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Josh Widdicombe

Josh Widdicombe

Josh Widdicombe began his stand-up career in 2008 after working as a journalist and football reporter and became a finalist in So You Think You're Funny? a few months after he started stand-up.

Widdicombe gained prominence through regular appearances on comedy panel shows including Mock the Week, The Last Leg, and Would I Lie to You? In 2012, he won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer.

He co-created and starred in the semi-autobiographical BBC Three sitcom Josh, which ran for three series from 2014 to 2017. Since 2014, he has co-hosted the podcast Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett, which has achieved significant commercial success.

In 2019, he married television producer Rose Hanson, with whom he has two children.

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Parenting Hell becomes UK's No1 comedy podcast

Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe topple Off Menu

Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe has become the UK’s most listened-to comedy podcast.

Analysis by Edison Research puts the show at No13 in the top shows in the first quarter of 2026, rising one place from the last quarter of 2025. The show 

Confirmation that Widdicombe will be one of the hosts of Strictly Come Dancing from the autumn, with the subsequent rise in his profile, is likely to boost the podcast’s audience further.

The previous top-rated comedy podcast, Off Menu with James Acaster and Ed Gamble, fell from No8 last quarter to take No15 now.

Shagged Married Annoyed with Chris and Rosie Ramsey fell from No9 to No19.

The top four shows overall remain the same as at the end of last year, with The Joe Rogan Experience leading over The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, The Rest Is Politics andThe Rest Is History.

Edison does not publicly release the numbers of listeners to each show, with figures compiled from a sample similar to the way TV ratings are calculated. 

Two BBC news podcasts hit a record high. Newscast breaks into the top five and Americast into the top ten (at No9).  Meanwhile, Zoe Science & Nutrition climbed 86 ranks to enter the top 25 for the first time. 

See the full top 25 chart here.

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Published: 27 May 2026

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Products

Book (2021)
Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...: How ’90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me For Life y Josh Widdicombe

DVD (2016)
Josh Widdicombe: What Do I Do Now?

DVD (2013)
Josh Widdicombe Live

DVD (2013)
Channel 4 Comedy Gala 2013

Past Shows

Edinburgh Fringe 2008

So You Think You're Funny [2008]


Edinburgh Fringe 2009

Acaster, Helm and Widdicombe - Live at The Voodoo Bar


Edinburgh Fringe 2010

Amusements

Comedy Zone 2010


Edinburgh Fringe 2011

Josh Widdicombe: If This Show Saves One Life...


Edinburgh Fringe 2012

Comedy Gala 2012: In Aid of Waverley Care

Josh Widdicombe: Further Adventures Of


Edinburgh Fringe 2013

Josh Widdicombe: Incidentally...


Edinburgh Fringe 2014

Josh Widdicombe's XFM Show Live!


Edinburgh Fringe 2015

Josh Widdicombe's XFM Show Live!


Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Josh Widdicombe: Work in Progress

Josh Widdicombe: Work in Progress


Tour

2018 - Josh Widdicombe - Bit Much...

2025 - Josh Widdicombe: Not My Cup of Tea

2014 - Josh Widdicombe: What Do I Do Now…


Agent

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