Rising comedy star and BBC Radio 1's resident on-air expert in mental health, Jack Rooke, presents a comedic, angry and empowering guide on what to do (and what not to do) to help save your best mate, written by someone who lost theirs.
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,
andLove 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.
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