Multi-award-winning British character comedian, actor and writer. Co-creator and star of BBC One's Hospital People. Three Sony Gold Awards. One of the most inventive headliners on the international circuit.
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Deep character work, real psychological illusion and razor-sharp crowd work — performed live across the UK, Edinburgh, Adelaide, Perth and beyond.
The well-meaning, hopelessly incompetent community hospital radio DJ. Catastrophically inappropriate track transitions, cringeworthy patient dedications, and a heart of gold. Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee.
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The camp, pseudo-psychic medium who blends genuine mentalism with a merciless satire of the spiritualist industry. Best International Act winner and star of BBC Radio 2's Ian D. Montfort is Unbelievable.
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Co-created, co-written and starring Tom Binns, the BBC One mockumentary began as a Comedy Playhouse pilot in 2016 and was commissioned as a full prime-time series in 2017. Binns played five lead characters:
Also a skilled ventriloquist, performing technical puppetry with Nibbles the Guinea Pig, and author of the satirical industry handbook How to Get Famous — A Cynical Guide.
Outstanding Broadcasting Achievement
Best International Act
Best Act
Foster's Comedy God
Best Comedy Moment / TV Moment of 2001, Trigger Happy TV
Best Comedy Show, Ivan Brackenbury
Best Comedy Show
Best Comedy Show
Best Show / 50 Most Memorable Gigs of the Decade
Glastonbury Festival • Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh • Harrogate Theatre • Selby Town Hall • Darlington Hippodrome • Museum of Comedy, London • Exmouth Pavilion • Melbourne Assembly Rooms