Always Be Comedy

Always Be Comedy - EP134 - Graham Dickson Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Graham Dickson! Check out The Free Association's new venue in Southwark! https://www.thefreeassociation.co.uk To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Orson Welles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOOescG7Ks Opener - Ade and Rik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rywzo0OYFn0 Middle - Kristen Wiig (and Will Ferrell) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDvZrubaEwA Closer - Cook County Social Club https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rwk6lTqtAg About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We return to our third ever episode with the true icon Stewart Lee! Recorded in 2023! Go see Stewart on tour here! - https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/live-dates/ To get in touch with ABC, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP133 - Amy Matthews Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Amy Matthews! Order the vinyl of Commute With The Foxes here! - https://www.monkeybarrelrecords.com/product-page/amy-matthews-commute-with-the-foxes To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Jordan Brookes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoVguj7V_w4 Opener - Elf Lyons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKxedARxY-I Middle - Robbie McShane Closer - Spencer Jones' 50 Minute Disco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgNeyJ2cjyM ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bonus episode where we're talking to the superb Alex Lowe about the upcoming Clinton Baptiste tour as well as going through his remarkable IMDB Go see Clinton Baptiste on tour here! - https://www.clintonbaptiste.com/tour To get in touch with ABC, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP132 - Hannah East Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Hannah East! Go see Hannah on tour here! - https://www.hannaheast.com/comedy/ To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Roy Keane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N899dQEGkc8 Opener - Greg Davies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-3YdRDUKFo Middle - Jim Carrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDsq0pXyCeM  Closer - Catherine Tate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-BVgPeZR-Y About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James and Tim discuss the Emmy Awards and the roaring success of The Studio on AppleTV. Also we talk about launching a new gig in Chelsea and all that entails! To get in touch with the podcast, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP131 - Ben Pope Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Ben Pope! Go see Ben on tour here! - https://linktr.ee/benpope Check out his special here! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXER78Jfbw4 To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Daniel Kitson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7_LSvloa6k / Ivo Graham https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UWwh0i6VWDo Opener - Pierre Novellie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTCpFcT2dHI Middle - Lucy Pearman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OofM0YKdPzc / Lorna Rose Treen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcgG2uHfGT4 Closer - Helen Bauer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVP3mnHw4hw Book Recommendations! Then We Come To The End by Joshua Ferris Hurdy Gurdy by Christopher Wilson About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A rather big chat about ABC's (Not Always Be Comedy!) decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel off air and what it means for comedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP130 - Harriet Dyer Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Harriet Dyer! Go see Harriet on tour! - https://harrietdyer.com/live/ To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Phil Ellis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n5wKhnCXCU Opener - Joanne McNally https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dob7-CuI_B0 Middle - Paul Foot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpwMXU4rIto Closer - Maria Bamford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ysiB8Y7rTU About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're looking back to episode 82 with the exceptional Joe Lycett! To get in touch with ABC, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going right back into the archives, back to episode 2 as we revisit with the great Maisie Adam starring in the new series of Taskmaster! To get in touch with ABC, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're looking back at Episode 20 with the supreme Rose Matafeo! To get in touch with the podcast, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Its a Tuesday Encore episode and we're going back to episode 4 with the maestro Romesh Ranganathan! To get in touch with the pod, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're looking back at another of our favourite episodes, its episode 7 - Harry Hill! To get in touch with the podcast, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Tuesday Encore, we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes and we're starting with the very first episode of the Always Be Comedy Podcast with stand up superstar and podcasting royalty Josh Widdicombe! To get in touch with the pod, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP129 - Jake Bhardwaj Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Jake Bhardwaj! Go see Not Another Quiz Night at the fringe here! - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/not-another-quiz-night To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Vic and Bob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2skVCP6QVM Opener - Mitchell and Webb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIfSQW499Xc Middle - Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02aZW_Ov0Y Closer - Alan Partridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMLwT1LXFAU About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP128 - Kate Dolan Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Kate Dolan! Go see Kate at the fringe here! - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/kate-dolan-the-critic Check out her special here! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbKOZ42TgXY To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! On the door - Mr Blobby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97fw8xjB5u4 MC - Jim Carrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3WIOgAjdA Opener - Maria Bamford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fFYOJnKh0E Middle - Beth Stelling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oeo3f1Rgrk Closer - James Acaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ano8hg1adw About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP127 - Siblings Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guests are comedy superstars and “friends” of the night: Siblings! Go see Siblings at the fringe here! - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/siblings-dreamweavers To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Will Ferrell & John C Reilly / Lolly Adefope / Maya Rudolph Opener - Seayonce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIdgc084ojY Middle - Andy Kaufman / Michelle De Swarte   Closer - James Blunt / Carrie Fisher About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bonus episode where we talk to drag king and character comedian Daisy Doris May about their Edinburgh Fringe run (just started!), the influence of Sacha Baron Cohen, Tank Girl, creating characters and a huge amount more! Daisy Doris May : Big Night Out is on at 21:50 at the Assembly Underground throughout August : https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/daisy-doris-may-big-night-out To get in touch with the pod, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP126 - Eric Rushton Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST!  Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more.  Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Eric Rushton! Go see Eric at the fringe here! - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/eric-rushton-innkeeper Check out his special here! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQrugd4BwVM To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Liam Gallagher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBWHXDzWrw4 Opener - Larry David https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0eeNijdv3I Middle - Finlay Christie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUbXP88a0wk Closer - Norm Macdonald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwlxYYtqHfc About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices