James Acaster Acaster has also been nominated a record four times for the Edinburgh Comedy Award from 2012 to 2015, but never won. He did scoop the breakthrough award and the best show award at the Chortle Awards 2015 for Recognise. In his new book, Perfect Sound Whatever, the comedian argues 2016 was the greatest ever year for music. 20th March 2020 . Soundtrack Of My Life: James Acaster. And, to be fair, he puts forward a compelling case. Credit: Ed Moore. Stand-up genius and podcaster extraordinaire. What's On Arts and Entertainment James Acaster: Talking about my personal crises has made me a better comic TV funnyman James Acaster reveals how his worst year led him to … But not James Acaster. By Greg Cochrane. James Acaster: Repertoire 2018 TV-14 1 Season Comedies Offbeat comic James Acaster covers the strange, the mundane and everything in between in this collection of four wide-ranging stand-up specials.