Ed Byrne
Ed Byrne is a renowned comedian/presenter and actor.
With his TV career now in its third decade, Ed has regularly appeared on shows such as QI, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, The Pilgrimage, Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay, Dara & Ed’s Big Adventure, The Graham Norton Show, Have I Got News For You, as well as Comic Relief Bake Off and as a host on Live At The Apollo.
Ed Byrne is a renowned comedian/presenter and actor. With his TV career now in its third decade, Ed has regularly appeared on shows such as QI, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, The Pilgrimage, Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay, Dara & Ed’s Big Adventure, The Graham Norton Show, Have I Got News For You, as well as Comic Relief Bake Off and as a host on Live At The Apollo.
He has been a contestant on Celebrity Bridge of Lies, BBC1’s Celebrity Best Home Cook and he has also won celebrity versions of both The Chase and Pointless! He can also be heard as the voice of Winchflat Flood in the animated feature film, My Freaky Family.
Known for his passion for the outdoors (hill walking and mountaineering are major hobbies), Ed can be seen turning his presenting skills to factual broadcasting in BBC Two’s Volcano Live, World’s Most Dangerous Roads (where he spent two weeks driving through Siberia) and Into The Wild with Gordon Buchanan.
Ed’s 2023 nationwide tour show, Tragedy Plus Time was extended by almost two years and dubbed British Comedy Guide’s ‘Best Comedy Show 2023’, amongst many other accolades. The show was filmed at the Bloomsbury Theatre in 2025 and news of the release will be coming soon!
With legions of fans both in the UK and abroad, Ed remains the observational stand-up to see.
✭✭✭✭✭ Hilarious, extremely dark, profoundly touching and resolutely unsentimental. Ed Byrne has plumbed the very depths of his soul and found something verging on greatness ROLLING STONE UK
✭✭✭✭✭ A fantastically funny and moving monologue where there is no doubt that we are seeing the authentic Ed… Byrne has hit new heights LONDON EVENING STANDARD
✭✭✭✭✭ Touching and inspiring, yes, but funny above all else CHORTLE
✭✭✭✭ This is just glorious... full of gnarly little joy pockets THE TIMES
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| The Weakest Link BBC | Winner | 2023-01-01 |
| Mock The Week BBC Two | Himself | 2006-01-01 |
| Celebrity Best Home Cook BBC One | Himself | 2021-01-01 |
| Celebrity Chase ITV1 | Himself | 2013-01-01 |
| QI BBC | Himself | 2019-01-01 |
| Real Life Superheroes - Our Lives | Host | 2019-01-01 |
| Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz Quest | Team captain | 2019-01-01 |
| Live at the Apollo BBC Two | Himself/host | 2009-01-01 |
| Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago BBC Two | Himself | 2018-01-01 |
| Top Gear BBC | Guest | 2018-01-01 |
| Dara and Ed's Road to Mandalay BBC | Himself | 2017-01-01 |
| Life of a Mountain: A Year on Blencathra BBC | Himself | 2017-01-01 |
| Dara Ó Briain's Go 8 Bit Dave | Contestant | 2016-01-01 |
| Dara and Ed’s Great Big Adventure BBC Two | Himself | 2015-01-01 |
| Duck Quacks Don't Echo Guest | Guest | 2015-01-01 |
| The Great Comic Relief Bake Off BBC One | Host | 2015-01-01 |
| Would I Lie To You? BBC One/ITV1 | Guest | 2014-01-01 |
| The Great Sport Relief Bake Off BBC One | Host | 2014-01-01 |
| The Great Comic Relief Bake Off BBC One | Contestant | 2013-01-01 |
| World's Most Dangerous Roads BBC Two/Dave | Himself | 2012-01-01 |
| Comedy Lab Channel 4 | Writer | 1998-01-01 |
| The Adventures of Daniel TV Movie, BBC | Xantar/School Bully | 2010-01-01 |
| Reunited TV Movie, BBC One | Rob | 2010-01-01 |
