Always Be Comedy

Always Be Comedy - EP140 - Mark Steel

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 Mark on tour here! - https://marksteelinfo.com

To get in touch with the pod, email [email protected]

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SPOILERS!

MC - Al Murray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqL6gqZSuQ

Opener - Linda Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-UORqr-TXQ

Middle - Richard Pryor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txp8B4ek_kk

Closer - Billy Connolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGRhyrkBSEU

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

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A look back at episode 40 with the creator of Taskmaster, lead singer of the Horne Section and master standup comedian Alex Horne!

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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 [email protected]

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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

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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 [email protected]

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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 [email protected]

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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

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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!

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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 [email protected]

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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

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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?

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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 [email protected]

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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

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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

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