Simon Evans (comedian)
| Simon Evans | |
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| Born | 9 May 1965 Current events |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Simon Evans (born 9 May 1965) is an English comedian and writer.
Early life
Evans attended Verulam School in St Albans and then studied law at Southampton University, graduating[1][2] in 1986.
Stand-up comedy
Evans is a UK comedian with his own BBC Radio 4 series Simon Evans Goes to Market,[3] and with numerous other radio and TV appearances. He was on Live at the Apollo (January 2013) and was a weekly regular on Stand Up for the Week (Autumn 2013, Channel 4). TV appearances have also included Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow in Sunderland (BBC One, 2010) and Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live (BBC Three, 2010).
Evans toured his show Fringe Magnet in 2010–11, Friendly Fire 2011–2012, then Leashed which debuted at the
In early 2010 Evans supported Lee Mack on his UK tour Going Out, and as a writer has made a long running contribution to Mack's BBC sitcom Not Going Out.
He has performed one-man shows at the
In early 2018, after an appearance on BBC Radio 4's
Evans also makes regular contributions in a slightly more serious vein, as a regular guest on current affairs TV shows (such as
Evans is also a regular columnist for the British Internet magazine Spiked.[8]
Television writing
Evans has written for TV shows including:
- The Big Breakfast
- Lily Savage
- Johnny Vaughan Tonight
- Look at the State We're In'
- TV Heaven, Telly Hell
- The Late Edition
- They Think It's All Over
- Revolver
- 8 Out of 10 Cats
- Turn Back Time
- Not Going Out[9]
Television appearances
Evans has appeared on The Comedy Store (Five) and The Stand Up Show (BBC1). Evans's other television include shows on the Comedy Network, and appearances on Five's Company (Five), and as a contestant on The Krypton Factor where he was disqualified for not completing one stage of the Super Round.
- Brain Candy (BBC Choice) (2002)
- The Way It Is(BBC1) (2000)
- Edinburgh Nights (BBC2)
- The Comedy Store (Five)
- The Stand Up Show (BBC1)
- Gas (Channel 4)
- Life's a Pitch (BBC1) (2000)
- The Comedy Network (Five)
- Five's Company (Five)
- Take a Girl Like You (2000)
- Rich Hall's Cattle Drive (2006) as Melvin Turpin
- Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (BBC1) (2010)
- Dave's One Night Stand (Dave) (2011)
- Mock the Week (BBC2) (2011)
- Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums (Dave) (2012)
- Live at the Apollo (BBC1) (2013)[10] (2014)[11]
- The Big Questions (BBC1) (21 January 2018)[12]
- Question Time(BBC1) (2 May 2019)
- Headliners (GB News) (2021)
Radio
Evans appears regularly on
He is a regular contributor to both BBC Radio 4 and London Live and has had full-length comedy scripts commissioned by the BBC for both TV and radio.
- The Way It Is(Radio 4) – Writer and performer
- Best Policy (Radio 4) – Anchored
- True Lies, A world without... and others (Radio 4) – Pundit/panellist
- Beating the System (Radio 4) – Sole writer and performer
- Troublestarter (Radio 4) – Three part series – Sole writer and performer
- The Mighty Boosh (Radio 4) – Performer
- The News Quiz (Radio 4) – Performer
- The Big Booth (Radio 4) – Performer
- Simon Evans Goes To Market (Radio 4)[13]
References
- ^ "SIMON EVANS: The Work of The Devil Tour 2020 Review". Grapevine Birmingham. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "A funny thing happened on the way to the courtroom". The Scotsman. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Simon Evans Goes to Market, retrieved 13 August 2020
- ^ Rusk, Lynn (23 August 2017). "Simon Evans: Genius".
- ^ "Smart way to score intelligent laughs". The Scotsman. 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Simon Evans". Comedy CV. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ "Spotted: a right-wing comedian on the BBC". The Spectator blog. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Simon Evans, Author at spiked". Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "BBC One – Not Going Out, Series 2, Art". BBC.
- ^ "BBC Two – Live at the Apollo, Series 8, Episode 6". BBC.
- ^ "BBC Two – Live at the Apollo, Series 10, Episode 3". BBC.
- ^ "BBC One – The Big Questions, Series 11, Episode 3". BBC.
- ^ "Simon Evans Goes to Market – BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
