Stuart Ashen

Stuart Ashen is a British YouTube critic, comedian and filmmaker whose videos examine counterfeit and low-quality goods. Born in 1976 and raised on the Heartsease Estate in Norwich, he began posting reviews of cheap toys, video games and food in 2006, filming them at home with only his hands and couch in shot; he later made a podcast and channel called Barshens with fellow vlogger Barry Lewis. Television work followed, including a cameo as Mr. Noseybonk on Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe in 2008, the BBC Online Comedy series Ashen's Tech Dump in 2010 and Back Space in 2011. He wrote and starred in the feature Ashens and the Quest for the GameChild in 2013 and in its sequel Ashens and the Polybius Heist (2020), and published Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of in 2015 and a sequel in 2017.