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Russell Kane
Russell Kane

Russell Kane

  • 49 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Russell Kane

Russell Kane is a 49-year-old English actor, writer and stand-up comedian.

Year Production Role
2025 Glasgow International Comedy Festival Self
2024 The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 30
  1. E7 - Alien Life
 Guest
2024 Latitude Self
2024 The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 29
  1. E1 - Egyptian Mummies
 Guest
2024 The Ultimate Choice - Series 2
  1. E5 - Crabs v Wasps
 Guest
2024 Russell Kane: HyperActive Self
2023 Bradley Walsh's Comedy Legends
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  1. E1 - Sitcoms
  2. E2 - Stand Ups
 Self
2023 Evil Genius With Russell Kane
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  1. E1 - Winston Churchill
  2. E2 - Albert Einstein
  3. E3 - Pablo Escobar
  4. E4 - Coco Chanel
  5. E5 - Richard Nixon
 Host / Presenter
2023 Blankety Blank - Series 20
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2023 The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 28
  1. E1 - Octopuses!
 Guest
2023 Giggling Goat Festival of Comedy Self
2023 Reading & Leeds Festivals Self
2023 St Albans Comedy Garden Self
2023 St Albans Comedy Garden Self
2023 Latitude Self
2023 The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 5
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Self
2023 Russell Kane - Laundry Fight Writer
2023 Russell Kane - Laundry Fight Self
2023 Meet The Richardsons - Series 4
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E4 - Episode Four
  3. E5 - Episode Five
  4. E6 - Episode Six
  5. E8 - Episode Eight
  6. Special - More Moaning And Mistakes
 Self
2023 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 7
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. Special - Unseen
 Guest
2023 The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 26
  1. E5 - How Far Can The Human Body Go?
 Guest
2022 Russell Kane Live: The Essex Variant! Self
2022 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 22 (Channel 4: Series 23)
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2022 Victorious Festival Self
2022 The Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee Gala 2022 Host / Presenter
2022 Wilderness Festival Self
2022 Tramlines Self
2022 The Tringe Self
2022 Backstage With Katherine Ryan
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  1. E5 - COVID Strikes
  2. Special - Clips, Canapes & Carnage
 Guest
2022 Henley Festival Self
2022 Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2022 The Likely Dads - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Discipline
  2. E2 - Organisation
  3. E3 - Past and Future
  4. E4 - Labels and Names
  5. E5 - Success And Failure
  6. E6 - Bonding
 Regular Panellist
2022 Cheltenham Comedy Festival Self
2022 Bath Comedy Festival Self
2022 Meet The Richardsons - Series 3
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E4 - Episode Four
  4. E5 - Episode Five
  5. E6 - Episode Six
  6. E8 - Episode Eight
 Self
2022 The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 4
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  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E6 - Episode Six
  3. E7 - Episode Seven
 Self
2022 The Big Burns Supper Self
2022 The Ultimate Choice - Pilot Guest
2021 The Stand Up Sketch Show - Christmas Special Self
2021 Sorry, I Didn't Know - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2021 Southport Comedy Festival Self
2021 The Complaints Department
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2021 The Russell Howard Hour - Series 5
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E7 - Episode Seven
  4. E9 - Episode Nine
  5. E11 - Episode Eleven
  6. Special - Best Of Series 5
 Self
2021 Ealing Comedy Festival Self
2021 Leeds Comedy Festival Self
2021 Milton Keynes International Festival Self
2021 Cambridge Comedy Festival Self
2021 Guessable? - Series 2
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2021 Mitchell On Meetings
  1. E1 - It Started With a Thing
  2. E3 - The Brainstorm
 Self
2021 The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E5 - Episode Five
  4. E8 - Episode Eight
 Self
2021 Paul Sinha's TV Showdown - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2020 You're Dead To Me - Series 2
  1. Special - The Victorian Christmas
 Guest
2020 Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Writer
2020 The Likely Dads - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Expectations
  2. E2 - Education and Knowledge
  3. E3 - Representation
  4. E4 - Absence
  5. E5 - Relationships
  6. E6 - Leisure
  7. E7 - Stories
  8. E8 - Kids' TV and Film
 Regular Panellist
2020 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 16
  1. E10 - Tyson Fury, Russell Kane, Maya Jama, Joan Collins
 Guest
2020 Breaking The News - Series 17
  1. Special - Corona Free Breaking the News
 Guest
2020 Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Self
2020 Southport Comedy Festival Self
2020 Sorry, I Didn't Know - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2020 Hey Tracey! - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2020 Guessable? - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2020 Summer Comedy Festival
  1. E3 - Daliso Chaponda
 Self
2020 Breaking The News - Series 16
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2020 Comedians: Home Alone
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Self
2020 Reasons To Be Cheerful With Matt Lucas
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Self
2020 Lost In Translation Guest
2020 Celebrity Groupchat Guest
2020 The Likely Dads - Pilot Regular Panellist
2020 The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Ensemble Actor
2020 The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E6 - Episode Six
 Self
2020 Leicester Comedy Festival Self
2019 Comedians Giving Lectures - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Self
2019 Reading & Leeds Festivals Self
2019 Lost Village Self
2019 Muzlamic Self
2019 Hey Tracey! - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2019 Blackpool Comedy Festival Self
2019 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 21
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Best Bits, Part 1
  3. Special - Best Bits, Part 2
 Guest
