Alfie
Packham
Standup and comedy writer
Comedy
Alfie performs at comedy clubs and festivals across the UK. He also hosts the award-winning Comedy Bandits show in Clapham.
Alfie is a 3x BBC New Comedy Award nominee, won the 2022 Max Turner Prize, and was a finalist for many other new act awards including the Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and the Komedia New Comedy Award.
He is also a regular writer for BBC Radio 4, The Guardian and The Observer.
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Here is a recent BBC set:
Shows
Alfie is a resident MC at Comedy Bandits, which happens every Wednesday and Thursday at The Railway Tavern in Clapham. It features a mix of new and pro acts trying jokes out in a fun and laid-back way. You can book tickets here.
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Alfie performed his debut hour at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2024. He is now taking the show to London - you can get tickets here.
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★★★★ ThreeWeeks Edinburgh
★★★★ West End Best Friend
★★★★ Phoenix Remix
★★★★ EdFringe Review
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Gun and Wand: The Official Companion Podcast
Alfie is co-creator and writer of Gun and Wand: The Official Companion Podcast. It is literally the only podcast about the new gangster-fantasy TV drama Gun and Wand, now streaming on BHO.
Join host Alfie and producer Caroline as they delve behind the scenes with cast interviews, episode breakdowns, and discussions of lore, magic, and nude wizard scenes. Subscribe on Spotify or Apple
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'I lost it... extremely good fun and you'll whiz through the series in a heartbeat.'
- Zoe Paskett, comedy reviewer
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Journalism
Alfie has written for The Guardian since 2016. He was a commissioning editor on the education desk before joining the 'community' team in early 2021, where his job is to interview interesting people and to edit content sent in by readers.
He also writes features for other sections of the paper.
