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Alexis Dubus

Alexis Dubus is an English alternative comedian and actor, born in 1979. Based in London, he frequently performs internationally. His career began as a sketch writer and performer with Ubersausage at the Edinburgh Fringe. While attending the University of Warwick, Dubus pursued studies in both Philosophy and Psychology and participated in the comedy group Ubersausage. He has appeared in television shows such as Nathan Barley, Pramface, Derek, and Red Dwarf XI, alongside numerous other TV and radio appearances worldwide. The French character Marcel Lucont represents a well-known comedic persona for Dubus, through whom he performs nonsensical dialogues and imitations. He co-founded the Falling Down With Laughter Comedy Club in London Bridge with Sy Thomas in 2003; it operated until 2010, and he co-hosted it for approximately six years. As Marcel Lucont, he has released albums including Vive Lucont! (2013), Flâneur, Raconteur, Bon-Viveur (2018) and For A Captive Audience (2021). He has written ten live shows as both Alexis Dubus and Marcel Lucont, with several receiving notable recognition. For example, 'A R#ddy Brief History of Swearing' (2008/9) won a Three Weeks Editors’ award, and Marcel Lucont: Sexual Metro (2009) earned the Best Comedy Individual Award at Buxton Fringe. Marcel Lucont has been a constant presence in the comedy scene. Marcel Lucont: Gallic Symbol (2012) secured both the Amused Moose Laughter Award and the Fringe World Award for Best Comedy. Chortle recognized Alexis Dubus's 'Cars And Girls (2013/14)' as one of the Ten Most Memorable Shows of 2014; furthermore, 'Marcel Lucont Is (2014)' received a Best Comedy Show nomination at the Fringe World Awards. He hosts the Comedy Cul-de-Sac podcast and the Spirits Of The Fringe podcast. Serving as a board member of The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, Dubus was a finalist for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality in 2019 and also received nominations for Best Comedy Show at the Fringe World Awards in both 2016 and 2018. He won a Chortle Award in 2015 and Best Kids Show at the UK Kids Comedy Festival/Leicester Comedy Festival in 2022. He also published 'What We French Think of You British...' as Marcel Lucont in 2011.

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Alfie Joey

Alfie Joey is a British writer, comic, artist, and impressionist with a unique background. Having been born to parents who worked in the County Durham coal mines, he first pursued a vocation for the Catholic priesthood and subsequently dedicated fifteen years to life as a brother within a religious order, embracing a monastic lifestyle. He subsequently left the order to pursue a career in comedy, demonstrating an adaptability that continues to inform his work. Before finding success in comedy, he briefly worked as a toy demonstrator in Harrods. Joey’s comedic endeavors encompass various formats. Alongside Cal Halbert, he forms the comedy impressionist duo known as The Mimic Men, with their performances first appearing at the Jesterval comedy festival in 2015. He also presented his one-man comedy musical, 'Monopolise,' in Edinburgh in 2011 and toured extensively. Furthermore, he appeared in all seven series of the BBC sitcom 'Ideal' alongside Johnny Vegas, and played a doctor in the sitcom 'Hebburn' featuring Vic Reeves. Demonstrating a wide range of talents, he also worked in radio, serving as host of the breakfast program on BBC Radio Newcastle from 2009 until October 28, 2022, which resulted in fifteen years total as a BBC presenter and interviews with individuals including Prime Ministers, pop stars, and Olympians. Beyond his performance work, Alfie Joey is a seasoned event MC and keynote speaker. He has been MCing for twenty-five years, hosting events at prestigious venues like Wembley Arena, TEDx, Birmingham NEC, Barbican Theatre, and London Palladium, and outdoor festivals for audiences of up to 100,000 people. His keynote speech, 'Make an UNFORGETTABLE Impression,' addresses topics such as removing imposter syndrome and improving body language, providing tips, tools, and tactics for effective communication. He has received numerous accolades including the Communicator of the Year award at the CIPR Awards and an Honorary Fellowship Award from Customs House Theatre for Services to Broadcasting, as well as winning a Radio Station of the Year (Aria Award). His work extends internationally; he has performed in Shanghai, Seoul, Dubai, Singapore, and Bahrain. He also works with clients including BBC, NHS, Northumbria Water, Bloomberg, Santander, and Sick Children’s Trust. As an artist, his artwork, known as #AlfArt, has been displayed in galleries and at Spennymoor Town Hall, demonstrating another facet of his creative output.

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Ali Cook

Ali Cook, hailing from Yorkshire, is a British actor and comedian. He took on the role of Sergeant Paul McMellon in the feature film Kajaki, which secured the Producer of the Year prize at the 2015 British Independent Film Awards and earned a nomination for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award that same year.

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Alice Lowe

Alice Eva Lowe, hailing from England, works as an actress, screenwriter, filmmaker and comic performer. Her screen credits include playing Dr. Haynes in the interactive Black Mirror episode “Bandersnatch” and taking on the dual roles of Madeleine Wool and Liz Asher in the cult series Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace. In 2016 she penned, directed and headlined the movie Prevenge, and two years earlier she both co‑wrote and appeared in Sightseers (2012). Lowe has also been a regular face on the children’s educational series Horrible Histories.

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Alistair McGowan

Alistair Charles McGowan is a British impressionist, comedian, actor, pianist, poet and author. He headlined the TV series The Big Impression. Beyond television, he has performed on stage, including productions in London’s West End. He also supplied voice work for the original Spitting Image.

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Amy Jenkins

Amy Jenkins, hailing from England, works as both a novelist and a screenwriter. She is the child of political journalist Peter Jenkins and the step‑child of Polly Toynbee, a columnist for The Guardian and author. In 2004 she wed Jonathan Heawood, and together they are parents to a son.

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Andre Vincent

Andre Vincent works as a comedian, writer, actor and comedy historian. Performing as a situational comic, he frequently jokes about health issues, referencing his own experiences with diabetes, cancer and a kidney operation.

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Andrew McGibbon

Andrew McGibbon is a British comedian, actor, writer, musician and composer, and he has also built a substantial career producing and directing, mainly for radio.

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Bob Mills

Born in England, Robert Edward Mills works as a comedian and broadcaster and has featured on the television series In Bed with Medinner as well as The Show.

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James Herriot

James Herriot is a comedian from United Kingdom, born in 1916. Known for All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All things wise and wonderful‏.

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Jimmy Mulville

James Thomas Mulville works in England as an actor, stand‑up comic, comedy scriptwriter, producer and TV host. He gained prominence for establishing the independent UK television company Hat Trick Productions together with Denise O'Donoghue and Rory McGrath. In 2003, The Observer included Mulville and O'Donoghue among its selection of the fifty most humorous Britons, recognizing them for their role as Hat Trick’s founders.

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Stanley Holloway

Stanley Augustus Holloway, an English actor, comedian, singer and monologist, earned acclaim for his humorous and character parts on stage and in movies, most famously as Alfred P. Doolittle in *My Fair Lady*. Over a career that spanned about seventy years, he also became celebrated for performing and recording comic monologues and songs.

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