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Reeves Peterson is a comedian, songwriter and recovering crisp addict.

After only two years of performing Reeves has racked up over 200 performances, been a finalist in You Must Be Joking, won the Comedy Caf New Acts and became the first English speaking comedian to headline the Suomen Stand Up Club Helsinki, Finland. In the summer of 2007 he was invited to compere the mainstage at the Poole Park Festival in front of 5000+ people.

He also books and is the resident M.C at Mr Kyps Comedy Night in Poole, Dorset and is a regular guest on 102.3 2CRFM (gcapmedia) where he writes and performs topical songs for Richie and Caroline at Breakfast.

His cynical observations and superbly crafted songs have made him an in demand act particularly when required to open up a show.

He has performed paid slots and M.C 'd for Mirth Control, Off The Kerb, Christian Knowles, Comedy Caf, Twisters, Oi Oi comedy, Paul Tresgaskis, Ribticklas, Sidesplitters, Comic Boom, Spiky Mike, Chris Mayo, Firmarock (Finland) and many others.

He has appeared at numerous comedy clubs including The Chuckle Club, Upstairs and the Queens Head, Komedia, Laughing horse, Barnstormers, Jaggers, Ashedload of Laughs, Comedy Bar Southampton, RAW, The Comedy Court, The Bedford, Rabbit in the Headlights, The Comedy Store, Bristol Jesters and numerous student gigs including Brighton University, Bournemouth University, Farnham College, Royal Holloway University, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, University of Bognor, The London School Of Economics.

Reeves has written the plays One Night In Helsinki, Green Fingers and the radio play Sammy and Mikey. He also has a number of other writing projects in the pipeline including a musical. He is currently the writer in residence at the Take Away Theatre Company.

"The compere for the evening was a young shining wit Reeves Peterson who had the audience eating from the palm of his hand within seconds" - Trev Faulkner MrKyps.net

"presence and style" - Newbury Today

"Comedy Genius!" - 2CR FM

"The night has grown in stature over the year under the direction of Reeves and will deservedly keep attracting the crowds" - Daily Echo.

RADIO

Richie and Caroline at Breakfast (102 .3 2CR FM for Gcapmedia)

BBC Radio Solent (Sally Taylor Show)

106.6 Rock 24-7 co presenter of Vertigo

TELEVISION

Tess of the D'urbervilles (BBC 2008)

FILM

Me and Orson Welles (Directed by Richard Linklater)

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The decline of the British bat population in recent years is another symptom of the general decline of Brtiish nature as a whole. So what has happened to Britain's bats? The exact level of bat decline in the U.K is not known but in a survey conducted by the London Bat Group between 1978 and 1993 they estimated that the pipistrelle (which covers three of the 17 species) bat population had decreased by at least 70%. The reasons for this decline are a follows Loss of habitat Bat's natural habitat is dense woodland and hedgerow. They also like areas near still water such as ponds. As concentra...

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