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Josh Widdicombe

February 2024

  • Darren McGarvey in HMP Barlinnie.

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: Darren McGarvey investigates the UK’s justice system

    It kicks off a brilliant series exploring justice, education and health facilities. Plus: TikTok comic Lucia Keskin’s first series. Here’s what to watch this evening

January 2023

  • Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe try to become local newspaper journalists in the TV series Hold the Front Page.

    Men reporting badly! Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe find being hacks is no joke

    The comedians chase local paper scoops in their new TV series Hold the Front Page. But many of their stories were destined for what reporters call the spike …

July 2022

  • ‘A delight’ … Andi Oliver and Elizabeth Day, presenters of the Sky Arts Book Club

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: time to discover the summer’s hottest reads

    Authors Caleb Azumah Nelson and Minnie Driver chat about their books. Plus: a slaughterhouse is transformed into a family home. Here’s what to watch this evening

April 2022

  • James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe.

    James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe: ‘Comedy is meant to make you happy. We lose sight of that’

    With the return of their unashamedly nice TV gameshow Hypothetical, the duo are out to prove you don’t need to be mean-spirited to get laughs

November 2021

  • Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell

    There's a podcast for that
    Rearing aids: the five best podcasts for parents

    If you need reassuring and comedic confessions or soothing sounds to get the kids to sleep – there’s a podcast for that

October 2021

  • Josh Widdicombe at Hever Castle

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: who does Josh Widdicombe think he is?

    The standup comedian is the latest to examine his ancestry as the family tree series returns. Plus: Bake Off rolls on. Here’s what to watch this evening

August 2021

  • From left ... The Last Leg presenters Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills and Alex Brooker.

    ‘Our humour gets very dark, very fast’: The Last Leg presenters on busting disability taboos

    For the past nine years, Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Brooker and their team have helped change the conversation around disability on TV. They reflect on their success – and why it’s increasingly hard to be edgy

October 2019

  • Kendal Calling 2019<br>KENDAL, ENGLAND - JULY 27: Josh Widdicombe performs on the soap box stage during Kendal Calling 2019 at Lowther Deer Park on July 27, 2019 in Kendal, England. (Photo by Carla Speight/Getty Images)

    Josh Widdicombe review – the fine art of whingeing

    The focus stays on the everyday as the standup works himself into a shrill rage. It would get repetitive if he wasn’t so good at it

January 2017

  • Plymouth’s Graham Carey

    Plymouth face Liverpool at Anfield: 'The toilets are a bit cleaner – that's the main difference'

    Plymouth midfielder David Fox is looking forward to the FA Cup tie on Sunday as he and celebrity supporter Josh Widdicombe also have promotion to League One on their minds

December 2016

  • Josh Widdicombe

    Culture webchats
    Josh Widdicombe webchat – your questions answered on politics, fans, and the best of Blur

    The standup comedian and Last Leg host fielded your questions on niche 90s football references, ribbing Devon for a living and how much of a posh boy he is exactly

September 2016

  • The Last Leg team, from left, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Brooker and Adam Hills.

    Are you pulling my leg? C4 strikes gold by seeing Paralympics funny side

    Disability is treated as delicately off-limits by mainstream TV, but The Last Leg: Live from Rio has gone where others fear to tread
  • Josh Widdicombe, comedian

    The funniest thing
    Josh Widdicombe: ‘A heckler asked if I was the guy from The Hobbit’

    The observational standup and Last Leg co-host on what makes him laugh the most
  • Stuart Goldsmith, comedian

    The Comedian's Comedian: the podcast that gets inside funny people's heads

    Part podcast, part therapy session, The Comedian’s Comedian offers a peek into the inner life of funny people. Meet its creator, Stuart Goldsmith

December 2015

  • Josh

    Josh Widdicombe: in praise of landlords

    To some they’re the bane of modern renting, but for me landlords are just great. For serving up comic material, at least

October 2015

  • Josh Widdicombe.

    Josh Widdicombe review – cosy laughs from a pampered millennial

    Widdicombe’s tone of plaintive adenoidal consternation is as funny as his best gags

May 2014

  • Josh Widdicombe

    This week's new live comedy
    This week's new comedy

    Josh Widdicombe | Fern Brady | David Elms

March 2014

  • Josh Widdicombe

    Josh Widdicombe review – 'The smaller the issue, the greater the laugh'

    The Last Leg star has a gimlet eye for the absurd minutiae of his slacker life and maximises the comedy he finds there, writes Brian Logan

December 2013

  • Josh Widdecombe

    Watch television with …
    Watch TV with Josh Widdicombe

    The stand-up, actor and presenter on his televisual winners and sinners

September 2013

  • Elis James and Chris Corcoran

    This week's new live comedy
    This week's new live comedy

    Elis James And Chris Corcoran: The Committee Meeting | Brian Appleton's History Of The World In 3 Darts | Josh Widdicombe: Incidentally

August 2013

  • Jason Byrne comedian

    Amnesty's secret comedy podcast
    Edinburgh festival: Amnesty Secret Comedy Podcast episode 5, with Mary Bourke and Benny Boot

    Recorded live at the Edinburgh fringe, the latest edition of the Amnesty podcast features standup from Mary Bourke, Benny Boot and a song from The Noise Next Door

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