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Kevin Andrew Bridges (born 13 November 1986) is a Scottish stand-up comedian. His 2012 television series '' Kevin Bridges: What's the Story?'' was based on his stand-up routines. He has appeared on many television panel shows including '' Would I Lie to You?'', '' Have I Got News for You'' and has performed on '' Live at the Apollo'' and ''
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''.


Career


Stand-up

Bridges began performing on stage when he left school shortly after turning 17, doing stand-up comedy gigs at
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in Glasgow and then throughout the UK. Bridges said he was inspired to try stand up after reading
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's autobiography. At 18, he reached the final of Channel 5's ''So You Think You're Funny'' competition at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2006, Bridges performed his first full-length solo show at the
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, to a sold-out audience and much critical acclaim. Moving into bigger venues every year, Bridges sold out his hometown festival in 2007, 2008 and 2009. He performed at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Bridges appeared on ''
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'' on the
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, where he performed at the
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. Bridges returned to the
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in 2009 with his show 'An Hour to Sing For Your Soul'. He was nominated for best newcomer in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. In 2010, Bridges took part in ''
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'', a
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held in aid of
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, filmed live at the
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in London. Bridges won the breakthrough award at the 2010 Chortle Awards. His debut DVD, titled ''Kevin Bridges: The Story So Far... Live in Glasgow'', filmed at
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's SECC, was released on 22 November 2010, and went on to sell over 350,000 copies. In 2012, Bridges embarked on his second stand-up tour of the UK, The Story Continues. The tour broke box office records, selling out the SECC five times and selling over 45,000 tickets on the first day. Bridges would perform 136 dates during the tour included ten sell out shows at the SECC in Glasgow. His second DVD, titled ''The Story Continues...'' was released on 12 November 2012. In 2015, Bridges embarked on his third stand-up tour of the UK, A Whole Different Story. The tour saw Bridges sell over 500,000 tickets across 145 dates including 16 sell out shows at
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in his home city of Glasgow. During which he recorded his third DVD which went on to sell over 300,000 copies. Including 40,000 during its first week on sale outselling fellow comedians
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and
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. Bridges became disillusioned with stand-up after his 145 night tour in 2015. After having a chat with his dad, he decided to take a break from performing. During his time in
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, he cleared his head and was inspired by the freedom he had to return to stand-up. When Bridges returned from Spain, he did "three or four" unannounced work-in-progress gigs to test out his new material. After over a year away from stand-up, Bridges returned in 2018 with his Brand New Tour which included a record 19 sold out nights at The Hydro. Bridges was awarded the 'Gie it Laldy' award by the CEO of the Scottish Event Campus, in recognition for playing forty-six shows across the SEC Centre and The Hydro. He has also sold more tickets for the Scottish Event Campus than any other solo artist. His Brand New Tour was also voted the UK's Ticket of The Year in a poll conducted by
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. Bridges is the first comedian to top the annual poll voted for by Ticketmaster customers.


Television

Bridges' television career started on
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, in April 2008, with a set on ''The World Stands Up''. Shortly thereafter, he appeared on ''
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'' (also on Comedy Central). His performances on these shows and on the comedy circuit and at festivals led to his being given his first mainstream TV break on 5 June 2009 on
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''. Bridges was critically commended for his performance. Over 5 million viewers saw his debut and his entire 25-night run at the
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sold out in hours, with extra shows being subsequently added and also selling out. Bridges went on to be nominated for the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Awards (formerly Perrier) in the best newcomer category. His TV work since then has included
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One's '' Live at the Apollo'' and also a "Best of British Special" ( Episode 7 of the 8th series) of ''
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'', in July 2009. He also appeared in BBC 2 Scotland's '' Gary: Tank Commander'' (episode 6). Bridges appeared in ''
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'' in the first episode of the new series in 2010, on ''
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'' in February 2010, and has appeared twice in '' Would I Lie To You?''. He was a guest on the BBC One show ''
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'' on 28 May 2010. Since June 2010, Bridges is a regular performer on Channel 4's '' Stand Up for the Week''. His six-part BBC One series, '' Kevin Bridges: What's the Story?'', began on 8 February 2012. Bridges was asked to appear in '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here'', but turned it down. In 2014 BBC One commissioned three specials hosted by Bridges. ''Live At The Commonwealth'', filmed at the Glasgow's Theatre Royal to coincide with the city hosting the
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, featured internationally renowned comedians from the Commonwealth. ''Live At The Referendum'', also filmed at the Theatre Royal, brought together four of the UK's top comedians to give their views on the
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. In the third special, ''Kevin Bridges: What's The Story – Referendum Special'', Bridges took to the streets gathering grassroots opinions from across Scotland and beyond about the referendum.


Radio

On 6 March 2010, Bridges took part in the
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show ''
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'', where he came second behind Greg Brady, becoming the youngest person ever to appear on the show at the time (a record since broken by fellow comedian
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). In November 2010, he was also a contestant on BBC Radio 4's '' The Unbelievable Truth''.


Personal life

Bridges is the son of Andy and Patricia Bridges and has a brother, John, who is ten years older. Kevin married his wife Kerry Monaghan in 2019. He grew up in the
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area of
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and attended St Mary's Primary and St Columba's High. In December of 2022, Bridges announced the birth of his first child, a son named Liam, born in May of that year.


Filmography


Stand-up DVDs


Awards and nominations

, - ! scope="row" , 2012 , '' Kevin Bridges: What's the Story?'' , Best Writer ,


Bibliography


Non-fiction

*''We Need to Talk About . . . Kevin Bridges'' (Penguin, 2014)


Novels

*''The Black Dog'' (Wildfire, 2022)


References


External links

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