Comedy of the Week Creators & Guests

Athena Kugblenu is a stand-up comedian, writer, and BBC New Comedy Awards finalist.

Darren Harriott is a stand-up comedian.

Greg Jenner is a historian and author.

Andrew Neil Hamilton is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor.

Jake Yapp is a British comedian.

Danny is a comedy writer and creator of the BBC series Young Dracula, We Are History, and Monks. He has also presented several radio programs and made music. He has written for the stage and is currently working on a new play.

Lyndsay Fenner is an audio producer who specializes in comedy podcasts. She was a comedy producer for the BBC for 12 years.

Emma Nagouse is a writer, producer, and researcher for radio, including 'You're Dead To Me' and 'Homeschool History' for BBC Sounds.

Emily Bell is founding director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and a leading thinker, commentator, and strategist on digital journalism.

Olga Alfredovna Koch is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor.

Sophie Willan is a comedian, writer, and actor.Willan was raised in Bolton, England, in foster care, as her mother was a heroin addict. Later, she worked as a sex worker. She transformed her experiences into her comedy show "Branded," for which she won a Herald Angel award in 2017 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Willan has appeared on television in the Channel 4 reality series "The Circle" and on the BBC sitcom "Still Open All Hours." Her first book, "Tales of the Weird, the Wild and the Wonderful," a collection of stories for children in foster care, was published in 2017.

Tom Mayhew is a critically acclaimed comedian, whose material about being working-class – mixing the personal and the political, with the punchline-rate of a one-liner comic – sets him apart from any other act on the circuit. His 2019 Edinburgh show I, Tom Mayhew, about being someone in their 20s living on benefits in austerity Britain, received 4 and 5 star reviews across the board, and transferred to a sell-out Soho Theatre run. He adapted this show for his own radio series - Tom Mayhew is Benefit Scum - which aired on BBC Radio 4 in March 2021. It was also critically acclaimed, somehow receiving 4 stars in The Daily Mail! The show returned for a 2nd series in 2022.

Jordan Brookes is an Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedian.

Desiree Burch is a comedian and television host.

Alex Edelman is an American comedian and writer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Edelman has made a name for himself in the stand-up comedy scene with his critically acclaimed solo shows, including Just For Us, which was honored with a Special Tony Award. He has performed on major stages such as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where he won the prestigious Best Newcomer Award in 2014. Edelman’s comedy often explores themes of identity, culture, and family, drawing from his experiences growing up in an Orthodox Jewish household. He has also written for television and contributed to various publications.

Bridget Christie is a stand-up comedian, actress, and writer.

Mike Wozniak is a British comedian, writer, and actor.

Ken Cheng is a British-born Chinese professional poker player and comedian.

Matt Berry is an English actor, writer, and musician. He plays the lead role of Steven Toast in the Channel 4 sitcom Toast of London and has appeared in The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Snuff Box, The Wrong Door, and House of Fools.