionel Baddiel is a British comedian, novelist and television presenter. He is known for his work alongside Rob Newman in the ground-breaking The Mary Whitehouse Experience and partnership with Frank Skinner.
Known for
6.6The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.
Top of the Pops
1964
7.1Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Have I Got News for You
1990
4.3A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
The One Show
2006
7.9Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
QI
2003
3.4A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.
Loose Women
1999
8.1Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Skins
2007
Film credits
2020s · 9 titles
4.0Documentary that explores why the men's England football team did not fulfil their potential at the 2006 World Cup, including insight and reflection from key members of the 'Golden Generation'.
England 2006: The Golden Generation
2026
7.5The Holocaust is one of the most documented, witnessed and written about events in history, so why is Holocaust denial back on the political agenda? What has happened in the 75 years since the liberation of the camps to have so skewed the picture? And, if it matters, why does it matter?
Confronting Holocaust Denial With David Baddiel
2020
7.8With exclusive interviews and outtakes, this anniversary special celebrates a decade of Robert Popper's iconic comedy, from celebrity fans to Paul Ritter's infamous squirrel-based catchphrase
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021
10.0The writer and comedian looks at antisemitism and the progressive left. From theatre to football, Baddiel explores a political blindspot with Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes and Neil Gaiman.
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022
6.0French exchange student Gorka's UK stay takes an unexpected turn when he accompanies a British family on a poignant journey.
Gorka
2023
NRLaunched 30 years ago, Loaded magazine epitomised the 90s in its irreverence and appetite for hedonism. But how did it stand up to pressure to put more 'sexy babes' on the cover?
Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem
2024
David Baddiel: Fame, Not The Musical
David Baddiel: Fame, Not The Musical
2024
7.0This is a thoughtful and mature documentary that considers whether online rage has real-world consequences. Baddiel has experienced antisemitic abuse on Twitter, where he has 785,000 followers. He has had brushes with what is called “cancel culture” and “callout culture”, when users have criticised his use of blackface on TV in the 1990s, for which he has apologised. He is also a self-confessed social media addict – by which he really means Twitter, his primary focus here – and self-aware enough to admit that while he feels he needs it to promote his work, he also understands that he has a psychological need for an audience, and by extension, for audience approval.
David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us
2021
NRLe Tissier didn't score ordinary goals, his strikes were powerful phenomena, and he could dribble through the densest defence. For years his loyalty to the Saints was rewarded with unflinching love and admiration. This authorised film tells his story and shows his special talents and unbelievable goals. All of them, with unique access and the voice of David Baddiel helped by one Mathew Le Tissier.
Matt le Tissier - Unbelievable
2024
2010s · 11 titles
5.6A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.
Huge
2010
1.0Eric and Ernie devotee Miranda Hart celebrates the incomparable comedy duo as she takes a look back at their top twenty greatest TV moments, ranked by comedy actors and comedians.
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
2017
5.5In the year of its relaunch Reggie Yates is given exclusive behind the scenes access to one of the most loved British TV series of all time.
Reggie & Thunderbirds: No Strings Attached
2015
8.7Documentary that outlines the 1990s and the decade the changed the world.
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
2015
NRWhile it may be universally acknowledged that she’s one of the great English writers, Giles Coren breaks down his many reasons for hating Jane Austen.
I Hate Jane Austen
2017
NRMarkus Meechan is a criminal. Guilty of posting a YouTube video judged “grossly offensive” and containing menacing, anti-Semitic and racist material. He claims the video was a joke. Others claim, Markus is a Nazi. But what does the prosecution of a YouTube comedian mean for freedom of expression – is a censorious state overstepping the mark? Or are there some things you just shouldn’t joke about?
