Michael Spicer (comedian)

Michael Spicer (born 1977) is a British comedy writer and performer. He produces a satirical video series The Room Next Door.

In the Room Next Door videos, Spicer plays a frustrated adviser who is communicating live via an earpiece with a figure speaking in public. The videos cut between the exasperated Spicer and real footage of the public figure at a speaking engagement. Figures lampooned include Prince Andrew, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump.

As an actor, Spicer has appeared in the Netflix series Bridgerton and After Life, and the BBC 2 comedy series Mandy. He also produced series 2 of Mandy. He has also appeared in The Mash Report and Late Night Mash.

His radio series Michael Spicer: Before Next Door was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In May 2024 his series Michael Spicer: No Room was also broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Spicer won the internet category at the 2020 Chortle Awards and the 2020 Comedy.co.uk Award for Best Radio Sitcom, for the pilot of his BBC Radio 4 comedy Michael Spicer: Before Next Door. The first series of Michael Spicer: Before Next Door subsequently won the 2021 Comedy.co.uk Award for Best Radio Sitcom.

Spicer noted in an interview with the Guardian that, doing most of his comedy online, he had "never been heckled", and he never read the comments below the videos.

When asked about the "best piece of trolling" he had ever experienced, Spicer noted that he finds 'trolls' "abhorrent" and "motivated by toxicity" and by "poisonous behaviour"; and that "internet commenting has really contributed nothing to society or culture".

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• Official website

• Michael Spicer at IMDb