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
Comedy Central (German TV channel) 16 May 2011, Viacom launched Comedy Central HD, which was picked up by Telekom and Vodafone TV. Later, on 11 June 2011, HD+ by Astra starts offering the channel on its satellite line up. Comedy Central (German TV channel) Comedy Central is a German free-to-air channel owned by Viacom International Media Networks. It is distributed in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and broadcasts many American and British imported television series as well as original programming. It launched on 15 January 2007 replacing former music channel VIVA Plus. Prior to its launch, Viacom had Nick Comedy, which was a timeshared channel with