2019 Russell Kane: The Fast And The Curious Self
2019 The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 1
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  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E6 - Episode Six
 Self
2018 I'll Get This - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Self
2018 Comedy Central Live Self
2017 Say Whaaat? Guest
2017 Michael McIntyre's Big Show - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2017 Russell Kane Writer
2017 Russell Kane Host / Presenter
2017 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit - Series 2
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2017 The Kaneing Live
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Host / Presenter
2017 Russell Kane on people who fall asleep easily Self
2017 Comedy Bigmouths
  1. E2 - Russell Kane
 Guest
2017 Drunk History - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Self
2017 Virtually Famous - Series 4
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2016 Russell Kane: Right Man, Wrong Age Self
2016 Fighting Talk - Series 14
  1. Special - Episode Fourteen
 Guest
2016 Drunk History - Christmas Special
  1. Christmas Special
 Self
2016 Comedy Central At The Comedy Store - Series 4
  1. E4 - Russell Kane At The Comedy Store
  2. E7 - Russell Kane At The Comedy Store
 Host / Presenter
2016 It's Not Me, It's You
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2016 Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  1. Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2016
 Guest
2016 Don't Make Me Laugh - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2016 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 3
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - Out-takes
 Guest
2016 Virtually Famous - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E10 - Episode Ten
 Guest
2016 Room 101 - Series 5
  1. E6 - Claudia Winkleman, John Humphrys, Russell Kane
  2. Special - Best Of Series 5
 Guest
2015 Live At The Apollo - Series 11
  1. E6 - Russell Kane, Roisin Conaty, Nick Helm
 Host / Presenter
2015 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 3
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Best Of
 Guest
2015 Safeword - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Self
2015 Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  1. Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2015
 Guest
2015 Virtually Famous - Series 2
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
  2. E10 - Made In Chelsea Takeover
 Guest
2015 Drunk History - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Self
2014 Drunk History - Drunk History Nativity
  1. Drunk History Nativity
 Self
2014 Live At The Apollo - Series 10
  1. E1 - Sarah Millican, Russell Kane, Joe Lycett
 Guest
2014 Sweat The Small Stuff - Series 4
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Highlights Special
 Guest
2014 The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night Self
2014 Just A Minute - Series 70
  1. Special - Episode Five
  2. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2014 Virtually Famous - Series 1
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2014 Russell Kane: Smallness Self
2014 Russell Kane: The Kaneing Podcast Self
2014 Mock The Week - Series 13
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - Highlights Special
  3. Special - Christmas Special
  4. Special - New Year Special
 Guest
2014 Comedy Central At Just For Laughs
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2014 Just A Minute - Series 68
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2014 Live At The Electric - Series 3
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  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E5 - Episode Five
  4. E6 - Episode Six
  5. E7 - Episode Seven
 Daveutio
2014 Live At The Electric - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
 Host / Presenter
2014 Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - Inside Set List
 Guest
2013 Staying In With Greg & Russell
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
 Host / Presenter
2013 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2013
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2013 Comedy Gala 2013: In Aid Of Waverley Care Self
2013 Russell Kane: Smallness Self
2013 Live At The Electric - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
 Daveutio
2013 Live At The Electric - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
 Host / Presenter
2013 Les Dawson: An Audience With That Never Was Self
2013 Sweat The Small Stuff - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2013 Mock The Week Looks Back At...
  1. E7 - Travel
 Self (Archive Material)
2013 Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2012 Unzipped - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
 Host / Presenter
2012 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2012
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2012 Russell Kane: Smokescreens & Castles Writer
2012 Russell Kane: Smokescreens & Castles Host / Presenter
2012 Comic Fringes - Series 8
  1. E1 - The Three Times I Dumped Eleanor, And The Manner Of Her Death
 Writer
2012 Comic Fringes - Series 8
  1. E1 - The Three Times I Dumped Eleanor, And The Manner Of Her Death
 Narrator
2012 Live At The Electric: Live At The Fringe Self
2012 Russell Kane: Posturing Delivery Self
2012 Live At The Electric - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
 Host / Presenter
2012 Unzipped - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Host / Presenter
2012 Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2012 Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2012 Celebrity Juice - Series 7
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
 Guest
2012 Hot Gossip - Series 5
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2012 Argumental - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. Special - The Best Of Argumental
 Guest
2011 The Graham Norton Show - Series 10
  1. Special - Matt Smith, Gillian Anderson, Russell Kane, Hilary Devey, Harry Judd, Dougie Poynter
  2. Special - Highlights Special
 Guest
2011 Imagine: The Art Of Stand-Up
  1. E1 - Part One
 Self
2011 Live At The Apollo - Series 7
  1. E6 - Sarah Millican, Steve Hughes, Russell Kane
 Guest
2011 Celebrity Juice - Series 6
  1. E11 - I'm A Celebrity Special
 Guest
2011 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 12
