Andy Zaltzman
- 50 years old
- British
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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The News Quiz is the most in-demand comedy on BBC Sounds
Fronted by Andy Zaltzman, it is also the third most requested on-demand show overall on the platform, behind The Archers and Desert Island Discs. David Mitchell's panel show The Unbelievable Truth is the second most popular comedy, followed by Mark Steel's In Town.
Chortle, 18th May 2022Andy Zaltzman, Soho Theatre review - satire on the hoof
Not all jokes are made up on the night, although the ones that are pass musterl.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 16th May 2022Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire review
Even though he's been doing this for years - Chortle previously reviewed this show in those glorious pre-Brexit, pre-Trump days of 2014 - it's not the perfect format, as he too easily gets caught up in mundane crowd work, diluting that sweet satire.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th May 2022Andy Zaltzman: a teeming comic brain in need of a little reining in
It's hard not to warm to the topical comedian, though some tighening up of his touring show - at the Soho Theatre - could work wonders.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 10th May 2022Chortle Awards 2022 shortlist revealed
The nominees have been announced for the Chortle Awards 2022, with Bob Mortimer, Liz Kingsman and Adam Rowe leading the shortlists, with two nominations apiece.
British Comedy Guide, 8th March 2022Mock around the clock: the five best satirical news podcasts
Whether you're after smugness-free silliness or wise and considered deconstructions of current events - there's a podcast for that, whether it by The Skewer, The Bugle or Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 18th January 2022New podcast from Andy Zaltzman
Andy Zaltzman's Greatest of All Time is released today by Audible. The podcast series sees Andy Zaltzman attempt to reclaim the much-misused term 'Greatest Of All Time' by delving through the 13 billion years of archival material knocking around the universe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th December 2021Andy Zaltzman on being cricket's funniest statistician
The comedian discusses his love of the game, his work on Test Match Special and some of his favourite cricket stats.
James Wallace, The Guardian, 29th June 2021Freedom of laughter: are there limits to comedy?
It was a recent episode of The News Quiz which set me thinking about the limits of comedy - or, I'd be more honest to say, so incensed me that I started to think about it once I'd calmed down. First, though, let me step back and consider comedy more generally.
John Humphrys, Market Screener, 24th May 2021Andy Zaltzman, the comic bowling us over
The News Quiz host tells Dominic Maxwell that working in comedy and in cricket is a lifelong dream come true.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 16th April 2021