Stand-up comedian

Archie Maddocks

Who Archie Maddocks is

Archie Maddocks is a stand-up comedian and writer who shared the Bath Comedy Festival's New Act of the Year award in 2014 and was a finalist that year in the NATYs and English Comedian of the Year. He works the comedy circuit in the UK and has performed in South Africa and the United States; his shows include Shirts Vs Skins (Edinburgh Fringe 2016), IlluminArchie, which transferred to London's Soho Theatre in 2017, and Matchstick (Edinburgh 2018), and his jokes have made the Telegraph's and the Evening Standard's lists of the best of the Fringe.

As a writer he wrote and stars in the BBC series Crongton, adapted from Alex Wheatle's novels, and wrote the film Gassed Up (2022), the play A Place for We (2021) and dramas for BBC Radio 4, and on television he has appeared on Celebrity Pointless, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Guessable and TBS's Miracle Workers.

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At a glance

Podcasts and radio
Blend and Domino
Books
A Place for We
On screen
Crongton, Celebrity Pointless, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and 3 more
Official site
archiemaddocks.co.uk ↗

On stage

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On screen

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Career timeline

  1. 2019Blend (writer, BBC Radio 4 drama, 2019) Podcast or book
  2. 2020Domino (writer, BBC Radio 4 drama, 2020) Podcast or book
  3. 2021A Place for We (play, Park Theatre and Talawa, 2021) Podcast or book
  4. 2022Gassed Up (film, writer, 2022) On screen

Questions and answers

Where is Archie Maddocks performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: archiemaddocks.co.uk ↗.

What podcasts and radio shows have they been on?

Blend and Domino.

Have they written a book?

Yes: A Place for We.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Crongton (writer and star, BBC), Celebrity Pointless (BBC One), Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave), Guessable (Comedy Central), Miracle Workers (TBS) and Gassed Up (film, writer, 2022).

What is their official website?

archiemaddocks.co.uk ↗.

Who are some comedians like them?

Helen Bauer (also in Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled), Kai Samra (also in Celebrity Pointless), Mitra Jouhari (also in Miracle Workers), Seann Walsh (also in Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled) and Stuart Goldsmith (also in Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled).

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Sources

Updated 11 October 2026 · the record checked 11 October 2026