Ed Gamble
Gamble performing a live show of Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster at Royal Albert Hall in October 2023
Birth nameEdward Stephenson Gamble
Born (1986-03-11) 11 March 1986 (age 37)
Hammersmith, London, England
MediumStand-up comedian, podcast host
EducationKing's College School
Alma materDurham University
Spouse
Charlie Jamison
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(m. 2021)​
Websiteedgamble.co.uk

Edward Stephenson Jamison Gamble[1][2] (born 11 March 1986) is an English comedian, known for co-presenting The Peacock and Gamble Podcast and his regular appearances on Mock the Week. He studied at Durham University, where he began his comedy career performing with the Durham Revue,[3] and was a finalist in the 2007 Chortle Student Comedy Awards.[4]

Early life

Gamble was brought up in southwest London.[5] He was educated at King's College School, a private day school for boys in Wimbledon.[6] He attended Durham University, where he studied philosophy and met fellow comedians Nish Kumar, Nick Mohammed and Tom Neenan.[3][7] He was a member of Hatfield College.[8]

Career

Gamble's early work was alongside Ray Peacock, with whom he presented two different series of podcasts, totalling over 100 episodes. He also appeared on television, performing a 15-minute set on the extended version of Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three in late 2010. He performed with Peacock at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2011, 2012 and 2013, as well as supporting Greg Davies on his successful Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog Tour in 2011. Gamble also recorded a series of radio shows with Peacock on FUBAR Radio.

In 2014, Gamble debuted solo at Edinburgh Fringe with the show Gambletron 5000, returning in 2015 with Lawman and in 2016 with Stampede. His stand-up performances contain much observational comedy, often aimed at himself, including discussion of his Type 1 diabetes, which he was diagnosed with as a teenager; he chose that as the central topic of his 2018 Edinburgh Fringe show Blizzard[9] and his Amazon special Blood Sugar.

Gamble was a regular panellist on the BBC panel show Mock the Week from July 2015. In the same year, he appeared with Amy Hoggart in Almost Royal, a faux-reality show on BBC America, where the two portrayed siblings Georgie and Poppy Carlton. The show was shown on E4 in the UK and was followed by a second series in 2016. He guest-hosted the Elis James and John Robins Show on Radio X in 2017 and 2018. Since 2018, Gamble has presented the podcast Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster with fellow comedian James Acaster as well as a weekly Radio X show with Matthew Crosby since 2019.

Gamble won the ninth series of Taskmaster in 2019.[10] In 2022, Gamble featured in the second "Champions of Champions" special with fellow winners from series six to ten: Liza Tarbuck, Kerry Godliman, Lou Sanders and Richard Herring. He finished in last place.[11] In October 2020, Gamble began presenting Taskmaster The Podcast, the official podcast companion to the TV show, following the series' move to Channel 4 from Dave.[12] In 2023, Gamble hosted a non-broadcast pilot of Foodmaster, a food-themed spin-off of Taskmaster.[13]

In 2020, Gamble narrated adverts for second hand car website Cazoo.[citation needed]

In 2020, Gamble was a guest judge on Great British Menu and, in February 2022, he became one of the judges for Series 17.[14]

In May 2022, Gamble was announced as one of six rotating co-hosts joining Alexander Armstrong on Pointless to replace Richard Osman, alongside Sally Lindsay, Konnie Huq, Lauren Laverne, Alex Brooker and Stephen Mangan.[15]

Gamble appeared with Acaster on the fifth series of Celebrity Hunted (2023), which tasked participants with evading "Hunters" around the UK for a fortnight. During their appearance they ate in a Michelin starred restaurant,[16] called into Gamble's Radio X programme,[17] and released a video mocking the Hunters.[18] Acaster also gave Gamble a tattoo.[19] Gamble escaped after Acaster goaded the Hunters to the Taskmaster house and squirted them with a water gun. Gamble met with his wife and hid in a brewery and a climbing centre, but was caught soon after.[20][21]

In October 2023, Gamble published his debut book, titled Glutton: The Multi-Course Life Of A Very Greedy Boy, an autobiography focused through his lifelong obsession with food.[13][22]

In January 2024 he hosted The Traitors: Uncloaked which was a visual podcast that accompanied the 2nd series of The Traitors.

Personal life

Gamble has Type 1 diabetes, which he has addressed as part of his performances.[9][23]

Gamble married TV producer Charlie Jamison on 9 September 2021, after postponing three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24][25] The couple have been together since 2011.[26]

References

  1. ^ "Ed Gamble Interview". 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "BLOOD SUGAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
  3. ^ a b Dipper, Andrew (16 March 2013). "Interview: Peacock & Gamble". Giggle Beats. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Ed Gamble, comedian tour dates". Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide.
  5. ^ "London the Inside - LDNER #182 Ed Gamble". 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. ^ Jones, Alice. "Ed Gamble: From podcast star to Pointless host as the new Richard Osman".
  7. ^ "Interview with Ed Gamble". Voice Magazine. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Ed Gamble: From Hatfield to Hammersmith Apollo". Palatinate Online. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  9. ^ a b Woodfield, Jack (2 August 2018). "Type 1 diabetes shows to hit Edinburgh Fringe Festival". Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  10. ^ Debnath, Neela (6 September 2019). "Taskmaster Series 9 contestants". Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  11. ^ Sarrubba, Stefania (23 June 2022). "Taskmaster: Champion of Champions star makes surprising decision over trophy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Official Taskmaster podcast to dissect the antics of series 10 on Channel 4". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  13. ^ a b Richardson, Jay (11 July 2023). "Ed Gamble pilots culinary Taskmaster spin-off Foodmaster". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  14. ^ Calman-Grimsdale, Lawrence (24 February 2022). "Great British Menu 2022: Who are the chefs this year?". SquareMeal. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  15. ^ Manning, Charlotte. "Richard Osman: Pointless star's replacements confirmed by BBC". Metro News. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Off Menu and off grid: James Acaster and Ed Gamble are Hunted". Chortle. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  17. ^ "James Acaster and Ed Gamble take part in Celebrity Hunted". Chortle. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Ed Gamble and James Acaster mock Channel 4's Hunted team with green screen". Radio X. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Celebrity Hunted: James Acaster gives Ed Gamble a tattoo 'to commemorate being on the run'". Virgin Radio. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  20. ^ Chase, Stephanie (19 April 2023). "Celebrity Hunted eliminates two more stars". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  21. ^ "Celebrity Hunted sees two more stars captured". Virgin Radio. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  22. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Ed Gamble writes his first book : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  23. ^ Packer, Amy (10 June 2019). "Comedian Ed Gamble reveals having a cold gave him diabetes at age of 13". mirror. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  24. ^ "You'll Do, Marriage with Ed Gamble and Charlie Jamison". BBC Sounds. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  25. ^ "Ed Gamble finally marries after postponing wedding three times". Evening Standard. 10 September 2021.
  26. ^ "Ed Gamble: 'Terrifying ego and an astonishing lack of self-esteem got me into comedy'". the Guardian. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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