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Andrew Maxwell
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Andrew Maxwell

Comedian

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About

Andrew performed his show The Lights Are On at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe and was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Comedy Show for the second time. The show was a sell-out and had fantastic reviews where the show was particularly praised for its pin-sharp and up-to-date material about the Arab Spring and the London riots.

Andrew recorded an episode of Sky Atlantic's eagerly awaited first original comedy series, MORGAN SPURLOCK'S NEW BRITANNIA in January 2012 alongside Shappi Khorsandi and Ruby Wax which aired in April.

Andrew also had a four part Radio 4 series commissioned in early 2012 - ANDREW MAXWELL'S PUBLIC ENEMIES with producer Sam Bryant.

Last September, he presented an authored documentary for BBC3, CONSPIRACY COACH TRIP: 9/11 (with Renegade Pictures) which aired around the 10 year anniversary of the events: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014gpjx

A new three part CONSPIRACY COACH TRIP series has been commissioned by BBC3 and Andrew is currently filming for it in California.

In 2011, Andrew recorded his first appearance on BBC One's legendary comedy show LIVE AT THE APOLLO which aired on Friday 9th December and was one of the highest rated shows of the series. He appeared alongside host Rich Hall and fellow guest Mark Watson.

He joined the Sky One panel show WALL OF FAME in 2011 as a series regular alongside host David Walliams, fellow comic Jack Dee, Kate Garraway and Tamara Ecclestone. The series aired for 8 weeks in Summer 2011.

Andrew toured Ireland and performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Kilkenny's Cat Laughs Festival and Dublin's Comedy Carnival and to sell-out crowds at Vicar Sreet in Dublin in 2011. He also took part in Comic Relief 2011's 24 HOUR PANEL PEOPLE challenge in a special version of BBC's MOCK THE WEEK.

Andrew released his third live DVD in Ireland in 2010 after a sell-out five night run at the Assembly Hall in Edinburgh in August 2010.

Andrew has won and been nominated for several awards including an Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, a Time Out Live Award in the category of Best Stand-up, a Loaded Magazine Award for best stand-up and Chortle Award for best contribution to the live comedy circuit. He was also recently voted Best Irish Comedian by the public at the Entertainment.ie awards.

He has appeared on recent series of BBC’s HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, ITV2'S CELEBRITY JUICE, the Dave Channel's ARGUMENTAL and BBC2's MOCK THE WEEK, cementing his reputation as one of the country’s most sought after comedians.

He was a regular on all series of RTE1's THE PANEL and he made it to the quarter finals of RTE's CELEBRITY BAINISTEOIR.

In 2008 Andrew filmed the one-off pilot CONFLICT REVOLUTION for BBC Northern Ireland.  It was released as a DVD alongside a live recording of the 2008 Edinburgh show (in Ireland) and marks Andrew’s continued development and exploration of comedy as a way of crossing cultural, social and religious borders.

Andrew is a founder member of ALTITUDE, a comedy festival staged in the Alps every Spring. This year it took place between the 26th - 31st March 2012 with Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle.

Andrew continues to dominate the live and festival circuits.  Notable appearances have included several sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival, The Amnesty / Channel Four Secret Policeman's Ball (alongside Eddie Izzard, Chevy Chase and Dylan Moran - "Maxwell turned it around... he made us feel part of an event" THE TIMES), at the HBO US Comedy & Arts Festival in Las Vegas (alongside Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock), several sell-out runs in the main house of The Soho Theatre, Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival, Glastonbury and the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.
 

“Worth seeing just to watch what stand-up can be at its best.” THE GUARDIAN

“One of the best comics around... A consummate raconteur”  TIME OUT

"One of the most significant comedians working in the country today" THE INDEPENDENT

“A brilliant show... commands the audience's attention from start to finish”  THE OBSERVER

“Fiercely funny and utterly invigorating”  THE TIMES

"Ill-advised hedonism is rarely this politically well-informed or thought-provoking" THE SCOTSMAN 
 

 

