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Ian Stone is a British stand-up comedian, broadcaster and writer notable for appearing as a guest on shows such as the comedy panel show '' Mock the Week''. Stone was also a regular guest on BBC Radio 5's '' Fighting Talk''. His book about following The Jam and growing up in London in the late 1970s was published by Unbound in June 2020.


Career

Stone began his career as a stand-up comedian in 1991. He first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996, in a tour controversially called, ''A Little Piece of Kike''.Gibbons, Fiachra (2000)
Festival joke on Holocaust provokes outrage
, '' The Guardian'', 10 August 2000, retrieved 2011-08-16
Stone later appeared on several television shows, including '' The 11 O'Clock Show'', '' The Late Edition'', '' Never Mind The Buzzcocks'' and '' Mock the Week''. In 2013 Stone began presenting 'Off the Ball' a weekly comedy football show on ESPN with Bob Mills. This format was transferred to BT Sport in time for the 2014 World Cup and renamed
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. Stone was also co-host on 'Rock and Roll Football' on
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with Ian Wright for five years. The show won a Sony silver award for best sports programme in 2012. Stone currently presents a regular weekday breakfast radio show from 6.30am until 10.30am on Love Sport Radio in London. He is also a regular contributor to the recently relaunched
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podcast, The Tuesday Club, alongside host Alan Davies and the Handbrake Off podcast for The Athletic.


References

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