Mike Bubbins
- Welsh
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Mike Bubbins responds to English Tory MP's 'I subsidise Wales' jibe
The Conservative politician Michael Fabricant, who represents the constituency of Lichfield, in Staffordshire, made the claim during an attack on the measures that have been taken in Wales to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. In response, Bubbins, who co-hosts of The Socially Distant Sports Bar Podcast, and has acted in BBC Wales sitcom Tourist Trap, suggested that the "charitable sums" given to Wales by Westminster pay for the "all the coal, slate, copper & gold it nicked for hundreds of years".
Nation Cymru, 30th December 2021TV Review: Mammoth
It's a bit like Life On Mars but it's set in a Welsh school and instead of a hard-boiled detective thrown back in time it's an unreconstructed PE teacher with a good heart thrown forward.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th November 2021Mammoth review
There are strong Life On Mars-in-reverse vibes to Mammoth, the new BBC Wales sitcom from comedian Mike Bubbins.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th November 2021BBC Wales launches Festival Of Funny season
BBC Wales is launching Festival Of Funny, a season that showcases Welsh comedy talent across TV, radio and BBC iPlayer.
British Comedy Guide, 21st October 2021Mike Bubbins announces tour for 2022
Throwback is a powerful, thought-provoking, visceral hour of stand-up comedy, that pushes boundaries, defies neat descriptions and challenges the audience... AS IF IT IS!
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th July 2021BBC pilots PE teacher sitcom from Mike Bubbins
Mike Bubbins is piloting Mammoth, a BBC sitcom about a swaggeringly macho 1970s PE teacher.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2021BBC Wales reveals new TV comedy pilots
BBC Wales is piloting a series of comedy shorts. They include a television adaptation of the BBC Radio Wales police sitcom Bravo Two Charlies, Beena And Amrit starring Meera Syal, and Mammoth from stand-up Mike Bubbins.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2021Luminaries of Lockdown: part two
Here's our second-round up of the luminaries of lockdown, some of the streaming gigs, social media feeds, podcasts and more who have done so much to provide laughs over the past 12 months.
Chortle, 30th March 2021The Skewer wins at BBC Audio Awards
The Skewer, The Musical Life Of..., David Threlfall, Christopher Douglas and Fraser Ayres were amongst the comedy-related winners in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 26th March 2021Coronavirus: Stand-up comedians call for financial help
Comedians have called for their work to be recognised as an art form so the industry can qualify for a slice of a bailout package.
Matthew Murray, BBC, 16th July 2020