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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...

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  • Today · 1 hr 15 min

    #181 Henry Paker

    Always Be Comedy - EP181 - Henry Paker 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 Henry on tour here! - https://www.henrypaker.com/ To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - James Gill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxj7DdXpecY Opener - Mitch Hedburg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_XbtYfrNYI Middle - Seann Walsh https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NCqWBzpAipM Closer - Demetri Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4LUjBLmfMM 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, 2025 and 2026 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

  • September 8 · 1 hr 17 min

    #180 Rachel Galvo Rebooked

    We welcome back one of our favourites in Rachel Galvo for new questions and new chat in Rebooked! @rachelgalvo @alwaysbecomedy theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 1 · 1 hr 4 min

    #179 Barry From Watford

    Always Be Comedy - EP179 - Barry From Watford 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 Barry on tour here! - https://www.barryfromwatford.co.uk/tour-tickets To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Sally Anne Hayward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh-C623Mx-s Opener - Rich Wilson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri9v0wIrw84 Middle - Doug Carter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=draOcOOBmGs Closer - Rory O'Hanlon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liW_MEp8rXQ 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, 2025 and 2026 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

  • August 28 · 42 min

    The Friday Episode : Awards, Awards and Awards!

    Vote Tim Lewis as Best Technical Operator! https://ish-scheduler.vercel.app/vote/tech-awards-26 A lot of awards chat at the Fringe! @alwaysbecomedy theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 27 · 9 min

    Always Be Comedy's Tim Lewis needs your vote! (please)

    https://ish-scheduler.vercel.app/vote/tech-awards-26 Please vote for Tim Lewis as Best Technical Operator, thank you! https://ish-scheduler.vercel.app/vote/tech-awards-26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 25 · 1 hr 21 min

    #178 Alasdair Beckett-King

    Always Be Comedy - EP178 - Alasdair Beckett-King 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 Alasdair on tour here! - https://www.abeckettking.com/gigs/ To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Steve Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYbavuReVF4 Opener - Maria Bamford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiN85rPBy3k Middle - Flight of the Conchords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT9WugSs9EY Closer - Suzy Eddie Izzard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYuvLSFFalo 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, 2025 and 2026 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

  • August 18 · 1 hr 7 min

    #177 Tony Cantwell

    Always Be Comedy - EP177 - Tony Cantwell 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 Tony at the fringe here! - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/tony-cantwell-you-cry-weird To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Graham Norton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9w2NxSPr1M Opener - Richie Bree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bnYQH0GKu0 Middle - Flight of the Conchords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT9WugSs9EY Closer - Rowan Atkinson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e9xM1zei3A 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, 2025 and 2026 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

  • August 11 · 1 hr 20 min

    #176 Rosie Jones

    Always Be Comedy - EP176 - Rosie Jones 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 Rosie at the fringe here! - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/rosie-jones-i-can-t-tell-what-she-s-saying Check out her special here! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUQjk3-q2V8 To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Dara O'Briain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPNqPlrEF3c Opener - Billy Connolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rva-H3EWEA Middle - Rosie Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53nRcfosYR0 Closer - Victoria Wood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSBuPTLh8BE Afterparty DJ - Ivo Graham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlCa1479C2w 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, 2025 and 2026 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

  • August 4 · 1 hr 22 min

    #175 Ed Gamble Rebooked

    Always Be Comedy - EP175 - Ed Gamble Rebooked We welcome back a true ABC Hall of Famer, Ed Gamble! Making his third appearance on the podcast, we love the guy, he's phenomenal He's on tour in 2027 with Fresh Hell - https://edgamble.co.uk @alwaysbecomedy theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 28 · 1 hr 23 min

    #174 Ben Pope Rebooked

    Always Be Comedy - EP174 - Ben Pope Rebooked We welcome back one of our favourites, Ben Pope to discuss the world of literature, old jobs and tangents galore! Go see Ben's various Fringe shows this year : Work in Progress - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/ben-pope-work-in-progress Ben's Book Club - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/ben-s-book-club Comedians Do Poems - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/comedians-do-poems @alwaysbecomedy theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 21 · 1 hr 16 min

    #173 Alex Franklin

    Always Be Comedy - EP173 - Alex Franklin 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 Alex's TWO shows at the fringe here! - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/alex-franklin-kiss-me-x https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/mothman-a-romance-musical To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Sarah Keyworth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxsuaSEKDyk / Sam Nicoresti https://www.youtube.com/shorts/elUz9eLjBe8 Opener - Josie Long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCTncBKHmMk Middle - Tom Walker https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tKSK8zg46g8 Closer - The Lonely Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr9Kaa1sycs 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, 2025 and 2026 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

  • July 14 · 1 hr 51 min

    #172 Eric Rushton Rebooked!

    Episode 172 - Eric Rushton Rebooked One of our favourites is back on the show! The great Eric Rushton! Go see Eric at the Fringe here! - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/eric-rushton-could-well-be-in @alwaysbecomedy theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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