Amy Matthews

Amy is a stand up, writer & actor from Essex.

She has written, performed and toured several critically acclaimed stand up shows, including I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders (2023) which is now a special on ITVx, and Commute With The Foxes (2024), which is now a vinyl record released through Monkey Barrel Records. Her stand up has also featured on Comedy Central Live (2024, 2025). As well as her own tours, she has supported Ed Byrne, Tom Davis, Suzy Ruffell, Sarah Keyworth and Tom Allen.

She also runs Comedians Do Poems with Ben Pope - a quarterly poetry night for comics.

The List have named Amy in their "Hot 100" contributors to culture three times.

Amy has featured on Radio 4's Comedy Club, Fred at the Stand and is a regular panelist and lead writer on BBC Radio's Breaking the News.

She played Annie in BAFTA award winning Scot Squad for three series and will appear as Cassandra in the upcoming series GIFTED on the BBC.

Amy is the host of the official English Heritage podcast and previously hosted the BBC podcast, SNOOKERED, covering the World Championships and interviewing stars of the snooker world. She has also guested on Off Menu podcast and worked with Taskmaster on their English Heritage collaboration in summer 2025.

She has written for Have I Got News for You and provided additional material for Scot Squad (BBC Scotland), as well as contributing to writers rooms for Horrible Histories. She has/had TV and radio scripts in development with Pirate Productions, Little Wander & BBC Studios.

Articles and poetry by Amy have been published in The Idler, The Skinny, The Metro, Ancient Times, English Heritage Magazine & more.

“A searing wit”
Rolling Stone

"Drily funny and giddily quirky"
The Scotsman