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United Kingdom Andy Zaltzman is a British comedian, satirist, and statistician known for his sharp political and sports commentary.
Andy Zaltzman is a stand-up comedian, broadcaster and author who has firmly established himself in the vanguard of British comedy with his unique brand of...
Zaltzman has been a comedian for more than 20 years: critically acclaimed shows at Edinburgh and on the circuit, a creative partnership with...
His guests were Edith Bowman – a well-known UK radio presenter and broadcaster – and comedian Andy Zaltzman. Andy is an old-hand at the...
Andy Zaltzman returns to plot his planet's path to and/or from preservation and/or perdition. In his latest show Plan Z (which he brings to the Comedy Box on...
As chair of The News Quiz since 2020, Andy has brought his inventive brand of satirical comedy to BBC Radio 4's long-running flagship topical comedy show...
Andy Zaltzman is best known in the States as half of the excellent satirical podcast The Bugle, which he co-hosts with long-time collaborator...
He has long been one of our sharpest political comedians but while his former double act partner John Oliver moved to the US to become one of...
Andrew Zaltzman (born 6 October 1974) is a British comedian and statistician. His comedy largely deals in political and sport-related material.
From US President Donald Trump's brain, to Brexit, to the carry-on in Canberra, popular British comedian Andy Zaltzman has a load of laughs in store for local...
Andrew Zaltzman was born on October 6, 1974, in Hammersmith, west London. He is of Lithuanian-Jewish descent and is the son of South African sculptor Zack Zaltzman. His early education included Holmewood House School in Langton Green, Kent, and Tonbridge School. He pursued Classics at University College, Oxford, where he also served as sports editor for The Oxford Student. These foundational experiences in both academic rigor and journalistic pursuits laid the groundwork for his analytical approach to comedy.
Zaltzman’s career in comedy began at the 1999 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where he was a finalist in the “So You Think You’re Funny” new act competition. His debut full-length Edinburgh Fringe show, *Andy Zaltzman versus the Dog of Doom*, earned a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Perrier Comedy Awards in 2001. He collaborated with John Oliver on several projects, including the radio show *The Department* and the satirical comedy podcast *The Bugle*, which he co-hosted from 2007. After Oliver’s departure in 2016, Zaltzman continued the podcast with a rotating cast of co-hosts, maintaining its independent status and relying on listener support.
Beyond live performance and podcasting, Zaltzman has established himself in broadcast media. He has contributed extensively to BBC Radio 4, hosting shows like *Andy Zaltzman’s History of the Third Millennium* and *Empire-ical Evidence*. Since 2016, he has been a statistician for BBC Radio’s *Test Match Special* cricket commentaries. In 2020, he took on the role of presenter for Radio 4’s *The News Quiz*, becoming its permanent chair in 2021. His television appearances include *The Weekly with Charlie Pickering* on ABC Television in Australia since 2015, and he won the eighteenth series of *Taskmaster* in November 2024, demonstrating his comedic versatility.
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