Your Comedy Night Needs You (Chortle Awards 2025)

We talk to dear friend Glenn Moore about his brand new tour, show titles, Richard Madeley, an exciting new project and lots and lots more! Go see Glenn on tour here! - https://www.glennmoorecomedy.com To get in touch with the podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP114 - Harriet Kemsley 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 Kemsley! Go see Harriet at the Leicester Square Theatre her ! - https://harrietkemsley.com/#band-section To get in touch with the pod, email [email protected] --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Lou Sanders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNI-bsbvTI / Sean McLoughlin https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bpoMuMgQON4 Opener - Maria Bamford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpQcLPbzhys Middle - Kate Lucas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0uz0m3JFjI / Evelyn Mok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUu3SyMqp7I Closer - Bobby Mair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHz1z81YOss 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 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We talk to comedy superstar Jack Skipper about his new tour, the London Marathon, Crystal Palace (briefly, non football fans!), getting recognised in the street, giving up the day job and so much more! Jack is on tour here! - https://jackskipper.com/live/ To get in touch with the podcast, please email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP113 - Alex Lowe 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: Alex Lowe! Go see Clinton Baptiste on tour here! - https://www.clintonbaptiste.com/tour To get in touch with the pod, email [email protected] --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Sally Ann Hayward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se8Gz8zCOd8 Opener - Eric Rushton https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fRk8xefaIF4 Middle - Frank Hovis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE3P7pvR-Mg Closer - Brian Gittins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJyivpe6u7k 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 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James and Tim talk the exciting news of a UK based Saturday Night Live! We predict and talk about our hopes for what the show could be and who could make up the cast (it's an excuse for us to recommend a huge amount of acts!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP112 - Tom Allen YouTube version - https://youtu.be/bm8OZT0UJgQ 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: Tom Allen! To get in touch with the pod, email [email protected] --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Queen Elizabeth I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyTN3h01doE Opener - Katharine Hepburn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6UmO8K6pJY Middle - Kenneth Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FBVCIYB5YY Closer - Suzi Ruffell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1TMo0YTDLA 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 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James talks to the true ABC Hall of Famer, Nick Helm! We're talking his new tour, meeting heroes (good experiences and bad!) and a huge amount more Go see Nick on tour through this link - https://www.plosive.co.uk/events/nick-helm-no-one-gets-out-alive To get in touch with ABC, please email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP111 - Pete Firman 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: Pete Firman! Go see Pete on tour here! - https://www.petefirman.co.uk/#live To get in touch with the pod, email [email protected] --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - James Gill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxj7DdXpecY Opener - Steve Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhP1m0LMsns Middle - Tommy Cooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgMnbgikxXU Closer - Morecambe and Wise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMPEUcVyJsc 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 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A bonus podcast with brilliant comedian and rising star Horatio Gould where we talk all things his new tour, Fin vs. History, the state of TV and so much more! Go see Horatio on tour here! - https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/horatio-gould-return-of-the-space-cowboy/ Go watch Horatio's special here! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI0Mcy_pxT4 To get in touch with Always Be Comedy, please email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP110 - Ed Gamble 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: Ed Gamble! To get in touch with the pod, email [email protected] Youtube version! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMohRVficQk --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Best Friends Club https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_d8jSGiHfo Opener - Mat Ewins and everything goes wrong https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BAF1RWNgoRg Middle - a journalist doing their first gig because they're writing an article about becoming a standup comedian / Bob Thingymabob Closer - Anna and Katy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDYTb5gciw 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 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices