--- title: "Alan Davies: Comedian, Specials & TV Roles | D.O.C." description: "Alan Davies: 4 stand-up specials and 3 screen credits. An English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter and writer. On D.O.C." url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-alan-davies.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian # Alan Davies ## Who Alan Davies is Alan Davies is an English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter and writer. He began performing comedy in 1988 at the Whitstable Labour Club, won the Edinburgh Festival Critics Award for Comedy in 1994, and has toured the UK and Australia, including the shows Urban Trauma (shown on BBC One in 1998) and Life is Pain (broadcast on Dave). In 2025 he took a new stand-up show, Think Ahead, on tour in England, Wales and Australia, his first tour in ten years. He is known for the title role in Jonathan Creek and as the permanent panellist on QI, and has written three books including White Male Stand-Up. ## Follow their dates Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week. Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live) ## At a glance **Born** 1966 **Stand-up specials** Alan Davies Live at the Lyric, Urban Trauma, Life is Pain and 1 more **On screen** Jonathan Creek, QI and Show Me The Funny ## Is Alan Davies on tour? **No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked. Last checked 13 November 2026. ### Are they coming to my town? No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked. ### Want them in your town? Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked. Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html) ## Specials, shows and podcasts ### Stand-up specials - **Alan Davies Live at the Lyric** - **Urban Trauma** - **Life is Pain** - **Think Ahead** ### On screen - **Jonathan Creek** - **QI** - **Show Me The Funny** ## Comedians like Alan Davies Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town. - [Dan Mitchell](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-dan-mitchell.html) also in Show Me The Funny - [Patrick Monahan](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-patrick-monahan.html) also in Show Me The Funny - [Prince Abdi](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-prince-abdi.html) also in Show Me The Funny [Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/six-degrees-of-komic-bacon.html) [Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html) ## Questions and answers ### Where is Alan Davies performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now. ### What stand-up specials have they released? Alan Davies Live at the Lyric, Urban Trauma, Life is Pain and Think Ahead. ### What TV shows and films are they in? Jonathan Creek, QI and Show Me The Funny. ### How old are they? They were born in 1966, so they turn 60 in 2026. ### Who are some comedians like them? [Dan Mitchell](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-dan-mitchell.html) (also in Show Me The Funny), [Patrick Monahan](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-patrick-monahan.html) (also in Show Me The Funny) and [Prince Abdi](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-prince-abdi.html) (also in Show Me The Funny). ## Is this you? This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter. Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/alan-davies** [Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html) ## The full SUCDb record The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve. [Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-alan-davies.html) ### Sources - [Wikipedia ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Davies) stand-up career from 1988; 1994 Edinburgh Festival Critics Award for Comedy; tours in the UK and Australia; Think Ahead tour 2025; Jonathan Creek, QI and… - [Wikidata · wikidata.org ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283199) born 1966; Laughton Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026