Josh Widdicombe
- 41 years old
- English
- Stand-up comedian and actor
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BAFTA TV Awards nominations
Derry Girls, Mum, Sally4Ever, Stath Lets Flats and Car Share are amongst the comedy-related nominations in the 2019 BAFTA TV Awards and BAFTA Craft Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2019The show that sees comics imagine their way out of hypothetical situations reaches a triumphant conclusion with an edition in which Josh Widdicombe and his sidekick "sad flapjack creator" James Acaster launch ludicrous scenarios at Guz Khan, Cariad Lloyd, David O'Doherty and Sara Pascoe.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 27th March 2019RTS Awards 2019 winners include Mum and Derry Girls
Derry Girls, Lesley Manville, The Last Leg, Romesh Ranganathan, Mum writer Stefan Golaszewski and the stars of Inside No. 9 and The Big Narstie Show were amongst the winners at the Royal Television Society Awards 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 19th March 2019Live Review: Leicester Mercury 25th Anniversary Show
The gig featured so many winners and finalists it felt like it lasted a quarter of a century. But in a Good Way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th February 2019Comedians to watch football for Sky One
Sky One has ordered an eight-part comedy series called Comedians Watching Football With Friends. The episodes will star comedians including Jon Richardson, Lee Mack and Josh Widdicombe.
British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2019Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are the co-hosts of this alternative gameshow in which comedians are awarded points for their solutions to crazy hypothetical situations. A strong first episode features schoolmates Tom Allen and Rob Beckett alongside Jessica Knappett and Liza Tarbuck.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 6th February 2019TV review: Hypothetical, Dave
The scoring system here makes Mornington Crescent seem perfectly logical.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th February 2019Review: Hypothetical
This probably won't be such a mega-hit as Taskmaster, but everything Acaster touches tends to turn to gold, so it's easy to see this becoming an audience favourite.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th February 2019Josh Widdicombe interview
"Worrying is what drives people to be good"
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 5th February 2019Leicester Comedian of the Year anniversary line-up
At the heart of the Leicester Comedy Festival is the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.
To mark 25 years of discovering new talent, a 'mega' comedy show is taking place at De Montfort Hall on Tuesday, February 19, featuring nine previous winners plus special guests.
Becky Jones, Leicester Mercury, 30th January 2019