The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
2019
NRNarrated by comedian Paddy McGuinness, here is a documentary celebrating 35 years of Bullseye featuring the hosts Jim Bowen and Tony Green with celebrity guests Linda Lusardi, Nick Hancock, Anne Diamond, David Baddiel, Katy Brand, Gary Wilmot, Frank Bruno, Tessa Sanderson and legendary dart players John Lowe, Eric Bristow and Bobby George.
You Can't Beat a Bit of Bully
2015
NRComedian and author David Baddiel has opened up about his father’s battle with Pick’s disease, a little-known type of dementia. David talks about the progression of his father’s disease and the impact it has had on his family
The Trouble with Dad
2017
NRUncover what happens when the worlds of football and music collide. Bob Mortimer runs down the best and very worst the beautiful game has had to offer down the years with contributions from the likes of Keith Allen, David Baddiel, Gary Lineker, Chris Waddle and Adrian Chiles
Football's 47 Best Worst Songs
2018
As part of BBC Two's 50th birthday celebrations, this programme pulls from the shelf some rare and previously unseen comedy moments from some of the greatest names in comedy.
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
2014
NRAlan Shearer looks back at England's Euro '96 campaign and their eventual defeat on penalties to their arch rivals Germany in the semi-final.
Alan Shearer's Euro 96: When Football Came Home
2016
2000s · 6 titles
NRA documentary about Spitting Image (1984) and the impact it had, including clips of the most memorable moments and contributions from many of the cast, crew and some of celebrities portrayed on the show.
Best Ever Spitting Image
2006
8.0Documentary charting the Derek and Clive phenomenon. The two foul-mouthed toilet attendants were the creations of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and were responsible for some of the filthiest comedy to come out of Britain. Despite being banned from radio and television the duo achieved great success and a cult status, but the act broke up one of the greatest comedy partnerships of recent years. Featuring excerpts from the actual records and video footage of Cook and Moore.
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
2002
8.8Acclaimed comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner star in this hour of live, uncensored, and unscripted hilarity. This release compiles the best moments from their 2001 run at London's West End.
Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned Live from London's West End
2001
A film about friendship and familiarity masking major secrets. When protagonists Beth and Ross gather all of their best friends together for an unruly drink and drug-fuelled party, the event is like many such evenings. That is, until Beth and Ross make an announcement. They tell those assembled that they have secretly married. The impact is not as simple as they had expected. We then track the events of the evening as the news affects each person in turn. Instead of the absolute approval Ross and Beth had hoped for, the news throws a harsh spotlight on everyone's relationship and notions of marriage. The film explores the confused attitudes of a generation whose model of love and romance is complex and demanding. The evening degenerates into a rash of revelations and discoveries about all of the friends, but most dramatically it unravels Ross and Beth's relationship in a way neither of them could have foreseen. This is no fairytale
The Announcement
2000
David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and Statto return to bring a distinctive mix of celebrity chat and sofa bound football fanaticism. The cult TV hit show Fantasy Football makes its triumphant comeback with this special DVD compilation, featuring the best moments from the 2004 series including celebrity guest interviews, Phoenix from the Flames, Grevsie's Gaffs, But First A Few Things We've Noticed From Watching Football, Homo Erotic Moments In Football, The Adventures of Cristiano Ronaldo and many more.
Baddiel & Skinner's Fantasy Football
2004
British comic Will Smith talks to feminists, linguists, pop icons, cockneys, and TV execs on a journey to discover what Britain makes of this somewhat blunt Anglo-Saxon oath.
The C Word: How We Came to Swear by It
2007
1990s · 4 titles
8.0Former Mary Whitehouse Experience members Rob Newman and David Baddiel bring their 'Live and in Pieces' television series to the stage. They both perform their solo sets before joining forces for 'the People of Restricted Seriousness' and 'History Today'. Rob Newman also misbehaves in the guise of Jarvis.
Newman and Baddiel: Live and in Pieces
1993
9.0David Baddiel and Rob Newman present their popular 'History Today' sketches which include live concert footage from the 1992 Edinburgh Festival.
