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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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
| After Midnight Self | After Midnight - Self | Comedy Central | 2024 |
| Climate Change the Solution As Himself | Climate Change the Solution - As Himself | C4 | 2023 |
| Your Power, Your Control Writer / Performer | Your Power, Your Control - Writer / Performer | Sky | 2023 |
| Hold The Front Page As Himself | Hold The Front Page - As Himself | Sky | 2022 |
| Lego Masters As Himself | Lego Masters - As Himself | C4 | 2022 |
| Backstage with Katherine Ryan As Himself | Backstage with Katherine Ryan - As Himself | Amazon Prime | 2022 |
| Christmas Carole Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come | Christmas Carole - Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come | Sky | 2022 |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks As Himself | Never Mind the Buzzcocks - As Himself | 2021 | |
| Question Team | Question Team - | UKTV | 2021 |
| Between The Covers As Himself | Between The Covers - As Himself | BBC | 2021 — 2023 |
| Late Night Mash Presenter / Host | Late Night Mash - Presenter / Host | Dave, UKTV | 2021 |
| Comedians Against Living Miserably with Nish Kumar As Himself | Comedians Against Living Miserably with Nish Kumar - As Himself | UKTV | 2020 |
| Hypothetical As Himself | Hypothetical - As Himself | 2019 | |
| Comedians Giving Lectures | Comedians Giving Lectures - | UKTV | 2019 |
| The Last Leg Guest | The Last Leg - Guest | Channel 4 | 2019 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show Guest | The Jonathan Ross Show - Guest | ITV | 2019 |
| Travel Man 48 hours in... As Himself | Travel Man 48 hours in... - As Himself | 2019 | |
| 8 out of 10 Cats Himself / Panellist | 8 out of 10 Cats - Himself / Panellist | 2019 | |
| Comedians of the World As Himself | Comedians of the World - As Himself | Netflix | 2019 |
| Big Fat Quiz of the Decade Guest | Big Fat Quiz of the Decade - Guest | Channel 4 | 2019 |
| Comedians Watching Football with Friends As Himself | Comedians Watching Football with Friends - As Himself | 2019 | |
| Channel 4 Alternative Election Night Guest | Channel 4 Alternative Election Night - Guest | Channel 4 | 2019 |
| Go 8 Bit As Himself | Go 8 Bit - As Himself | 2018 | |
| Room 101 As Himself | Room 101 - As Himself | 2018 | |
| Edinburgh Nights Host | Edinburgh Nights - Host | 2018 | |
| The Last Leg As Himself | The Last Leg - As Himself | 2018 | |
| Question Time As Himself | Question Time - As Himself | 2018 — 2019 | |
| The Mash Report Presenter | The Mash Report - Presenter | 2018 — 2020 | |
| The Big Asian Stand Up Host | The Big Asian Stand Up - Host | 2018 | |
| Peston on Sunday As Himself | Peston on Sunday - As Himself | 2018 | |
| Would I Lie to You? Panelist | Would I Lie to You? - Panelist | 2018 | |
| The Time it Takes As Himself | The Time it Takes - As Himself | 2018 | |
| Zoe Ball on... Guest/Himself | Zoe Ball on... - Guest/Himself | 2018 | |
| It's Not Just Cricket As Himself | It's Not Just Cricket - As Himself | 2018 | |
| The Johnathan Ross Show As Himself | The Johnathan Ross Show - As Himself | 2018 | |
| The Big Fat Quiz of Everything Panelist | The Big Fat Quiz of Everything - Panelist | 2018 | |
| Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier As Himself | Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier - As Himself | 2018 | |
| QI Panelist | QI - Panelist | 2017 | |
| Taskmaster Panelist | Taskmaster - Panelist | 2017 | |
| Go 8 Bit DLC As Himself | Go 8 Bit DLC - As Himself | 2017 | |
| Sunday Brunch As Himself | Sunday Brunch - As Himself | 2017 — 2018 | |
| Insert Name Here Panelist | Insert Name Here - Panelist | 2017 | |
| Finding the Funny As Himself | Finding the Funny - As Himself | 2017 | |
| Word of the Year As Himself | Word of the Year - As Himself | 2017 | |
| The Premier League Show Reporter | The Premier League Show - Reporter | 2017 | |
| The Chris Ramsey Show As Himself | The Chris Ramsey Show - As Himself | 2017 | |
| We Have Been Watching As Himself | We Have Been Watching - As Himself | 2017 | |
| Joel & Nish vs The World As Himself | Joel & Nish vs The World - As Himself | 2017 — 2018 | |
| Romesh: Talking to Comedians As Himself | Romesh: Talking to Comedians - As Himself | 2017 | |
| The Apprentice- You're Fired! As Himself | The Apprentice- You're Fired! - As Himself | 2017 | |
| Frankie Boyle's New World Order As Himself | Frankie Boyle's New World Order - As Himself | 2017 | |
| Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule As Himself | Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule - As Himself | 2017 | |
| Richard Osman's House of Games As Himself | Richard Osman's House of Games - As Himself | 2017 | |
| One Foot in the Grave: We Have Been Watching Short | One Foot in the Grave: We Have Been Watching - Short | 2017 | |