Television
Production / CharacterDirectorCompany
LIVE AT THE APOLLOOpen Mike Productions
SO THIS IS CHRISTMASTwo Four / E4
MORGAN SPURLOCK'S NEW BRITANNIARoger PomphreyThumbs Up Productions / Sky Atlantic
ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG'S BIG ASKGeraldine DowdDave / So Television
CONSPIRACY ROAD TRIP: 9/11 Riete OordBBC3 / Renegade Pictures
WALL OF FAME X 8 EPISODESSky One / CPL Productions
TALK OF THE TERRACEIMG Media / ESPN
MOCK THE WEEKAngst/BBC2
RICHARD BACON'S BEER N PIZZA CLUBTALKBACK THAMES
HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOUHat Trick / BBC2
THE PANELSeamus CassidyHappy Endings / RTE
CELEBRITY JUICE
3 series
Talkback Thames / ITV2
ARGUMENTAL
3 series
Tiger Aspect / Dave
50 FUNNIEST MOMENTS OF 2010Objective Productions
ANDREW MAXWELLBBC Northern Ireland
COMEDY SHUFFLE
Main guest
Richard WebbBBC
COMEDY CUTS
Himself
Granada / ITV2
BIG BROTHER'S BIG MOUTH
Guest
Endemol / E4
NEVER MIND THE BUZZCOCKS
Panellist
Talkback / BBC2
SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL
Stand-up set
David TylerTiger Aspect / Channel 4
MY NAME IN LIGHTS
Short pilot / stand-up
Ben CaudellZeppotron / E4
THE COMIC SIDE OF SEVEN DAYS
6 episodes
David TylerBBC / BBC3
LIVE AT THE FESTIVALArabella McGuiganAssembly / STV
THE LATE EDITION
2 episodes
Bill DareBBC4
KINGS OF COMEDY
Winner
Robert KatzEndemol / Channel Four
28 ACTS IN 28 MINUTESRohan AcharyaBBC / BBC3
THE WORLD STANDS UPComedy Central / Paramount
RISE
USA correspondant
Channel Four
YOUNG, GIFTED AND GREEN
With Ed Byrne and Kevin Hayes
COMEDY STORE LIVEChannel Five
BBC STAND UP SHOWBBC
EDINBURGH NIGHTSBBC2
11 O'CLOCK SHOWChannel Four
Stage
Production / CharacterDirectorCompany
THE LIGHTS ARE ONPaul ByrneEdinburgh Fringe 2011
SCIPMYLO COMEDY FESTIVALComedy Cafe London
KILLARNEY COMEDY CENTRAL FESTIVALLisa Richards Agency
DAVE'S COMEDY SOCIETY LIVEPhil McIntyre Entertainment Ltd.
JUST FOR LAUGHS GALA 2010JFL Montreal
THE LAMPPaul ByrneEdinburgh 2009
SUPERNATURALEdinburgh 2008
WAXINPaul ByrnePleasance, Edinburgh 2007
MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVALMelbourne Comedy Festival
VICAR STREETPaul Byrne / Hannah SpringhamVicar Street, Dublin
GALWAY COMEDY FESTIVALThe Roisin Dubh
SECRET POLICEMANS BALLDavid TylerRoyal Albert Hall
BELFAST FESTIVALElmwood Hall
MAXWELL'S FULLMOONERSPaul ByrneUnderbelly, Edinburgh
ROUND TWILIGHTPaul ByrnePleasance, Edinburgh
MONTREAL JUST FOR LAUGHSVarious, Montreal
KILKENNY CAT LAUGHSVarious, Ireland
HBO COMEDY FESTIVALDave MorleyCaesar's Palace, Las Vegas
GRAND ROYALEPaul ByrnePleasance, Edinburgh
THIS IS MY HOUR
HERALD ANGEL BANK OF SCOTLAND AWARD FOR COMEDY
Paul ByrnePod Deco 2, Edinburgh Festival
THE LITTLE SULTAN SPEAKSMelbourne Comedy Festival
Radio
Production / CharacterDirectorCompany
HOT GOSSIP
4 x series
TBI Media Limited
THE NOW SHOW 35Radio 4
FIGHTING TALKBBC Radio 5
SERIOUS ABOUT COMEDYEd MorrishBBC Radio 7
A GLASTONBURY TRIBUTE TO MALCOLM HARDEETestbedBBC Radio 4
THE UNOFFICIAL ELECTION SHOWAdam BromleyBBC Radio 4
THE SOFA OF TIMEBBC Radio 4
SUNDAY SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
REPORTER
BBC Radio 2
THE NEWS QUIZBBC
GREAT UNANSWERED QUESTIONSBBC
LEE MACK SHOWWill SaundersBBC Radio 4
DARA O'BRIAN AND FRIENDSWill SaundersBBC Radio 2
THE BLAME GAMEBBC Radio 4
BEST OF THE FESTClare BartlettBBC Radio 4
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