Newman and Baddiel: History Today
1992
NRHighlights from Comic Relief's June 1999 live event, designed to help alleviate third world debt. Comedy performers seen here giving their services for free include Steve Coogan, Rowan Atkinson, Angus Deayton, David Baddiel, Simon Day, Lenny Henry and, er, the Happy Mondays.
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy
1999
8.0A documentary about David Baddiel and Rob Newman making their TV series and going on tour around the UK culminating in there infamous Wembley Stadium performance.
Newman and Baddiel on the Road to Wembley
1993
Series credits
6.6The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.
Top of the Pops
1964
7.1Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Have I Got News for You
1990
4.3A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
The One Show
2006
7.9Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
QI
2003
3.4A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.
Loose Women
1999
8.1Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Skins
2007
5.8GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
GMTV
1993
5.7Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.
The Last Leg
2013
8.3Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion?
Taskmaster
2015
7.2Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.
Arena
1975
7.8A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Would I Lie to You?
2007
7.1Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
7.2A weekly, topical panel show based around a huge series of opinion poll surveys carried out around Britain.
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
5.9This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
Question Time
1979
7.1TFI Friday was an entertainment show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2000. The show was produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first 5 series. The final series was hosted by a number of guest presenters. It was broadcast on Fridays at 6pm from 9 February 1996 to 22 December 2000, with a repeat later that night. The title officially stood for "Thank Four It's Friday", but was widely understood to mean "Thank Fuck It's Friday" and was a reference to the popular phrase "Thank God it's Friday". The show's theme tune was Ron Grainer's theme from Man in a Suitcase, in keeping with Evans's frequent use of 1960s television themes in his work.
TFI Friday
1996
7.4Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013
6.1Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
House of Games
2017
8.0Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.
Horrible Histories
2009
5.9Britain's top chefs compete for the chance to cook a four-course banquet for a high-profile figure.
Great British Menu
2006
5.3An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
An Audience with...
1978
7.0A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
7.7Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
Shooting Stars
1993
6.6Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
Room 101
1994
6.1Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
7.1A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.
Little Britain
2003
7.0Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
5.6Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
7.1One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
7.5Ben Shephard hosts the quiz show in which three celebrities take on an extraordinary machine in the hope of winning 20,000 pounds for charity.
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
2013
8.0Russell Howard offers his unique take on the week's news and current affairs, picking through the biggest UK and international stories, and offering a wise and worldly view on the globe's news. Along the way, he'll welcome celebrity guests and leading experts, as well as hear from fledgling global correspondents. Plus, there will be stand-up, too, as Russell showcases some of the comedy scene's finest and most exciting stars.
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
6.8Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy.
Little Crackers
2010
5.8Packed with plenty of take-away trivia, Guessable involves two celebrity teams competing to identify the famous name or object inside a mystery box. Sara Pascoe hosts the show with John Kearns on hand as her assistant. Alan Davies and Darren Harriott are the team captains, in a format that puts a twist on classic family games.
Guessable
2020
7.0Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains involves celebrity guests revisiting their teenage years. Each celebrity will take a trip down memory lane; competing across fashion, pop culture, retro gadgets, first loves, school reports and more to get their teenage years recognised as the most embarrassing by comedian Rhod Gilbert. With mystery guests popping up along the way, offering up further revelations the show celebrates those ultimate embarrassing teenage moments, and it's down to Rhod to judge which celebrity should be crowned 'winner'.
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021
7.7A boy and his mum find themselves suddenly transported somewhere across the universe surrounded by an amazing array of aliens from new and unknown corners of the galaxy. While trying to work out who brought them there and why, they make a new home for themselves and encounter new friends, including Mo, the only other being from Earth – a dinosaur.