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
  2. Special - Best Bits
  3. Special - 8 Out Of 10 Cats For Sport Relief
 Guest
2011 Ask Rhod Gilbert - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2011 Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E10 - Episode Ten
 Guest
2011 The Grumpy Guide To... - 2011 Specials
  1. Special - The Grumpy Guide To Driving
 Self
2011 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2011
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2011 Three@TheFringe Host / Presenter
2011 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 11
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E10 - Episode Ten
  3. Special - Best Bits
 Guest
2011 Russell Kane's Whistle Stop Tour Host / Presenter
2011 Stand Up For Freedom Self
2011 Comedy Gala 2011: In Aid of Waverley Care Self
2011 Russell Kane: Manscaping Self
2011 Odd One In - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2011 Stand Up 2Day Self
2011 The Back End Of Next Week
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2011 Al Murray's Compete For The Meat
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Self
2011 Grouchy Young Men - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E4 - Episode Four
  3. Special - Highlights Special
  4. Special - Highlights Special
 Self
2011 What's So Funny? - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E11 - Episode Eleven
 Guest
2011 The News Quiz - Series 74
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2011 It's Your Round - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2011 That Sunday Night Show - Series 1
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2011 The Graham Norton Show - Series 8
  1. E14 - Kate Hudson, Russell Kane, Tinie Tempah
 Guest
2011 Comedy Rocks With Jason Manford - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Self
2010 Celebrity Juice - Series 4
  1. Special - Christmas Special
  2. Special - Bang Tidy Year
 Guest
2010 Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club - Series 1
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
 Guest
2010 Dave's One Night Stand - Series 1
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  1. E5 - Russell Kane
 Host / Presenter
2010 7 Day Saturday - Series 2
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2010 Ask Rhod Gilbert - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2010 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 10
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2010 Comedy Central At The Comedy Store - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2010 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel Of Laughs
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2010 Russell Kane: Smokescreens and Castles Self
2010 Swots - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2010 Lee Nelson's Well Good Show - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. Special - Lee Nelson's Well Good Bits
 Writer (Additional Material)
2010 Russell Howard's Good News - Series 2
  1. Special - Best Bits
 Self
2010 The Grumpy Guide To... - 2010 Specials
  1. Special - The Grumpy Guide To The Eighties
  2. Special - The Grumpy Guide To School Days
 Self
2010 7 Day Saturday - Series 1
  1. E16 - Episode Sixteen
 Guest
2010 Scrooby Trevithick - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Entrepreneur
  2. E5 - Journalist
 Ensemble Actor
2010 Grouchy Young Men - Series 1
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  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E4 - Episode Four
  4. E5 - Episode Five
  5. Special - Highlights Special
  6. Special - Highlights Special
 Self
2009 The Grumpy Guide To... - Grumpy Guide To Christmas
  1. The Grumpy Guide To Christmas
 Self
2009 Magners Brighton Comedy Festival Host / Presenter
2009 The Christian O'Connell Solution
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2009 I Guess That's Why They Call It The News
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2009 4 At The Fringe - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2009 MacAulay And Co - Edinburgh 2009
  1. E3 - Wednesday 12th
 Guest
2009 Grouchy Young Men - Pilot Self
2009 My Teenage Diary - Series 1
  1. E2 - Russell Kane
 Guest
2008 Act Your Age - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2008 Out To Lunch - Series 6
View episodes
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Host / Presenter
2008 Live At The Apollo - Series 4
  1. E2 - Al Murray, Shappi Khorsandi and Russell Kane
  2. Special - Best Of Live At The Apollo
 Guest
2008 What The Dickens? - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2008 4 Stands Up - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2008 Celebrity Juice - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2008 Out To Lunch - Series 5
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Host / Presenter
2006 Not Going Out - Series 1
  1. E4 - Stress
 Writer (Additional Material)
Russell Kane: Human Dressage Self
Russell Kane: Gaping Flaws Self
Russell Kane's Theory Of Pretension Self

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Russell Kane on IMDb

Born
Tuesday 19th August 1975 (49 years-old)
Birth name
Russell Grineau
Nationality
English
National Comedy Awards, The 2021
Best Comedy Podcast (Longlisted (Evil Genius with Russell Kane))
PodBible Poll 2021
Social Conscience (Winner)
Chortle Awards 2020
Book Award (Nominee)
National Reality TV Awards 2018
Celebrity Personality Of The Year (Nominee)
Loaded LAFTAs 2012
Best Stand-Up (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2011
Best Full-Length Solo Show (Nominee)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award 2011
Most Outstanding Show (Winner)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2010
Best Comedy Show (Winner)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2009
Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2008
Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2006
Best Newcomer (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2005
Best Newcomer (Nominee)
Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2004
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year (Nominee)
So You Think You're Funny? 2004
Main Prize (Runner-up)
Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year 2004
Main Award (Winner)

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