Liam Withnail
Liam Withnail is an Edinburgh based stand-up comedian, Scottish Comedy Award winner and resident MC at the Monkey Barrel.
Liam has over 10million TikTok/Instagram views and hosts popular podcast Enjoy an Album, alongside Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, which was nominated for Best Podcast at the Chortle Awards 2024.
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Liam has over 10million TikTok/Instagram views and hosts popular podcast Enjoy an Album, alongside Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, which was nominated for Best Podcast at the Chortle Awards 2024. He is also a regular guest on BBC Radio Scotland’s Breaking the News and has also been heard on The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected, seen on Socially Distant with Susan Calman and has written on Scot Squad.
His 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Chronic Boom’ was a sellout success and received widespread critical acclaim, racking up sixteen 4 and 5 star reviews including from The Independent and The Times, making it one of the best reviewed comedy shows of 2023. The show detailed the emotional story of facing up to a chronic illness and reckoning his new reality during a hospital stay. Liam will be taking the show on his debut UK tour in Spring 2024.
Liam’s previous Edinburgh Fringe shows have racked up a myriad of rave reviews with his 2019 show ‘Homecoming’ (available on Spotify) winning the Amused Moose Award for Outstanding Show. He has performed at comedy clubs and festivals all over the UK and in Canada, Japan, Iceland and Australia.
'Astonishing... The crowd can't get enough' ★★★★★
The Independent
'An unexpected fringe delight'★★★★
The Times
Television
| Scot Squad Writer | Scot Squad - Writer | BBC Scotland | 2022 |
| Socially Distanced with Susan Calman | Socially Distanced with Susan Calman - | BBC Scotland | 2020 |
Radio
| Off the Ball | Off the Ball - | BBC Radio Scotland | 2023 |
| The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected | The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected - | BBC Radio Scotland | 2020 |
| Breaking The News Guest/Writer | Breaking The News - Guest/Writer | BBC Radio Scotland | 2019 |
Theatre and Live Performance
| Chronic Boom | Chronic Boom - | Edinburgh Fringe | 2023 |
| Hot Sauce | Hot Sauce - | Edinburgh Fringe / Adelaide Comedy Festival | 2022 |
| Homecoming | Homecoming - | Edinburgh Fringe / Adelaide & Perth Fringe Released on Spotify | 2019 |
| Homeboy | Homeboy - | Edinburgh Fringe / Adelaide Fringe | 2018 |
| The Immigration Game | The Immigration Game - | Edinburgh Fringe / Glasgow Comedy Festival / Leicester Comedy Festival | 2017 |
| True Defective | True Defective - | Edinburgh Fringe / Glasgow Comedy Festival | 2016 |
Awards
| Chortle Awards- Best Podcast Nominee | Chortle Awards- Best Podcast - Nominee | Enjoy An Album | 2024 |
| Scottish Comedian of the Year Finalist Finalist | Scottish Comedian of the Year Finalist - Finalist | ||
| English Comedian of the Year Finalist | English Comedian of the Year Finalist - | ||
| Scottish Comedy Awards - Best MC Winner | Scottish Comedy Awards - Best MC - Winner | 2020 | |
| Scottish Comedy Awards : Outstanding Show Winner | Scottish Comedy Awards : Outstanding Show - Winner | For Homecoming | 2020 |
| Amused Moose Edinburgh Fringe - Outstanding Show Winner | Amused Moose Edinburgh Fringe - Outstanding Show - Winner | For Homecoming | 2019 |
| Amused Moose Edinburgh Fringe - Homeboy Nominee | Amused Moose Edinburgh Fringe - Homeboy - Nominee | Homeboy | 2018 |
Podcast and Online Content
| Enjoy an Album | Enjoy an Album - | With Christopher Macarthur Boyd | 2021 |
| The Monkey Barrel Podcast | The Monkey Barrel Podcast - | With Amy Matthews | 2020 |
News
Podcasts
 Comedians Liam Withnail and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd listen to the greatest albums of all time in order to compile a playlist of the best music ever. Recorded in Monkey Barrel Comedy studios in Edinburgh. Featuring such beloved segments as Secret Posho and Tattoo Woohoo/Tattoo Boohoo. Enjoy!     | |