Friday Encore : Joe Lycett

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 [email protected] --------------------------- 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] --------------------------- 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 [email protected] --------------------------- 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 [email protected] --------------------------- 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