Jack Rooke is a writer, comedian and mental health ambassador. He is the creator, writer, star and exec-producer of the hit Channel 4 series
Big Boys. He presented the BBC Radio 4 comedy
Good Grief and Arts special
Mamma M.I.A. He was also BBC Radio 1's on-air expert in bereavement and mental health for
The Surgery.
Jack has produced three stand-out Edinburgh Fringe shows -
Good Grief, co-written with his 85-year-old Nan about his father's death,
Happy Hour, a comedic tribute to a friend lost to suicide, and
Love Letters, a show about modern romance described by the
Guardian as 'effortlessly charming and buoyantly funny.' Jack's shows have transferred on to London's Soho Theatre, Latitude Festival and The Roundhouse.
In 2019 he contributed an essay to the award-winning book
It's Not OK to Feel Blue (& Other Lies), curated by Scarlett Curtis.
Cheer the F**K Up is his debut publication.