Josh Widdicombe
- 41 years old
- English
- Stand-up comedian and actor
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National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed
The shortlists for Channel 4's National Comedy Awards 2023 have been revealed. Ghosts, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Derry Girls and After Life are up for Best Scripted Comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd January 2023Hold The Front Page review
Are these two comedians the saviours of local journalism?
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 18th January 2023Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe find being hacks is no joke
The comedians chase local paper scoops in their new TV series Hold The Front Page. But many of their stories were destined for what reporters call the spike ...
Vanessa Thorpe, The Observer, 15th January 2023Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett play Greek gods in new movie
Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett voice the pantheon of Greek gods in an animated film hitting cinemas next month.
British Comedy Guide, 6th January 2023Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe pilot Sky panel show about TV
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe are to host a panel show pilot about TV for Sky.
British Comedy Guide, 4th January 2023Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe show local journalism is harder than it looks
What should viewers take away from this show? Hopefully it helps people realise the pressures local journalists (real ones, no offence to Kumar and Widdicombe) are under.
Charlotte Tobitt, The Press Gazette, 4th January 2023Josh Widdicombe & Rob Beckett's Parenting Hell hits Sunday Times No. 1
Congratulations to Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett whose Parenting Hell book is top of the The Sunday Times Bestsellers List this week.
Off The Kerb, 23rd October 2022Parenting Hell: Beckett and Widdicombe podcast 'redressing the balance'
Beckett suggests that part of the appeal for female listeners could lie in getting an insight into their partner's psyche.
BBC, 13th October 2022The new comedy establishment?
I couldn't help noticing recently that a lot of comedians are intertwined. In a fiercely competitve business a lot of solo stand-ups seem to be forming temporary double acts for podcasts and programmes. And the same people keep cropping up, creating what you might want to call, if you were so inclined, the new Comedy Establishment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th June 2022James Acaster, Aisling Bea, Dylan Moran play new Manchester comedy festival
Laughterama, presented by heycar, is Manchester's all-new comedy festival, landing in Castlefield Bowl from 21-25th September 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th June 2022