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Nish Kumar

Critically acclaimed comic, internationally famed meme & wonderfully nice gentleman, Nish Kumar is a comedian, and a bloody good one at that (Time Out).

Nish has achieved huge success on the stand-up circuit with five rave reviewed solo stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, two of which have been nominated for the prestigious Comedy Award for Best Show in both 2015 & 2016.
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Contacts

Agent:
Chiggy

Contact:
Daisy Skepelhorn

daisy@pbjmanagement.co.uk
020 7287 1112

Acting Enquiries:
Abi Ribbans

abi@pbjmanagement.co.uk
020 7287 1112

American Agent

Rob Coleman
rob.coleman@caa.com

Voice Over Agent

Emma Torrens
emma@vobjmanagement.co.uk

Nish has achieved huge success on the stand-up circuit with five rave reviewed solo stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, two of which have been nominated for the prestigious Comedy Award for Best Show in both 2015 & 2016.

Alongside stand-up Nish is a frequent voice and face across both television and radio, following a successful pilot in 2016, Nish completed two series of his own topical show for BBC Radio 4, Spotlight Tonight, which he also hosts as well as hosting both The News Quiz and Newsjack. On screen you can catch up with Nish on the likes of Q.I., Mock The Week and Live At The Apollo both as a stand-up guest and host (all BBC Two), Have I Got News For You and The John Bishop Show (BBC One), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), Russell Howard’s Stand-Up for Central, Drunk History, The Alternative Comedy Experience and Live At The Comedy Store (all Comedy Central), Alan Davies As Yet Untitled (Dave) and Taskmaster (Dave). Nish starred alongside fellow comic Joel Dommett in a 6-part travelogue for Comedy Central, Joel and Nish vs The World and hosts his own satirical, spoof, news series, The Mash Report, for BBC Two.

During the Coronavirus pandemic Nish created and starred in a new series Hello America for the short lived American streaming platform Quibi and hosted The Late Night Mash on Dave. Nish’s last show Your Power, Your Control is available on Sky and will be touring his latest show Nish: Don’t Kill My Vibe later this year.

Television

Climate Change the Solution
As Himself
C42023
Your Power, Your Control
Writer / Performer
Sky2023
Hold The Front Page
As Himself
Sky2022
Lego Masters
As Himself
C42022
Backstage with Katherine Ryan
As Himself
Amazon Prime2022
Christmas Carole
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Sky2022
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
As Himself
2021
Question Team
UKTV2021
Between The Covers
As Himself
BBC2021 — 2023
Late Night Mash
Presenter / Host
Dave, UKTV2021
Comedians Against Living Miserably with Nish Kumar
As Himself
UKTV2020
Hypothetical
As Himself
2019
Comedians Giving Lectures
UKTV2019
The Last Leg
Guest
Channel 42019
The Jonathan Ross Show
Guest
ITV2019
Travel Man 48 hours in...
As Himself
2019
8 out of 10 Cats
Himself / Panellist
2019
Comedians of the World
As Himself
Netflix2019
Big Fat Quiz of the Decade
Guest
Channel 42019
Comedians Watching Football with Friends
As Himself
2019
Channel 4 Alternative Election Night
Guest
Channel 42019
Go 8 Bit
As Himself
2018
Room 101
As Himself
2018
Edinburgh Nights
Host
2018
The Last Leg
As Himself
2018
Question Time
As Himself
2018 — 2019
The Mash Report
Presenter
2018 — 2020
The Big Asian Stand Up
Host
2018
Peston on Sunday
As Himself
2018
Would I Lie to You?
Panelist
2018
The Time it Takes
As Himself
2018
Zoe Ball on...
Guest/Himself
2018
It's Not Just Cricket
As Himself
2018
The Johnathan Ross Show
As Himself
2018
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything
Panelist
2018
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
As Himself
2018
QI
Panelist
2017
Taskmaster
Panelist
2017
Go 8 Bit DLC
As Himself
2017
Sunday Brunch
As Himself
2017 — 2018
Insert Name Here
Panelist
2017
Finding the Funny
As Himself
2017
Word of the Year
As Himself
2017
The Premier League Show
Reporter
2017
The Chris Ramsey Show
As Himself
2017
We Have Been Watching
As Himself
2017
Joel & Nish vs The World
As Himself
2017 — 2018
Romesh: Talking to Comedians
As Himself
2017
The Apprentice- You're Fired!
As Himself
2017
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
As Himself
2017
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
As Himself
2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
As Himself
2017
One Foot in the Grave: We Have Been Watching
Short
2017
7 Days
As Himself
2016
Mock the Week
Panelist
2016 — 2018
Drunk History UK
As Himself
2016
Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk
Panelist
2016
Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk
As Himself
2016
8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Contestant
2016
Virtually Famous
Panelist
2015
Live from the BBC
As Himself
2015
Live at the Apollo
As Himself
2015 — 2017
The John Bishop Show
As Himself
2015
Have I Got News for You
As Himself
2015 — 2016
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Panelist
2015
Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular
As Himself
2015
Sweat the Small Stuff
Himself
2014 — 2015

