--- title: "Ava Vidal: Stand-Up Comedian, Podcast & TV Roles | D.O.C." description: "Ava Vidal: 2 podcasts and 4 screen credits. An English stand-up comedian from Lambeth whose first audiences were the toughest in London: she worked as a…" url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ava-vidal.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian · London, England # Ava Vidal Also known as Ava Beverley Vidal ## Who Ava Vidal is Ava Vidal is an English stand-up comedian from Lambeth whose first audiences were the toughest in London: she worked as a prison officer at Pentonville before leaving in 2001 to study law and write comedy. Her break came on the BBC's Urban Sketch Show, and she went on to the E4 series Kings of Comedy — with Channel 4 making From the Top, a half-hour documentary about how she became a comedian. She played [Michael McIntyre](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-michael-mcintyre.html)'s Comedy Roadshow in Swansea, joined BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, and appeared four times on Mock the Week between 2011 and 2013. She presents her own podcast, Black Woman's Hour. ## Follow Ava Vidal Put Ava Vidal in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week. Saw Ava Vidal live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live) ## At a glance **Born** 1976 **Based in** London, England **From** Lambeth **Podcasts and radio** Black Woman's Hour and The News Quiz **On screen** Kings of Comedy, Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and 1 more ## Is Ava Vidal on tour? **No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean Ava Vidal has stopped touring; follow Ava Vidal to hear when the next ones are booked. Last checked 13 November 2026. ### Is Ava Vidal coming to my town? No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow Ava Vidal and your town to hear when one is booked. ### Want Ava Vidal 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 with Ava Vidal →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html) ## Specials, shows and podcasts ### On screen - **Kings of Comedy** E4 - **Mock the Week** BBC Two, 2011–2013 - **Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow** BBC One, 2009 - **From the Top** documentary, Channel 4 ### Podcasts and radio - **Black Woman's Hour** host - **The News Quiz** BBC Radio 4, 2010 ## Comedians like Ava Vidal 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. - [Alun Cochrane](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-alun-cochrane.html) also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - [Neil Delamere](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-neil-delamere.html) also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - [Shappi Khorsandi](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-shappi-khorsandi.html) also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - [Simon Evans](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-simon-evans.html) also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - [Justin Moorhouse](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-justin-moorhouse.html) also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - [Miles Jupp](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-miles-jupp.html) also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - [Janey Godley](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-janey-godley.html) also in Kings of Comedy - [Angela Barnes](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-angela-barnes.html) also on The News Quiz [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) ## Career timeline 1. **1976** Born 2. **2009** Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (BBC One, 2009) On screen 3. **2010** The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4, 2010) Podcast or book 4. **2011** Mock the Week (BBC Two, 2011–2013) On screen ## Questions and answers ### Where is Ava Vidal performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now. ### What podcasts and radio shows have they been on? Black Woman's Hour and The News Quiz. ### What TV shows and films are they in? Kings of Comedy (E4), Mock the Week (BBC Two, 2011–2013), Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (BBC One, 2009) and From the Top (documentary, Channel 4). ### Where is Ava Vidal from? From Lambeth. ### Where are they based? London, England, as their record gives it. ### How old is Ava Vidal? Ava Vidal was born in 1976, so they turn 50 in 2026. ### Who are some comedians like them? [Alun Cochrane](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-alun-cochrane.html) (also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow), [Neil Delamere](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-neil-delamere.html) (also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow), [Shappi Khorsandi](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-shappi-khorsandi.html) (also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow), [Simon Evans](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-simon-evans.html) (also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow) and [Justin Moorhouse](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-justin-moorhouse.html) (also in Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow). ## Are you Ava Vidal? 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/ava-vidal** [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-ava-vidal.html) ### Sources - [Wikipedia ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Vidal) Born 1976 in Lambeth; prison officer at Pentonville from 1996, left 2001; Urban Sketch Show; Kings of Comedy; From the Top documentary; Comedy Roadshow 2009; The News Quiz 2010; Mock the Week 2011–2013; Black Woman's Hour (as of 13 November 2026) - [Wikidata (Q4827393) · wikidata.org ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4827393) English comedian; official website avavidal.co.uk (as of 13 November 2026) Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 13 November 2026