36-407: (Redirected from Zaltzman ) Zaltzman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andy Zaltzman (born 1974), British comedian and author Helen Zaltzman (born 1980), English podcaster, broadcaster, and writer See also [ edit ] Zaltman Saltman (surname) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
72-517: A comic look at the 2009 Ashes . Zaltzman presented his own four-part BBC Radio 4 programme in December 2009 entitled Andy Zaltzman's History of the Third Millennium, Series 1 of 100 . Also featuring Rory Bremner and Bridget Christie , the show contained stand-up and sketches focusing on the last 10 years. Zaltzman was a regular co-host, along with comedians Al Murray and Rebecca Front , of
108-465: A famous piece of commentary by Richie Benaud , where he described a shot by Ian Botham during his innings at the third Ashes Test Match at Headingley , in 1981 as having "gone straight into the Confectionery Stall and out again". Alongside Jarrod Kimber, he hosts a podcast on cricket known as The Cricket Sadist Hour . Zaltzman's blog covered the 2011 World Cup for Cricinfo, supported by
144-754: A number of podcasts. Zaltzman has also appeared on the internet radio site Guerilla Cricket , and has played for the Authors XI cricket team. Zaltzman was the statistician on Test Match Special for the three-match Wisden Trophy series between England and West Indies in July 2020 and between England and Pakistan a month later. Whilst travelling to cover England's tour of Pakistan for Test Match Special in October 2024 he travelled with equipment for England wicket keeper Jamie Smith whose wicket keeping pads had not arrived in time for him before travelling. Zaltzman's wife
180-509: A number of projects; these include Transatlantic , a US election special for BBC Radio 4 , and several series of Bremner, Bird and Fortune . In June 2007, BBC2 's The Culture Show commissioned Zaltzman and John Oliver to write a mock farewell speech for departing Prime Minister Tony Blair . The speech was then animated by Triffic Films, with the voice of Blair played by Bremner. In November 2008 his first book, entitled Does Anything Eat Bankers?: And 53 Other Indispensable Questions for
216-758: A podcast published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . In 2017 he wrote and performed a three-part series on ancient philosophy including Stoicism , Epicureanism and Cynicism for BBC Radio 4 . In 2018, along with comedian and occasional The Bugle co-host Anuvab Pal , he wrote and performed in Empire-ical Evidence , a look at the rise and fall of the British Empire produced for BBC Radio 4 . Having hosted one of three series of The News Quiz , sharing duties with Angela Barnes and Nish Kumar in 2020. Zaltzman has been
252-600: A weekly satirical comedy podcast , since 2007. From October 2007 until June 2016, the podcast was hosted by Zaltzman with John Oliver . In June 2016, Oliver left the show because of other commitments. The show was officially relaunched on 24 October 2016. Producer Chris Skinner remained on the show along with Zaltzman and a rotating group of co-hosts. The first set of new co-hosts included Wyatt Cenac (US), Hari Kondabolu (US), Tiff Stevenson (UK), Nish Kumar (UK), Alice Fraser (Australia), Anuvab Pal (India), Tom Ballard (Australia) and Helen Zaltzman (UK). The Bugle
288-447: Is a barrister and they have two children, a daughter born January 2007 and a son born December 2008. Zaltzman delivered his son at home when his wife went into labour suddenly. His sister Helen Zaltzman is a comedian and podcaster. He has played club cricket for Penshurst Park Cricket Club near Tonbridge in Kent. Perrier Comedy Award The Edinburgh Comedy Awards (formerly
324-455: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Andy Zaltzman Andrew Zaltzman (born 6 October 1974) is a British comedian who largely deals in political and sport-related material. He has worked with John Oliver , with their work together including Political Animal , The Department and The Bugle . Since 2016 he has been a statistician for BBC Radio 's Test Match Special cricket commentaries, and since 2020
360-561: Is £5,000. Newcomers are eligible for the Best Comedy Show Award, but no act is allowed to appear on both shortlists in the same year. A further prize, the Panel Prize , was inaugurated in 2006. All shows are eligible, and the award may not be awarded at all, if the panel so choose. This happened in 2017, when for the first time there were joint winners of the main prize. Previously, in 2008, it had been awarded to "every comedian on
396-758: The Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the first time in April 2007, winning the coveted Piece of Wood Award , given to the best show as voted for by other comedians. In 2011 Zaltzman appeared as a guest stand-up comic on Russell Howard's Good News Extra . In 2013 he also contributed a review of that year's World Snooker Championship to BBC Television's regular coverage of the event. Since mid-2014 Zaltzman has toured Satirist for Hire , where questions and comments are solicited from potential or confirmed audiences (usually via email or social media) before performing at venues, giving parts of
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#1732885041817432-646: The Perrier Comedy Awards , and also briefly known by other names for sponsorship reasons) are presented to the comedy shows deemed to have been the best at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland . Established in 1981, they are the most prestigious comedy prize in the United Kingdom . The awards have been directed and produced by Nica Burns since 1984. The main prize, which was for many years
