Simon Bird studies at Birkbeck College, Bird set up the sketch comedy group "The House of Windsor" with former Footlights contemporaries Joe Thomas (who plays Simon Cooper in "The Inbetweeners") and Jonny Sweet. They performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007 and in 2008 with a show called "The Meeting", described as a site-specific comedy installation set in an actual boardroom, which received national media attention and a clutch of five-star reviews. Bird and Thomas were also regulars on series 1 and 2 of "The Weekly Show", a podcast for Channel 4 Radio (2006–07). Bird also performs stand-up comedy and took part
Channel 4 F1 Channel 4 F1 Channel 4 F1, commonly abbreviated to "C4F1", is a British television programme dedicated to the coverage of Formula One motor racing and is broadcast by the British broadcaster Channel 4 from 2016 to 2019. Half of practices shown live, all qualifying and races, highlights or live are televised on Channel 4 or More4, and streamed live on All 4. From the 2019 season only the British GP race will be shown live along with highlights of all other races. On 21 December 2015, the BBC announced that it would end its deal with Formula One three years