Always Be Comedy

Always Be Comedy - EP139 - Jack Carroll 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.  Go see Jack on tour here - https://jackcarroll.co.uk/live-shows To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Frank Skinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hFCbvQho7w Opener - Frankie Boyle https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ObtUmW6U9Bg Middle - Norm Macdonald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFulaWVKV6s Closer - Steve Coogan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW1q1GjUdkA 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

One of your classic Friday waffling chat episodes where we talk about all sorts including comic timing, the best panel show performers, Robbie, Russell Crowe, how to improve film events, Titanic... lots of things! To get in touch with ABC, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP138 - Samira Banks 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: Samira Banks! Follow Samira on instagram on @samirabankscomedy To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Junior Booker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVIvNVMLBvE Opener - Heidi Regan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wMtNSuPERw Middle - Lara Ricote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYENqnOf16M  Closer - Jordan Brookes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbkfFdgrbM8 and Ayoade Bamgboye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r-RaS5BPOg 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 at episode 37 (!) with the Celebrity Traitors, Last One Laughing, Cats does Countdown, Taskmaster and on and on and on star Joe Wilkinson! 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 - EP137 - John Tothill 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: John Tothill! Go see John on tour here! - https://campsite.bio/johntothill To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Colin Hoult as Anna Mann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gftd6d-pZnU Opener - Kate Berlant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKKvmpZx5Qs Middle - Flo and Joan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2cE1TM2wmI Closer - Julian Clary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAhN1cObEo 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

One of your classic bonus episodes where we cover all sorts including feedback to our future of comedy episode, the passing of the brilliant Prunella Scales and our big topic of whether there should be specific categories in the Oscars for comedy? To get in touch with the podcast, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP136 - Ben Elton 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 Elton! Buy Ben's new brilliant book here! - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/what-have-i-done-signed-edition-my-autobiography-ben-elton/7864439?ean=9781472639554&next=t To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Bruce Forsyth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_GZEgH_Hzo Opener - Rik Mayall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC-V0isYNpY Middle - Billy Connolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rva-H3EWEA 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 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 look back at the very first live episode we did from the Tommyfield with the supreme John Kearns! He's on tour next year - https://www.johnkearnscomedy.co.uk To get in touch with the podcast, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Be Comedy - EP135 - Rachel Galvo 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: Rachel Galvo! Go see Rachel on tour here! - https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/rachel-galvo-tickets/artist/5453774 To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Paddington Bear https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W-WMCCS4ik0 Open - Megan Stalter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15aEvZGZEUI Middle - Catherine Cohen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-GNtSBmsfM Closer - Aisling Bea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjQSJPadGYM 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

One of your classic Friday bonus episode as we attempt to predict the future of comedy! We also pay tribute to the fantastic Patricia Routledge and discuss the response to the Riyadh Comedy Festival! 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 - 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