Another Friday Episode! We cover the divisive Roast of Kevin Hart, The BBC announcing 10 new / returning comedy shows and we read some correspondence about acts pulling out at short notice plus all sorts more!

Q&A episode next week, get your questions in!

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Always Be Comedy - EP163 - Ian Moore

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. 

Death and Deja Vu can be pre-ordered here : https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/death-and-deja-vu-ian-moore/7961854?ean=9781788425971&next=t

A Very French Corpse can be pre-ordered here : https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-very-french-corpse-a-slickly-plotted-murder-mystery-set-in-france-s-loire-valley-ian-moore/809dbfd195f1a109?ean=9780715655962&next=t

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SPOILERS!

MC - Paul Thorne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75ZrjJ_CtA

Opener - Zoe Lyons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBpLi8GeaLw

Middle - Dylan Moran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNKoH84ioz0

Closer - Kerry Godliman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U0tuNV330E

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, 2025 and 2026 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

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A slightly spicy Friday Episode today as James and Tim discuss what happens when an act pulls out at short notice as well as chatter on the renewal of SNL UK and the comics lined up to do the new series of the Celebrity Traitors!

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Always Be Comedy - EP162 - Michael Spicer

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 Michael Spicer on tour here! - https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/michael-spicer-hope-alls-well/

To get in touch with the pod, email [email protected]

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SPOILERS!

MC - Alexei Sayle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP06yBCIcBY

Opener - Steven Wright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfbIPOi7AF4

Middle - Mitch Hedburg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_XbtYfrNYI 

Closer - Rodney Dangerfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx2dzYz2F8g

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, 2025 and 2026 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

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Its another Friday Episode! Tim has been to SNL UK and Abba Voyage so there's a lot of talk on that as well as if there could be a comedy hologram equivalent to Abba Voyage. We also discuss lost episodes of classic comedies and a change of cast in the White Lotus

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We welcome back our very first guest, Josh Widdicombe!

Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture is available now everywhere you get podcasts

Go see Josh on tour here! - https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/josh-widdicombe-tickets/artist/1741921

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It's a Q&A special, answering questions from the listeners! James and Tim cover distinctive laughs, overrated and underrated acts, memorable nights and so much more! Plus the story about the ABC PTA gig last week

To ask questions towards future Q&A specials, email [email protected] (with Q&A as the subject if possible!)

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Rhys James is Rebooked! One of the ABC Hall of Famers is back on the pod!

See Rhys on tour from September 2026 here! - https://rhysjames.co.uk

See Rhys at the Edinburgh Fringe here! - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/rhys-james-chop-logic

Rhys' Spilt Milk special! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=741wWjQmAHA

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It's another Friday Episode! James and Tim discuss Oscar winners, Taskmaster, Simon Pegg, A Comedy Thing and tangents aplenty!

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Always Be Comedy - EP159 - Kyrah Gray

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 Kyrah at Soho Theatre here! - https://sohotheatre.com/events/kyrah-gray-kyrahpractor/

To get in touch with the pod, email [email protected]

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SPOILERS!

MC - Kane Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dIuqFvhRO0

Opener - Alan Carr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtyJijg6LR4

Middle - Kevin Hart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD4raVw11xU

Closer - Eddie Murphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTI5L9PVce0 / Lee Evans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMtXA-d0tSg

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, 2025 and 2026 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

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Its another episode of the Friday Episode and we get into correspondence, guilty pleasures, soaps, Modern Family and so, so much more

The "Just Shoot Me!" documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c9QUHetUD0

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