John Bishop
John Bishop performed stand-up comedy for the first time in October 2000, and within four months he was the headline act at some of the leading comedy clubs in the North of England.
In 2001 John made it to the final of all of the major new act competitions, including So You Think You're Funny, the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Awards, the BBC New Comedy Awards and the City Life North West Comedian of The Year Award, which he won.
In 2002, he was named best newcomer by BBC Radio Merseyside, and in 2004 he won the North West Comedy Award for best stand-up.
In 2001 John made it to the final of all of the major new act competitions, including So You Think You're Funny, the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Awards, the BBC New Comedy Awards and the City Life North West Comedian of The Year Award, which he won.
In 2002, he was named best newcomer by BBC Radio Merseyside, and in 2004 he won the North West Comedy Award for best stand-up.
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In 2009, John was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award.
John now regularly performs at all the well-established and major comedy clubs throughout the UK including The Comedy Store in London and Manchester and is regularly seen both on TV panel shows and performing his stand-up to great effect. John was a great hit when he recently guested on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, the BBC kindly arranging for this scouse wit to perform in the “enemy territory” of Manchester!
No two shows are ever the same with John. His engaging brand of observational humour mines his varied and colourful life experience - from fatherhood to cycling around the world, from a successful career in the corporate sector to playing semi-professional football, from working as a night club doorman to being voted by the listeners of BBC Radio Merseyside as the person most likely to turn on the Liverpool City Christmas lights.
John now regularly performs at all the well-established and major comedy clubs throughout the UK including The Comedy Store in London and Manchester and is regularly seen both on TV panel shows and performing his stand-up to great effect. John was a great hit when he recently guested on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, the BBC kindly arranging for this scouse wit to perform in the “enemy territory” of Manchester!
No two shows are ever the same with John. His engaging brand of observational humour mines his varied and colourful life experience - from fatherhood to cycling around the world, from a successful career in the corporate sector to playing semi-professional football, from working as a night club doorman to being voted by the listeners of BBC Radio Merseyside as the person most likely to turn on the Liverpool City Christmas lights.