| Have I Got News For You BBC Two | Himself | 2001-01-01 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1998-01-01 |
| Doctors BBC One | Mickey Moran | 2004-01-01 |
| Sam's Game ITV | Luke | 2001-01-01 |
| The Cassidys RTÉ2 | Barry Cassidy | 2001-01-01 |
| My Beat Friend Short | Ed | 2010-01-01 |
| Aladdin Filmed at Wimbledon Theatre | Aladdin | 2000-01-01 |
| Father Ted Channel 4 | Teenager | 1996-01-01 |
| My Freaky Family | Winchflat Flood | 2024-01-01 |
| Creation Stories | Alistair Cambell | 2021-01-01 |
| Round Ireland with a Fridge | Dylan Daley | 2010-01-01 |
| I Could Never Be Your Woman | Delivery Boy | 2007-01-01 |
| Don't Look at Me (I'm Ugly in the Morning) | The Producer | 2008-01-01 |
| Zemanovaload | John Davis | 2004-01-01 |
| Are You Ready For Love Carnaby Films | Luke Dyson | 2006-01-01 |
| Rat | Rudolph | 2000-01-01 |
| Tragedy Plus Time | Writer/performer | 2023-01-01 |
| If I'm Honest... | Writer/performer | 2019-01-01 |
| Spoiler Alert | Writer/performer | 2017-01-01 |
| Outside Looking In | Writer/performer | 2015-01-01 |
| Roaring Forties | Writer/performer | 2013-01-01 |
| Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser | Writer/performer | 2011-01-01 |
| Ed Byrne: Different Class | Writer/performer | 2009-01-01 |
| Ed Byrne: Pedantic and Whimsical | Writer/performer | 2006-01-01 |
| Standing Up and Falling Down | Writer/performer | 2006-01-01 |
| Me Again | Writer/performer | 2004-01-01 |
| Kings of The Road | Rinty | 2003-01-01 |
| Ed Byrne Live | Writer/performer | 2001-01-01 |
| On The Road | Writer/performer | 1999-01-01 |
| A Night at the Opera | Writer/performer | 1998-01-01 |
| Psychobabble | Writer/performer | 1997-01-01 |
| The Act | Byron Edwards | 1997-01-01 |
| Stand Up in the Making | Writer/performer | 1996-01-01 |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase | Hillman Hunter | 2018-01-01 |
| Puckoon | Dan Milligan | 2019-01-01 |
| Anna Haugh’s Big Irish Food Tour BBC Northern Ireland | Guest | 2025-01-01 |
| The Graham Norton Show BBC | Guest | 2009-01-01 |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks BBC | Guest | 2007-01-01 |
| IF Comedy Awards Visual VooDoo | Nominee | 1998-01-01 |
| Ed Byrne Pedantic & Whimsical DVD Paramount, RTE | Himself | 2006-01-01 |
| Tonight At The London Palladium ITV | Himself | 2000-01-01 |
| Royal Variety Performance ITV | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
| Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC | Himself | 2000-01-01 |
| Ed Byrne's Just For Laughs RTE | Presenter | 2008-01-01 |
| Irish Gala Just For Laughs CBC | Host | 2006-01-01 |
| Father Ted Christmas Special Channel 4 | Grungy teenager | 1996-01-01 |
| Blankety Blank ITV | Himself | 2001-01-01 |
| The Late Late Show RTE | Guest | 2024-01-01 |
| The Weakest Link Comedians Special BBC | Himself | 2001-01-01 |
| Stand Up Britain Granada/ITV | Host | 2002-01-01 |
| 8 Out Of 10 Cats Zeppotron/BBC | Himself | 2006-01-01 |
| The World Stands Up Paramount/Comedy Central/BBC USA | Himself | 2024-01-01 |
| The Blame Game BBC Northern Ireland | Panelist | 2016-01-01 |
| Comic Act Spider Pictures | Stand-up comedian | 1998-01-01 |
| Clive Anderson’s Chat Room BBC Radio 2 | Himself | 2008-01-01 |
| Britain Vs The Rest Of The World BBC Radio 4 | Host | 2019-01-01 |
| Celebrity Bridge of Lies BBC 1 | Contestant | 2025-01-01 |
| Oliver Callan Part 2 in Belfast BBC Radio 4 | Guest | 2025-01-01 |
| The News Quiz BBC Radio 4 | Guest | 2025-01-01 |
| The Unbelievable Truth BBC Radio 4 | Guest | 2025-01-01 |
| The Good, The Bad & The Unexpected BBC Radio Scotland | Guest | 2025-01-01 |
| One Person Found this Helpful BBC Radio 4 | Guest | 2025-01-01 |
| You Heard It Here First BBC Radio 4 | Guest | 2025-01-01 |
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