| 7 Days As Himself | 7 Days - As Himself | 2016 | |
| Mock the Week Panelist | Mock the Week - Panelist | 2016 — 2018 | |
| Drunk History UK As Himself | Drunk History UK - As Himself | 2016 | |
| Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk Panelist | Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk - Panelist | 2016 | |
| Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk As Himself | Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk - As Himself | 2016 | |
| 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Contestant | 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Contestant | 2016 | |
| Virtually Famous Panelist | Virtually Famous - Panelist | 2015 | |
| Live from the BBC As Himself | Live from the BBC - As Himself | 2015 | |
| Live at the Apollo As Himself | Live at the Apollo - As Himself | 2015 — 2017 | |
| The John Bishop Show As Himself | The John Bishop Show - As Himself | 2015 | |
| Have I Got News for You As Himself | Have I Got News for You - As Himself | 2015 — 2016 | |
| Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Panelist | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Panelist | 2015 | |
| Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular As Himself | Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular - As Himself | 2015 | |
| Sweat the Small Stuff Himself | Sweat the Small Stuff - Himself | 2014 — 2015 |
Podcast and Online Content
| Pod Save The UK Co Host & Executive Producer | Pod Save The UK - Co Host & Executive Producer | Crooked Media | 2023 |
| Springleaf Voice | Springleaf - Voice | Mighty Bunny | 2023 — 2024 |
| Hello America Host | Hello America - Host | Quibi / Jax Media | 2020 |
| Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theater Podcast As Himself | 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 | 'Can I just marry a French friend?': Nish Kumar answers all your pressing Brexit questions - Author | The Guardian | 2019 |
| My name is Nish Kumar – so please stop calling me Nish Patel Author | My name is Nish Kumar – so please stop calling me Nish Patel - Author | The Guardian | 2018 |
| Fathers know best. Just look at Neymar’s dad Author | Fathers know best. Just look at Neymar’s dad - Author | The Guardian | 2017 |
| Want to change your look? We have an app for that Author | Want to change your look? We have an app for that - Author | The Guardian | 2017 |
| So it’s Shakespeare out and Shaggy in at Cambridge? Author | So it’s Shakespeare out and Shaggy in at Cambridge? - Author | The Guadian | 2017 |
| The diary of David Davis, aged 69 years and one week Author | The diary of David Davis, aged 69 years and one week - Author | The Guardian | 2017 |
| Calling Donald Trump: here’s how to handle an infant heckler Author | Calling Donald Trump: here’s how to handle an infant heckler - Author | The Guardian | 2016 |
| No one told me to ‘go home’ for 16 years. Then we voted for Brexit Author | No one told me to ‘go home’ for 16 years. Then we voted for Brexit - Author | The Guardian | 2016 |
| Schoolmates used to ask me about Indian trains. I can now confirm British ones are worse Author | Schoolmates used to ask me about Indian trains. I can now confirm British ones are worse - Author | The Guardian | 2016 |
| We are living in The West Wing written by Adam Sandler – no wonder we’re looking to snack companies for sanity Author | We are living in The West Wing written by Adam Sandler – no wonder we’re looking to snack companies for sanity - Author | The Guardian | 2016 |
Theatre and Live Performance
| Nish Don’t kill My Vibe Writer / Performer | Nish Don’t kill My Vibe - Writer / Performer | UK Tour | 2024 |
| Your Power, Your Control Writer / Performer | Your Power, Your Control - Writer / Performer | UK Tour | 2022 |
| It's in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves (Writer/Lead Performer) | It's in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves - (Writer/Lead Performer) | Assembly George Square | 2019 |
| It's In Your Nature To Destroy Yourself Writer / Performer | 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 | 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 | Long Word, Long Word, Blah Blah Blah, I'm So Clever - Writer / Performer | 2015 | |
| Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity Writer / Performer | Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity - Writer / Performer | 2014 | |
| Nish Kumar is a Comedian Writer / Performer | Nish Kumar is a Comedian - Writer / Performer | 2013 | |
| Who is Nish Kumar? Writer / Performer | Who is Nish Kumar? - Writer / Performer | 2012 |
Radio
| The News Quiz Writer / Host | The News Quiz - Writer / Host | BBC Radio 4 | 2019 — 2020 |
Film
| Brave Creatures Nells | Brave Creatures - Nells | 2023 | |
| And Mrs Tim | And Mrs - Tim | Universal | 2023 |
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 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  |  |