Podcast and Online Content

Pod Save The UK
Co Host & Executive Producer
Crooked Media2023
Hello America
Host
Quibi / Jax Media2020
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theater Podcast
As Himself
2016 — 2018

Journalism

'Can I just marry a French friend?': Nish Kumar answers all your pressing Brexit questions
Author
The Guardian2019
My name is Nish Kumar – so please stop calling me Nish Patel
Author
The Guardian2018
Fathers know best. Just look at Neymar’s dad
Author
The Guardian2017
Want to change your look? We have an app for that
Author
The Guardian2017
So it’s Shakespeare out and Shaggy in at Cambridge?
Author
The Guadian2017
The diary of David Davis, aged 69 years and one week
Author
The Guardian2017
Calling Donald Trump: here’s how to handle an infant heckler
Author
The Guardian2016
No one told me to ‘go home’ for 16 years. Then we voted for Brexit
Author
The Guardian2016
Schoolmates used to ask me about Indian trains. I can now confirm British ones are worse
Author
The Guardian2016
We are living in The West Wing written by Adam Sandler – no wonder we’re looking to snack companies for sanity
Author
The Guardian2016

Theatre and Live Performance

Your Power, Your Control
Writer / Performer
UK Tour 2022
It's in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves
(Writer/Lead Performer)
Assembly George Square2019
It's In Your Nature To Destroy Yourself
Writer / Performer
2018 — 2019
Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout The Words Real Loud
Writer / Performer
2016
Long Word, Long Word, Blah Blah Blah, I'm So Clever
Writer / Performer
2015
Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity
Writer / Performer
2014
Nish Kumar is a Comedian
Writer / Performer
2013
Who is Nish Kumar?
Writer / Performer
2012

Radio

The News Quiz
Writer / Host
BBC Radio 42019 — 2020

Film

Brave Creatures
Nells
2023
And Mrs
Tim
Universal2023

News

PBJ Clears Up in The Top 50 Ranked Shows of 2023 by Mark Muldoon

1st January 2024

'Is stand-up in the UK the best it's ever been? Can it similarly be argued that the British stand-up scene is the best in the world? Could it be possible that right here right now is the best stand-up comedy has ever been

Nish Kumar comedy special available now on Sky Comedy

6th September 2023

Nish Kumar's stand-up special, 'You Power, Your Control,' is now available to stream on Sky Comedy

Bleak Expectations at London’s Criterion Theatre this Summer

18th April 2023

A wonderful line-up of PBJ acts are taking on the role of The Narrator, in the riotous new comedy classic – Bleak Expectations

PBJ clients in The Guardian's Best Comedy Shows of 2022

17th December 2022

It's been a great year for PBJ client's Nish Kumar and Tarot, who have both made it onto the Guardian's list of best comedy shows for this year

Nish Kumar Live on Tour with 'Your Power Your Control'

19th November 2021

TICKETS HERE Comedian Nish Kumar was booed off stage after making Brexit jokes at a charity event on Monday night

Multiple PBJ nominees for National Comedy Awards

12th October 2021

2021 will bring the first National Comedy Awards, hosted by Channel 4 as part of this year's Stand Up To Cancer programming

Tiny Revolutions: Tiff Stevenson's new Podcast with Lush

21st May 2019

Tiff Stevenson is teaming up with Lush to bring you a new podcast called Tiny Revolutions, where she will be interviewing fellow comics to find out whether comedy can really effect social change

Kiri Pritchard-McLean Announced as New Host of Newsjack

31st January 2019

We are thrilled to announce that the fabulous Kiri Pritchard-McLean will be the newest host of BBC Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack

Nominations are in for this year's Edinburgh Fringe Foster's Awards

26th August 2015

AND WE'VE PICKED UP 4 ACROSS THE BOARD

Podcasts

Pod Save the UK
Pod Save the UK is your weekly fix of political news, big ideas and a shot of inspiration. Each week hosts, comedian Nish Kumar and journalist Coco Khan are joined by politicians, experts, and famous friends to unpick the latest news, look for solutions, and inspire action. From Crooked Media – the creators of Pod Save America – in partnership with Reduced Listening, tune in to new episodes of Pod Save the UK every Thursday wherever you pod.

Podcast Guest Appearances

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster - Ep 4: Nish Kumar (Christmas Special)
Its Boxing Day, were feeling festive, and everyones best friend Nish Kumar has popped in to order his favourite Christmas meal. Plus we need your help to #BringBackKumarsCobbler