468-423: The surname Zaltzman . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zaltzman_(surname)&oldid=1104306729 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
504-463: The "most outstanding revue", thus overlooking stand-up, which was beginning to emerge as a force due to the influence of the alternative comedy scene. The inaugural award and £1,000 prize was presented to the Cambridge Footlights , a cast that included Stephen Fry , Emma Thompson , Hugh Laurie and Tony Slattery . Their show, entitled The Cellar Tapes played at St Mary Street Hall and
540-512: The Credit Crunched , was published. Zaltzman played the host of The Bug podcast in 2020's Watch Dogs: Legion , alongside his Bugle co-host Alice Fraser. The show is highly satirical and takes direct inspiration from The Bugle in its approach and delivery. Zaltzman is a huge fan of cricket and in November 2008 began a regular blog for Cricinfo , named "The Confectionery Stall" after
576-458: The Dog of Doom received a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Perrier Comedy Awards in 2001 . At the 2004 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Zaltzman began – initially with John Oliver – hosting Political Animal , a stand-up show in which different acts perform political-themed material; Zaltzman has hosted solo since 2006 . Political Animal later transferred to BBC Radio 4 . Zaltzman performed at
612-566: The Fringe". Like Best Newcomer, the Panel Prize winner receives a cash prize of £5,000. The original award was created by Perrier in 1981 as a way of supporting young talent. Prior to this, there had been no award recognition for comedy shows on the Fringe. The Scotsman had introduced Fringe Firsts in 1973 for theatre. However, revues, then the dominant type of comedy at the Fringe, were excluded. The first Perrier in fact advertised itself as for
648-644: The Perrier Comedy Awards. Sponsorship then passed to the Scottish-based bank Intelligent Finance and for 2006, the first year of their involvement, the awards were known as the if.comeddies , changing to the if.comedy awards for 2007 and 2008. In March 2009 Intelligent Finance announced it would not be renewing its sponsorship deal. The 2009 awards were known as the Edinburgh Comedy Award, sponsored by AbsoluteRadio.co.uk . From 2010 until 2015
684-459: The Week panellist Chris Addison . Australian Comedian Brendon Burns has said that he is "arguably the least successful winner" of the award. A stand-up first won the award in 1987. Sean Hughes was the youngest winner of the award, at the age of 24 in 1990. A Best Newcomer Award was added in 1992, won by Harry Hill , and in 2006 the inaugural Panel Prize was won by Mark Watson . The panel prize
720-628: The awards taken up by some Fringe venues and performers, including former winners Emma Thompson , Steve Coogan , Stewart Lee and Rob Newman , led a campaign of protest against the award, beginning in 2001, called Baby Milk Action . The Nestlé boycott also led to the alternative Tap Water Awards which ran from 2001 to 2006, and aimed to promote access to safe supplies of drinking water and sanitation in developing countries; these awards were suspended for 2007 due to "having beaten Nestlé". Multiple winners were chosen each year, including established comedians like Stewart Lee and Robert Newman , and, in
756-598: The awards were sponsored by Foster's Lager . From 2016 the awards have been sponsored by lastminute.com until 2019 when Dave began to sponsor the awards. For 2023, each award currently has a separate sponsor, being sponsored by Sky TV , DLT Entertainment and The Victoria Wood Foundation, respectively. 2024 saw DLT Entertainment expand its sponsorship to include both the DLT Entertainment Newcomer Award as well as The Don and Eleanor Taffner Best Comedy Show. In order to avoid confusion due to
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#1732885041817792-490: The effect of the award on their careers may be exaggerated. Nonetheless, the 1981 Award retains symbolic power for new comedians wanting to find fame at the Fringe. Many other award winners and nominees have gone on to forge successful careers in comedy and the media industry including Lee Evans , Milton Jones , Garth Marenghi's Darkplace creators Richard Ayoade and Matt Holness , double act Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller , QI panellist Alan Davies and Mock
828-526: The first comedian to win Best Newcomer and Best Comedy Show in consecutive years. In the same year, James Meehan was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award with Gein's Family Giftshop, while winning the panel prize with Funz and Gamez. In 2017, for the first time, two awards were given for Best Show ( John Robins and Hannah Gadsby ). No panel prize was awarded in 2017. In 2018, Rose Matafeo became
864-482: The first non-white comedian to win Best Comedy Show for a solo show, and the first New Zealander to win the award. Only four other female solo stand-up comedians had won the award before her: Jenny Eclair (1995), Laura Solon (2005), Bridget Christie (2013), and Hannah Gadsby (2017). In 2022, Amy Gledhill was nominated for best newcomer as a solo act, and best show as part of The Delightful Sausage . She
