Seann Walsh

Seann Walsh interview

At the age of 28, life has changed for comedian Seann Walsh since moving in with his girlfriend.

Audio: Seann Walsh on turning up to the wrong gig

Imagine turning up to perform a gig in Hertford, only to realise you had travelled 150 miles away to Hereford instead. That is was what happened to comedian Seann Walsh, who was forced to cancel the gig when he realised his mistake.

Seann Walsh gets Hertford and Hereford mixed up

Seann Walsh caused a stir on social media when he was forced to cancel his gig in Hertford, after confusing it with Hereford.

As the platoon of comedians at this year's Edinburgh fringe start planning their journeys south for the autumn, there's just time for this showcase of 2014's most exciting new acts. Seann Walsh, BBC Three's anointed representative of twentysomething comics since they uncovered Russell Kane's birth certificate, comperes the evening, which features sets from, among others, 2014 Edinburgh comedy award winner John Kearns and the best newcomer nominee Dane Baptiste.

Romesh Ranganathan & Seann Walsh personality swap shop

The Edinburgh mainstays switch identities to interview each other. It doesn't take long for the insults to start flying.

The Romesh Ranganathan extended interview

The last twelve months have been incredible for Romesh Ranganathan. He won the prestigious Leicester Mercury New Act Award 2013 and his critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut show was nominated for Best Newcomer Award 2013. He talks to Martin Walker about fame, the Fringe and touring with Seann Walsh and Ricky Gervais.

Best of the rest: Cambridge Comedy Festival

Previews of the Pajama Men, Aruthr Smith, Seann Walsh, Jo Caulfield and Adam Buxton.

Kevin McHale interview

He's best known as wheelchair-user Artie Abrams in the US smash-hit Glee, but now Kevin McHale is turning panel show host, in which he challenges Seann Walsh and Chris Stark to delve into the darkest - and funniest - corners of the internet. He tells TV Choice more…

The third and final show in BBC1's revived Comedy Playhouse series was an ensemble piece set in a tiny, debt-ridden monastery.

Broad doesn't even begin to describe the comedy, and the characters rarely achieve the giddy heights of two dimensions. Yet there was something eminently likeable about Monks - not least the inclusion of several funny jokes, not always a given in a new sitcom.

However, the show is scuppered by the casting of stand-up comedian Seann Walsh as layabout, fixer and benefits cheat Gary. Put bluntly, he cannot act. Stilted in delivery and underpowered in performance, Walsh is asked to drive the several plot lines and just isn't up to the task.

Monks is hard to get Revved up about

Tonight, BBC One airs Monks, a comedy pilot in which Seann Walsh plays benefits cheat Gary who has joined a monastic order in an attempt to evade the fuzz. Co-starring James Fleet as the Abbott and Mark Heap - doing a good Mark Heap - as the Monk who hates Gary it's... it's... well it's OK. But it does seem to smack of a return to the bad old days of religious-based comedy.