[2] Since winning Channel Four's prestigious 'So You Think You're Funny' competition at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998, an award previously won by Phil Kay, Dylan Moran, Lee Mack, Tommy Tiernan and Peter Kay, he has been a regular performer at major venues on both the London and national circuit.
[1] Rouse started his career in television as a "warm-up" on the hit BBC sitcom Coupling, where he entertained the studio audience between filming.
Rouse starred in the first series of the BBC Three sitcom Grownups and Guilty Pleasures, a new chat show which he hosted.
In 2015, Rouse and Rutter started their comedy self-help podcast Rob and Helen's Date Night, charting a series of odd dates including horse riding, life-drawing in front of a fire, and the couple recording Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name, which they recorded live in their garage.
[1][5] Rouse co-hosts The Unlikely Weightlifters Podcast with friend and fellow comedian Tom Wrigglesworth tackling various topical/social/DIY issues whilst training for the ‘2048 Pontefract Olympiad’.
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-Maclean commended the podcast for its positive promotion of male friendship in self-care (Episode 19 13/2/23).