Steve Punt
- 62 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings
Punt and Dennis review
While not astounding, the long-term duo deliver fans what they want and expect.
Rachael Healy, i Newspaper, 1st June 2024Punt and Dennis review
Double act back on the road after a decade.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 25th May 2024Punt and Dennis: 'Being male, white and middle-class doesn't put you high on the pecking order'
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis talk about why Radio 4's The Now Show came to an end, their 'old fashioned' comedy, and BBC impartiality.
The Telegraph, 12th May 2024With the death of the BBC's The Now Show, we are in danger of losing the art of radio comedy
The Radio 4 stalwart is ending after 26 years, and it's a depressing sign that slapdash podcasts are taking over the genre.
Stephen Armstrong, The Telegraph, 7th March 2024The Now Show to conclude after 64 series
Radio 4 has announced that the 64th series of The Now Show will be the satirical comedy's last. Hosts Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are to launch a new comedy podcast series in its place.
British Comedy Guide, 6th March 2024Punt & Dennis to tour live show We Are Not A Robot
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are set to embark on a nationwide tour after a decade-long hiatus. We Are Not A Robot will run between April and June 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 19th February 2024Now Show cleared of being 'pro-terrorist'
Radio 4's Now Show has been accused of showing 'bias towards terrorist groups' when talking about the Gaza conflict. A viewer complained to the broadcaster that Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt had wrongly described the phrase 'from the river to the sea' as 'a pro-Palestinian chant'.
Chortle, 19th January 2024Radio Times poll of best radio comedies
Radio 4 panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue has come top of a Radio Times list of the greatest radio comedy shows.
British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2020Steve Punt on the joy of bad stuff
Steve Punt's first encounters with unwittingly terrible cultural calamities left him with a lifelong love of abominable art, which he explores in a forthcoming edition of Archive on 4 tomorrow.
Steve Punt, The Guardian, 22nd May 2020Radio comedies up for BBC Audio Awards 2018
Shows starring Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, John Finnemore, Marcus Brigstocke, David Jason and Jocelyn Jee Esien are amongst the nominees for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2017