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Biography
According to Time Out (2004), “Stephen Grant is... Britain’s best comedy compere and odd-job man.”
And it's not hard to see why. A cult figure at
the triple award winning Chortle best comedy venue ‘Komedia’, where
he plays host to over 900 people every weekend in Brighton, his live
work as a headliner and compere can be seen in all the top UK
venues. In August 1998 he made his Edinburgh debut at the Pleasance
theatre, where he was the main subject of the 6 part TV series
Edinburgh or Bust. In 2003 he returned with “Route 1”, an
immediate critical five star success, which was followed in 2004 by
another sold-out show, largely on the back of his notable
performances at the notorious Late ‘n’ Live show.
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large proportion of Stephen’s work in TV and radio. He was the main
comedy writer for Radio 1’s daytime programming from 1999 to 2003
and has written for everyone there from Zoe Ball to John Peel.
Stephen is also a regular presenter on BBC Southern Counties Radio.
Within the world of TV he has written and presented the BBC2
documentaries “Stephen Grant’s Journey to the Wasteland”. “The 29
Steps” and “The Estate We’re In”. More recently his programs “The
Brighton Festival” and “Noise” were broadcast on BBC1. Other
performing and guesting credits include Bognor or Bust, and ITV’s
Dan & Dusty show.
As
a writer, Stephen is a columnist for Sussex Life and Sniff Petrol.
Additionally, he’s the occasional TV reviewer for the Sunday Mirror.
He also does the TV warm up for many leading network comedy shows. |
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Press
"I
hardly stopped laughing for an hour" – ***** The List
"Always funny" - Time Out
"Brilliant material" - Harry Enfield
"Supremely intelligent yet utterly accessible" - The Stage
"Britain’s best comedy compere" - Fest
"F***ing Funny" - Viz
"One of the best - Brilliant" - Independent
"Hysterically funny from start to finish" – Sunday Express |
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Promoting
programming Krater
(Komedia Brighton), City Golf Bar London, Southside Edinburgh |
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Television
presenting
documentary “Stephen Grant’s journey to the wasteland” (BBC2); “The
29 Steps” (BBC2); “The Estate We’re In” (BBC2), “Brighton Festival”
(v/o) (BBC1), “Inside Out” (BBC1), “The Brighton Festival” (BBC1)
“Noise” (BBC1)
performing
Edinburgh Nights (BBC1); Comedy Nation (BBC2); Stand
Up Live (Live TV); Open Mic (C5); Cyber Café (ITV), Dan & Dusty
(ITV)
features
Edinburgh or Bust
6 * episode [main character] (C4)
writing
Lily Savage Live 2001 (ITV); Live and Kicking 2001 (BBC1), R1 TV
(Choice), OutThere (C5), Public Opinion (BBC1) |
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Radio
writing
lead comedy
writer (Radio 1, 99-2003)
performing
Loose Ends (R4); characters and voices (R1); comedy
characters (Aire, Metro, TFM, Minster FM, MFM and Fox)
presenting
BBC SCR, Storm FM, Totallyradio |
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Writing
Sunday
Mirror TV reviews; Liv4now.com (features writer); Sniff Petrol;
Sussex Life, Mobo Awards 2004 |
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Live
stand-up
playing all
UK major venues, headline
act / compere everywhere
one man shows
played festivals with sell-out shows in 99, 00, 01,
02, 03,04
corporate
all events / functions, clients: JVC, Casio,
Ericsson, Coca Cola, Microsoft, KP, HP, Honda, B&Q, more on request
warm up
for Mental! (Talkback), This Week Only (Princess),
Dog Eat Dog (BBC1), Imposter (RDF), Star Lives (Hanrahan), Does Doug
Know (Talkback), Your World Cup Pitch (Flawless), Survivor (Planet
24), Liar (Talkback), They Think it’s all over (Talkback), Your Face
Or Mine (Talkback), Power (Ten Alps), The State We’re In (BBC), The
Kumars at No. 42 (Hattrick), Alaistair McGowan’s Big Impression,
Total Football, Jonny Vaughan Tonight, 19 Keys, Hardware, Eyes Down,
Bognor Or Bust, Gamestar awards, more on request |
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