Idiots of Ants

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Idiots of Ants are a London based comedy sketch group made up of Elliott Tiney, Benjamin Wilson, James Wrighton and Andrew Spiers. They have performed sketches on BBC 2, Fox News, BBC Three and BBC Radio 4.

[edit] History

Idiots of Ants formed in November 2006 and went on to perform and sell-out at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007. This self-titled Edinburgh debut received notices from the National Press^[1].

In August 2007 the Idiots were featured on the BBC 2 programme The Edinburgh Show.

In May 2008 they appeared on the BBC Three show The Wall. The sketch shown, "Facebook in real life", went on to top the most watched UK comedy video chart on YouTube.

The "Facebook in real life" video was played on Fox News (The Live Desk with Martha MacCallum) on 13 May 2008.

In May 2008 they performed a sketch live on the BBC Radio 4 show Loose Ends.

Idiots of Ants have been commissioned to create a new show for E4, which will be broadcast in August 2008.