Our 2024 comedian is:
GEOFF NORCOTT
Geoff Norcott now has an established string of TV credits to his name. Geoff has appeared on Live at the Apollo (BBC 2), Backstage with Kathrine Ryan (Amazon),Mock the Week (BBC 2), Have I Got News For You (BBC 1), House of Games (BBC 1), The Complaints Department (Comedy Central), Question Time (BBC 1), The Last Leg (C4), A League of Their Own (Sky), Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave), Pointless Celebrities (BBC 1), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC 1), Would I Lie to You? (BBC 1), The News Quiz (BBC RADIO 4), Breaking the News (BBC RADIO SCOTLAND) and as a regular correspondent on Dave’s Late Night Mash, as well as fronting his own documentary How The Middle Classes Ruined Britain for BBC 2.
He’s also been popping up on the radio with his own BBC Radio 4 specials Withdrawal Disagreement and Right Leaning But Well Meaning (which won the 2019 BBC Radio & Music Award for Best Comedy Production). His first book Where Did I Go Right?: How The Left Lost Me was published in May 2021. His second book The British Bloke Decoded was published in September 2023.
He’s also had several successful national stand-up tours, with Taking Liberties touring in 2019 and 2020, and I Blame the Parents touring 2021/2022. Geoff is currently on tour with his show Basic Bloke. Being a rare stand-up who leans to the right, Geoff has also found himself in demand as a social commentator on shows like Politics Live (BBC 1), Peston (ITV) All Out Politics (Sky News), Victoria Derbyshire (BBC 2), Jeremy Vine (Channel 5), Free Speech Nation (GB News).
Geoff often appears on Times Radio and is also the host of the popular podcast What Most People Think. His satirical comment has found its way into national publications with articles appearing in The Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Independent and The New Statesman, and Geoff remains in high demand as a writer for TV too, with an impressive list of credits, including: Channel 4’s Alternative Election, 8 Out Of 10 Cats (C4), The Ranganation (BBC 2), Judge Romesh (Dave), The Sarah Millican Television Programme (BBC 2), A League of their Own (Sky 1), Xmas Live at the Apollo (BBC 2), 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4), and Backstage with Katherine Ryan (Amazon).
