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Mitch Benn started his career in Edinburgh in 1994, and was voted best new comic at the 1995 Glastonbury festival; scooping the Comedian Of The Year at The Leicester Comedy Festival three years later.

He's now an established face on the comedy circuit, a regular on both Radio 4's Now Show and Radio 2's It's Been A Bad Week, and star of his own Radio 4 series Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music, which he performed with his regular backing band, The Distractions (Kirsty Newton on bass and keyboards and Tash Baylis on drums and percussion).

He has performed hour-long shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1997, 1998 and 1999, in the revue show The Bootleg Bootleg Beatles in 1998 and the showcase Carlton Comedy Warehouse in 1999, which the subject of a documentary series for Carlton TV.

He returned with the Distractions in 2003, and they released their debut single, Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now in 2005.

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Sad to say he's just boring and old hat. His songs are not very funny.

not funny, July 2011

Not funny at all anymore, "punch lines" too few and far between for the 3 mins song to be worth listening too.

lolo, June 2011

His attempt to turn tTitter to his bank account's advantage smack of desperation, as do the jokes in his Twitter 'History' book - an entire lift, almost, of 'The Wastepaper Basket Diaries'. What a careerist, uninspiring comic he truly his.

Mandy Allan, January 2010

I just don't think he's very funny. His songs are the lowlights of the (already pretty smug and unfunny) Now Show on Radio 4. His parodies of different styles are clever. His jokes are not.

Matt M, January 2008

Seen him several times now and his songs are funny and clever and after introducing him to several friends I am smug in the fact that they loved him too! keep rocking the house!

Sp, February 2007

Saw him at our Student Union in Aberystwyth after listening to many, many hours of his material on Radio4. And after delighting the crowd with a song about our very town, he proceeded to absolutely rock the joint. We were still grinning with mirth afterwards. A class act, to say the least. Go and see this man. Gold!

Benita, December 2006

Have been a dedicated Mitch fan for years now. Finally got to see him live last year at the Comedy Club in Bristol. He's a complete genius & his songs are so cleverly written and sung. Rock on, mate

Em, July 2006

If he hates James Blunt and boy bands why give them publicity by singing about them? An absolutely awful act with contrived material

Rich Dudley, June 2006

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