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Jeremy Lion
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Justin Edwards (actor).
Live comedy
Edwards won the Perrier Award (Best Newcomer) at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a member of the sketch trio The Consultants, alongside Neil Edmond and James Rawlings. They went on to write and record four series for BBC Radio 4. As booze-sodden children's entertainer Jeremy Lion he performed four acclaimed live shows at the Edinburgh Festival and Melbourne Comedy Festival, and was nominated four years running for the Chortle Awards as best character act, winning in 2006 and 2004. He was nominated for the Perrier Award in 2005 and 2006 he had a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival with his one-man musical show Unaccompanied As I Am.