Jack Rooke (born 1993) is an English comedian and writer. His work often explores issues surrounding grief and loss, using humour and documentary film to explore the awkwardness of death.

3 days ago · The show is a semi-autobiographical take on writer Jack Rooke’s own experiences of grief and coming out as a young gay teenager. Big Boys first started off life as a stage show a decade ago ...

2 days ago · The story that ends with the new and final season of Big Boys began nearly a decade ago at the Edinburgh Fringe. There, Jack Rooke debuted his celebrated shows Good Grief and Happy Hour over a number of years, which tackled the grief of losing his father aged 15 and his coming out as gay.In 2020, he released the memoir Cheer the Fuck Up, about the loss of a close friend to suicide.

3 days ago · Will the real Jack Rooke please stand up? The Big Boys creator admits that his hit Channel 4 comedy is an amalgam of three personas: lead character Jack, played by Dylan Llewellyn, loosely ...

Feb 4, 2025 · How are you feeling about the third and final series of Big Boys? I feel very lucky and grateful, but I cannot lie, I’m really relieved [laughs]. I wrote, filmed, edited series two, handed it ...

Feb 4, 2025 · Big Boys returns to Channel 4 on Sunday for a third and final series, set in the central character’s final year at Brent Uni. Here writer and creator Jack Rooke talks about putting his life on screen, addressing difficult topics with comedy and bringing the story to a close.

Big Boys is a British television sitcom created and written by Jack Rooke, first broadcast on Channel 4 and available on All 4 from 26 May 2022.

Jan 14, 2024 · Big Boys creator Jack Rooke has said he felt a "big responsibility" when writing about his family's real-life grief in his hit Channel 4 comedy.

May 31, 2024 · Talk to Jack Rooke for a minute and you’ll feel like you’ve known him forever. The 30-year-old comedian is less an open book than an annotated manuscript, lying invitingly ajar beside a cup...

Jack Rooke on the return of Big Boys: "Culture has derided a lot of working class women" The creator and writer of the acclaimed Channel 4 comedy speaks to RadioTimes.com about its triumphant...