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Ed Petrie

Ed was a member of The National Youth Theatre throughout the 90s, and went on to study Drama at Goldsmiths. He began performing stand-up in January 2002. A year later he gave up his job as a researcher on the BBC panel game THEY THINK IT'S ALL OVER (Talkback Productions) to become a full-time comic/comic actor.

Ed's favourite gigs include compering at the Glastonbury festival and performing on the Avalon Comedy Network. Ed's least favourite gig was performing at an army base in front of 130 drunk Royal Marines who'd just got back from Iraq.

Ed will be presenting Nickelodeon's new breakfast show "The Crunch" from January 2005.

Television
2004 "Later…With Jools Holland", BBC2, warm-up
2003 "Can't Get In", MTV Trailer
2002 "Smack the Pony" Christmas Specials - performed in various sketches
2002 "They Think It's All Over" - Researcher

Theatre
2004 Glastonbury Festival, compere of the "Dance and Fire Satge"
2003 "3 Men and a Giant", CO2 Venue (stand-up show with Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert and Steve Hall).

Competitions
2004 BBC New Comedy Awards - Semi Finalist
2003 "So You Think You're Funny?" - Finalist
2003 "National Talent Hunt" York Comedy Festival - Finalist

Press quotes

"Great comic timing…instantly likeable…One to watch!" - funny.co.uk

"His material was strong and audience-friendly…a fun, feelgood end to the evening." - chortle.co.uk

"Stand up comedy at its simplest and best…headed for a giant success." - Three Weeks

"A joy to behold…This is stand-up as it should be: snappy and smart, occasionally nasty, and always funny." - The List