Adam Bloom (born 8 December 1970) is a British comedian and writer. He has played The

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for many years, once winning The Edinburgh Festival Polygram Punter Comedy Award. In 1998 he won The Time Out Comedy Award for Best Stand-Up. He appeared at The

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1999 and 2000, winning a Stella Artois award for the former appearance.

Radio and television appearances

Bloom was a guest on

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'' Episode 12 of Season 8 13 April 2000 broadcast on Channel 31 Melbourne. He has also appeared on ''

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'' and The Young Person's Guide To Becoming a Rockstar. Bloom wrote and starred in the

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show ''The Problem with Adam Bloom'' which ran for three series (2003–2005).Source: http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/a/48/adam_bloom In 1999

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commissioned 'Beyond a Joke', Bloom's own half-hour special, a mockumentary about a comedian's life off-stage.

Notable works

MP3 Recording * '' Stand Up Great Britain'' * '' Adam Bloom Live'' Adam performed at the ‘Just For Laughs’ comedy festival in Montreal in 1998, 2001, 2005 & 2013, recording TV galas in 2001 & 2005 which were broadcast in several counties around The World. He was also part of the ‘2004 Just Laughs Tour’ performing to 42,000 people in 17 cities across Canada. In 2011 Adam provided additional material for The Antics Roadshow, a 48-minute TV documentary directed by Banksy. On 11 September 2015 he performed at the comedy stage at Banksy's Dismaland, the art exhibition in Weston-Super-Mare. In November 2019 he was asked to be the sole judge of Banksy's 'Gross Domestic Product' competition where Adam got to choose which of hundreds of thousands of entrants from over 200 countries won the chance to buy original Banksy art at affordable prices ranging from signed spray cans to the bullet-proof vest worn by Stormzy at Glastonbury Festival.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloom, Adam Living people English male comedians 1970 births 20th-century English comedians 21st-century English comedians People from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames