Colin Owens first tried comedy in March 2005, after his wife and mother brought him a place on a comedy course for a Christmas gift.
With just a few gigs to his name he won a Comedy Idol talent contest run by Jimmy Carr as an extra on one of his stand-up DVDs, and got to appear at Bloomsbury Theatre, as Carr's support act.
In 2006, he was part of the Big Value Comedy line-up at the Edinburgh Fringe
Buddy Hell, Colin Owens, Ash Wood, David Trent, Onkar Singh, Darius Davies, Rupert Majendie, Ben Briggs, Ed Wilkinson, MCs Anthony Miller and Jimbo and live music from Al Mandolino