Josh Widdicombe
- 41 years old
- English
- Stand-up comedian and actor
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Just last month, Bob Mortimer was crowned fifth season champion of Taskmaster. But now the man who so emphatically demonstrated he could tear an apple into perfect halves with his bare hands must compete in a two-part tournament against previous victors Josh Widdicombe, Katherine Ryan, Noel Fielding and Rob Beckett, all to determine who is the ultimate master of tasks. As ever, Greg Davies both officiates and castigates.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 13th December 2017Our pick of the best Christmas comedy DVDs
Need a bit of ho, ho, ho this Christmas? These stand-up comedy DVDs might help. Kathryn Knight picks her favourites...
Kathryn Knight, Daily Mail, 1st December 2017Comedians provide jokes for charity Christmas card range
Alex Horne, Angela Barnes, Josh Widdicombe, Josie Long and Sara Pascoe are amongst the comedians who have contributed jokes to a range of Christmas cards raising funds for the charity shelter.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2017The QI boxsets: a second pedantic look
In May 2017, I wrote a piece for On The Box about the first two QI boxsets, covering the first seven series. As I had heard from the show's researchers, the QI elves, that I was mentioned in these boxsets for my pedantry, I decided to cover them in a pedantic way. I have now done the same with the two most recent collections, covering Series H-J and Series K-M respectively.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 21st November 2017The Last Leg's cross, mop-topped comic Josh Widdicombe expresses his fizzing irritation with a hefty number of things in his most recent standup show at the Hammersmith Apollo. Among the items receiving his frustrated ire are his overflowing shower tray, contactless debit cards, his childhood cabin bed and people who ask him to bring back things from his holidays. As he quite rightly points out, he's going on holiday, not doing a big shop.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 4th November 2017Preview - Josh Widdicombe: What Do I Do Know
Taking to the stage once again, comedian Josh Widdicombe is frustrated.
Eloise Craven-Todd, On The Box, 4th November 2017Insert Name Here to return for third series
Sue Perkins will return with Josh Widdicombe and Richard Osman to host Series 3 of cult-hit panel show Insert Name Here.
British Comedy Guide, 10th October 2017TV review: Josh, Series 3, Episode 2, BBC3/BBC1
I wish somebody would explain the logic of how the BBC schedules programmes. Why, for example, is the whole of Upstart Crow available online from the moment the series starts on BBC2, whereas Josh, which is an online BBC3 series is being drip-fed to fans week-by-week as if, well, as if it was a real TV programme. Yes, I know it is a real TV programme, but you know what I mean. And just to muddy things further it also airs on BBC1 - it just feels like fuzzy logic to me. If anything is going to be released boxed set-stylee it should be an online show surely...
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th October 2017Review: Josh, BBC3
It's one of those quirks of scheduling that the new series of flatshare comedy Josh has dropped on the same day that the new series of Curb Your Enthusiasm started on Sky Atlantic. There's definitely a touch of the Curbs in the way that Josh is plotted and also in the way that whatever can go wrong in the main characters' lives will go wrong.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2017Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe return for their 12th live series of Friday night irreverence, poking sharpened satirical sticks into the underside of events from the past seven days. Tonight's guests helping the triumvirate of tomfoolery tackle talking points from the worlds of comedy, entertainment and politics are New Avenger/Ab Fabber Joanna Lumley and - no stranger to topically tinged standup himself - Russell Howard.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 29th September 2017