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 (Swedish TV channel) Comedy Central (Swedish TV channel) Comedy Central () in Sweden is a television channel owned by Viacom International Media Networks Europe, broadcasting to Sweden. Viacom International Media Networks have said that the channel will feature both original Swedish productions made for the channel and imported content. The channel applied for license to broadcast in the terrestrial network in Sweden in February 2008 and on 27 March 2008 they were granted a license to broadcast nationally between 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. from 1 January 2009. The channel launched on 1 January 2009, opening with an episode of "South Park" and