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Always Be Comedy

Always Be Comedy

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Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST! Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more...Keep It Light Media
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  • #140 Mark Steel
    Nov 25 2025
    Always Be Comedy - EP140 - Mark Steel Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST! Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more. Go see Mark on tour here! - https://marksteelinfo.com To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Al Murray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqL6gqZSuQ Opener - Linda Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-UORqr-TXQ Middle - Richard Pryor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txp8B4ek_kk Closer - Billy Connolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGRhyrkBSEU About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • Friday Encore : Alex Horne
    Nov 21 2025
    A look back at episode 40 with the creator of Taskmaster, lead singer of the Horne Section and master standup comedian Alex Horne! Recorded in late 2023. To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • #139 Jack Carroll
    Nov 18 2025
    Always Be Comedy - EP139 - Jack Carroll Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST! Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more. Go see Jack on tour here - https://jackcarroll.co.uk/live-shows To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Frank Skinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hFCbvQho7w Opener - Frankie Boyle https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ObtUmW6U9Bg Middle - Norm Macdonald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFulaWVKV6s Closer - Steve Coogan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW1q1GjUdkA About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 and 2025 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins
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