Ed Gamble is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, and podcaster.
Ed is best known as the co-creator of the Off Menu podcast with fellow host James Acaster. Off Menu has received multiple nominations for Best Comedy Podcast at the British Podcast Awards. To date, it consistently tops iTunes and UK Comedy Podcast charts with over 100 million downloads in 195 different countries. Guests have included Robert De Niro, Jeff Goldblum, Nicola Coughlan, Jada Pinkett Smith and Kumail Nanjiani. Most recently, he has been hosting The Traitors: Uncloaked (BBC2 and BBC Sounds).
Crowned the series nine champion of the award-winning TV show Taskmaster (Dave/Channel 4), Ed was featured on the second Champions of Champions episode in 2022 and is the host of the Taskmaster Podcast. Ed appeared in over 30 episodes of the hit satirical panel show Mock the Week between 2015 to 2021, making him one of the most frequent regulars on the show. He was also a judge on four series of BBC Two’s Great British Menu and co-host of a Radio X Show with Matthew Crosby. Ed additionally served as one of six rotating guest-hosts for Pointless (BBC One) – alongside Alexander Armstrong. Additional TV credits include Almost Royal (BBC America), Man Down (Channel 4), Blankety Blank (BBC One), Roast Battle (Comedy Central), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC Two), and Hypothetical (Dave).
His hit stand-up tour, Electric, was given an Autumn extension after selling out multiple venues in its initial run. This came after his twice-extended 2019 show, Blizzard and his 2019 Amazon Prime special, Blood Sugar. Following the success of its 2024 tour, Ed’s show Hot Diggity Dog was extended into 2025 and 2026 with dates across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and America. Ed has twice appeared on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two). Other stand-up performances include The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), and The Russell Howard Hour (Sky One).
