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Colin Hoult

Colin Hoult

Colin Hoult was nominated for the best show in the 2022 Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards for his alter-ego Anna Mann, an enthusiastic middle-aged actress.

He was previously nominated for best sketch or character act at the 2010 Chortle awards.

On TV, he played Ken Otley in Ricky Gervais’s After Life, with other credits including Black Ops, Amadeus and Brassic.

He was formerly one half of the double act Colin and Fergus (with Fergus Craig), who performed three shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and won a Writer's Guild Award

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New images from Josh Pugh's Stepping Up

As Colin Hoult joins the cast

Channel 4 has released new images from Stepping Up, the forthcoming sitcom written by and starring Josh Pugh.

It has also been announced that character comedian Colin Hoult, who has appeared in After Life and Black Ops, will be taking a guest role.

Hoult and Pugh in Stepping Up

In the show, Pugh plays Josh, a stepdad determined to prove himself to everyone around him.

As previously announced Denise Welch, from Waterloo Road and Benidorm, plays his mum Sue, and Sophia Di Martino, who has appeared in Loki and Flowers, plays his partner Becky.

Stepping Up - trio in restaurant

Tom Hanson, of Brassic, plays Becky's ex-husband Sean, and Lucia Keskin, from Things You Should Have Done, plays Josh's friend Kelcie.

Lucia in Stepping Up

The series is filmed in the West Midlands and will run for six half-hour episodes.

Stepping Up

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Published: 7 Oct 2026

Products

DVD (2018)
Anna Mann: A Sketch Show for Depressives

Past Shows

Edinburgh Fringe 2004

Colin & Fergus


Edinburgh Fringe 2005

Colin & Fergus


Edinburgh Fringe 2006

Colin & Fergus: Rutherford Lodge


Edinburgh Fringe 2008

Zimbani


Edinburgh Fringe 2009

Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters

Stand Up For Freedom [2009]


Edinburgh Fringe 2010

Colin Hoult: Enemy Of The World


Edinburgh Fringe 2011

Colin Hoult's Inferno


Edinburgh Fringe 2013

Colin Hoult: Characthorse


Edinburgh Fringe 2016

Colin Hoult Anna Mann: A Sketch Show for Depressives


Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Colin Hoult Anna Mann in How We Stop the Fascists


Edinburgh Fringe 2022

Colin Hoult: The Death of Anna Mann


Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Colin Hoult: Colin


Tour

2021 - Colin Hoult: The Death Of Anna Mann


Agent

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