900-515: The frequency of name changes, past winners are now often said to have won "the Eddie", a popular colloquial term for the award, rather than referring to a specific year's sponsor. In 1995, Perrier was bought by Nestlé , the subject of a long-running boycott based on alleged violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes , leading to calls to boycott or to eliminate
936-460: The only prize, and is now known as The Donald and Eleanor Taffner Best Comedy Show , is awarded "for the funniest, most outstanding, up-and-coming comic / comedy show / act" at the Fringe. The winner receives a cash prize of £10,000. The DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer Award category was introduced in 1992 for Harry Hill, and is given to the best "performer or act who is performing their first full-length show (50 minutes or more)". The prize
972-481: The permanent chair since 2021, with the exception of 2024 where he shared hosting duties with comics including Geoff Norcott due to cricket broadcasting duties. On 5 January 2024 Zaltzman was the winner of BBC's Celebrity Mastermind with a specialist subject of Auguste Rodin . In November 2024 Zaltzman won the eighteenth series of Taskmaster , beating Babatunde Aléshé , Emma Sidi , Jack Dee and Rosie Jones . Zaltzman has worked with Rory Bremner on
1008-633: The presenter of Radio 4 's The News Quiz . On television, in 2024, he won the eighteenth series of Taskmaster against Babatunde Aléshé , Emma Sidi , Jack Dee , and Rosie Jones . Born in Hammersmith , west London, Zaltzman is of Lithuanian-Jewish ancestry. He is the son of South African sculptor Zack Zaltzman and is the older brother of Helen Zaltzman , of The Allusionist and Answer Me This! podcasts. From his prep school , Holmewood House School in Langton Green , Kent, he then attended
1044-513: The private Tonbridge School . He graduated in Classics at University College, Oxford . While at university, Zaltzman was sports editor for The Oxford Student . Zaltzman first performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1999, when he was a finalist in the prestigious So You Think You're Funny new act competition along with Josie Long , Russell Howard and David O'Doherty . His debut full-length Edinburgh Fringe show Andy Zaltzman versus
1080-455: The satirical news programme 7 Day Sunday (also broadcast as 7 Day Saturday ). The show had been running on BBC Radio 5 Live since starting in January 2010. Zaltzman is also an occasional guest on the online cricket radio commentary station Test Match Sofa and on Talksport 's cricket show Howzat . More recently he has appeared on Test Match Sofa' s successor www.guerillacricket.com and
1116-492: The show a constantly evolving order and structure. In December 2014, Zaltzman performed at the Lord's Taverners charity Christmas lunch. Zaltzman and John Oliver gained their first big break when they teamed up with Chris Addison on The Department , a short-running radio show based on the premise that Chris, Andy and John, were a three-man organisation brainstorming to solve society's problems. Zaltzman has co-hosted The Bugle ,
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1152-632: Was an occasional member of the team when they broadcast the programme from a central London sports bar for the 2015 Ashes. He has appeared on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering on ABC Television in Australia since 2015. In 2016 Zaltzman became the scorer for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 on the Sri Lankan tour of England. From 10 June 2016, he hosted Zaltzman's Summer of Sport podcast published by The Guardian . From 17 November 2017, he co-hosted The Urnbelievable Ashes with Felicity Ward ,
1188-423: Was awarded to 'all performers' in 2008, and the £4,000 prize money was put behind their bar at the end of August party. 2013 was the first year that all three awards went to shows in independent venues outside the so-called 'big four'. John Kearns (PBH) won Best Newcomer, Bridget Christie (The Stand) won Best Show and Adrienne Truscott (Heroes @ Bob's Bookshop) won the panel prize. In 2014, John Kearns became
1224-486: Was hosted by The Times until December 2011 and the podcast has since been independent, relying upon listeners' contributions to continue. In 2016 the podcast relaunched and became a member of the Radiotopia podcast network. In December 2018 it was announced that The Bugle would be leaving Radiotopia. In July 2009 Zaltzman hosted a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 5 Live entitled Yes, It's The Ashes , taking
1260-492: Was promoted in the programme with the line, "one of the strongest casts for several years, has already toured in southern England with great success." The award was presented by Rowan Atkinson , who had performed with the Oxford Revue in 1976. The later success of these initial winners would boost the profile of the awards. However, former Oxbridge revue members had always been able to find success in light entertainment, so
1296-424: Was the first person to be nominated for involvement in two shows in the same year since Dan Antopolski in 2000. Jordan Gray became the first solo transgender act to be nominated for the main prize, while Sam Campbell was the first winner of the main prize to do a shorter run. From their inception in 1981 until 2005 the awards were sponsored by mineral water brand Perrier , during which time they were known as
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