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
Much (TV channel) which features airings of music-related documentaries. Much currently airs blocks of music videos in the mornings, with the remainder of its lineup devoted to comedy and pop culture-themed programming. Such programming includes first-run series (predominantly Comedy Central programs not shown by The Comedy Network), sitcoms, encore repeats of shows sourced from CTV and other sibling networks, and broadcasts of feature films. In recent years, the popularity of MuchMusic has waned and the channel faces constant criticism that it focuses too much on "top 40" acts and programs that have nothing to do with music. A main point of criticism is