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  • #139 Jack Carroll

    #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 h et 11 min
  • *Bonus* Timing, Robbie Williams and Panel Show Legends

    *Bonus* Timing, Robbie Williams and Panel Show Legends
    Nov 14 2025
    One of your classic Friday waffling chat episodes where we talk about all sorts including comic timing, the best panel show performers, Robbie, Russell Crowe, how to improve film events, Titanic... lots of things! To get in touch with ABC, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 min
  • #138 Samira Banks

    #138 Samira Banks
    Nov 11 2025
    Always Be Comedy - EP138 - Samira Banks 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. Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Samira Banks! Follow Samira on instagram on @samirabankscomedy To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Junior Booker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVIvNVMLBvE Opener - Heidi Regan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wMtNSuPERw Middle - Lara Ricote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYENqnOf16M Closer - Jordan Brookes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbkfFdgrbM8 and Ayoade Bamgboye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r-RaS5BPOg 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 h et 31 min
  • Friday Encore : Joe Wilkinson

    Friday Encore : Joe Wilkinson
    Nov 7 2025
    We're looking back at episode 37 (!) with the Celebrity Traitors, Last One Laughing, Cats does Countdown, Taskmaster and on and on and on star Joe Wilkinson! To get in touch with the podcast, please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 19 min
  • #137 John Tothill

    #137 John Tothill
    Nov 4 2025
    Always Be Comedy - EP137 - John Tothill 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. Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: John Tothill! Go see John on tour here! - https://campsite.bio/johntothill To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Colin Hoult as Anna Mann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gftd6d-pZnU Opener - Kate Berlant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKKvmpZx5Qs Middle - Flo and Joan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2cE1TM2wmI Closer - Julian Clary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAhN1cObEo 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 h et 16 min
  • *Bonus* Should the Oscars recognise comedy more?

    *Bonus* Should the Oscars recognise comedy more?
    Oct 31 2025
    One of your classic bonus episodes where we cover all sorts including feedback to our future of comedy episode, the passing of the brilliant Prunella Scales and our big topic of whether there should be specific categories in the Oscars for comedy? To get in touch with the podcast, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 min
  • #136 Ben Elton

    #136 Ben Elton
    Oct 28 2025
    Always Be Comedy - EP136 - Ben Elton 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. Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Ben Elton! Buy Ben's new brilliant book here! - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/what-have-i-done-signed-edition-my-autobiography-ben-elton/7864439?ean=9781472639554&next=t To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - Bruce Forsyth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_GZEgH_Hzo Opener - Rik Mayall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC-V0isYNpY Middle - Billy Connolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rva-H3EWEA Closer - Morecambe and Wise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMPEUcVyJsc 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 h et 48 min
  • Friday Encore : John Kearns Live from the Tommyfield!

    Friday Encore : John Kearns Live from the Tommyfield!
    Oct 24 2025
    A look back at the very first live episode we did from the Tommyfield with the supreme John Kearns! He's on tour next year - https://www.johnkearnscomedy.co.uk To get in touch with the podcast, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 57 min