Elliott from Earth
2021
6.0Comic Relief is a British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry in response to the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The concept of Comic Relief was to get British comedians to make the public laugh, while raising money to help people around the world and in the United Kingdom. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, an annual (previously biennial) telethon held in March. The first live fundraising evening, held on 4 April 1986, featured comedians and pop stars, including Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry, Kate Bush and co-founder Lenny Henry.
Comic Relief
1988
5.5Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.
Between the Covers
2020
7.4Celebrities drive on some of the most dangerous roads around the world, tackling impossible conditions to reach their goals.
World's Most Dangerous Roads
2011
10.0Everyman is a British television documentary series that aired on BBC One in a late-night slot on Sunday evenings between 1977 and 2005. Its subject matter tended to be focused on moral and religious issues, often in the form of a film in which individuals would discuss their thoughts. One edition from 1990, A Game of Soldiers concerned a group of soldiers exploring their feelings about being trained to kill. Throughout much of its time on air, series of Everyman aired alternately with Heart of the Matter, a debate series which featured somewhat similar topics. Both series were cancelled in the 2000s after the BBC revamped the output of its religious programming.
Everyman
1977
5.2Jo Brand is joined by three different celebrity Bake Off fans to shine a spotlight on the good, the bad and the soggy bottomed from the most recent episode.
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
2014
6.6The comedy show in which the nation's favourite comics and celebrities compete to convince Mel Giedroyc that they are the most Unforgivable person in the room. To do this they will have to dredge up their most outrageous sins, lies, legal transgressions and morally bankrupt behaviour.
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
2021
Behind the camera
6.1Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
The Infidel
2010
6.1Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
The Infidel
2010
7.5The Holocaust is one of the most documented, witnessed and written about events in history, so why is Holocaust denial back on the political agenda? What has happened in the 75 years since the liberation of the camps to have so skewed the picture? And, if it matters, why does it matter?
Confronting Holocaust Denial With David Baddiel
2020
6.7The film revolves around a Hindu man (Paresh Rawal) who goes through an identity crisis when he discovers he was adopted as a son in a Hindu family but was born in a Muslim family. The journey starts with finding his real father.
Dharam Sankat Mein
2015
NRThe best of Spitting Image
Spitting Image: Best Of - Is Nothing Sacred?
1991
8.0Former Mary Whitehouse Experience members Rob Newman and David Baddiel bring their 'Live and in Pieces' television series to the stage. They both perform their solo sets before joining forces for 'the People of Restricted Seriousness' and 'History Today'. Rob Newman also misbehaves in the guise of Jarvis.
Newman and Baddiel: Live and in Pieces
1993
9.0David Baddiel and Rob Newman present their popular 'History Today' sketches which include live concert footage from the 1992 Edinburgh Festival.
Newman and Baddiel: History Today
1992
NRStephen Fry and Gemma Whelan star in 'Recall Me Maybe' a new FT drama written by David Baddiel, exploring AI, memory and truth. Fry plays a grandfather with dementia who uses AI to fill in gaps in his memory. While reviewing the archive of his life his family makes a shocking discovery. Which memories are really true? And how AI is defining who we are?
Recall Me Maybe
2025
NRStephen Fry and Gemma Whelan star in 'Recall Me Maybe' a new FT drama written by David Baddiel, exploring AI, memory and truth. Fry plays a grandfather with dementia who uses AI to fill in gaps in his memory. While reviewing the archive of his life his family makes a shocking discovery. Which memories are really true? And how AI is defining who we are?
Recall Me Maybe
2025
David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and Statto return to bring a distinctive mix of celebrity chat and sofa bound football fanaticism. The cult TV hit show Fantasy Football makes its triumphant comeback with this special DVD compilation, featuring the best moments from the 2004 series including celebrity guest interviews, Phoenix from the Flames, Grevsie's Gaffs, But First A Few Things We've Noticed From Watching Football, Homo Erotic Moments In Football, The Adventures of Cristiano Ronaldo and many more.
Baddiel & Skinner's Fantasy Football
2004

