--- title: "Darren Connell Stand-Up Specials in Order & Podcast | D.O.C." description: "Darren Connell: 2 stand-up specials from 2016 to 2019, 2 podcasts and 1 screen credit. A Scottish stand-up comedian, podcaster and actor from Springburn…" url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-darren-connell.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian · Glasgow, Scotland # Darren Connell ## Who Darren Connell is Darren Connell is a Scottish stand-up comedian, podcaster and actor from Springburn in Glasgow who worked supermarket shifts around his first gigs until fellow comedian [Kevin Bridges](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-kevin-bridges.html) talked him into doing comedy full-time. His solo shows have played across the UK, including No Filter at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, and Abandon All Hope sold out at the 2019 [Glasgow International Comedy Festival](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/glasgow-international-comedy-festival.html). Television audiences know him as Bobby Muir in BBC Scotland's mockumentary Scot Squad, a role that brought a best actor nomination at the 2015 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards, and his podcasts have run from The Darren Connell Show on Glasgow Live to Straight White Whale with producer Paul Shields. ## 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 **Based in** Glasgow, Scotland **From** Springburn **Stand-up specials** No Filter and Abandon All Hope **Podcasts** Straight White Whale and The Darren Connell Show **On screen** Scot Squad ## Is Darren Connell 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 - **No Filter** Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2016 - **Abandon All Hope** Glasgow International Comedy Festival, 2019 ### On screen - **Scot Squad** BBC Scotland ### Podcasts - **Straight White Whale** co-host, with Paul Shields, 2021– - **The Darren Connell Show** Glasgow Live, 2019 ## Comedians like Darren Connell 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. - [Rosco McClelland](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-rosco-mcclelland.html) also in Scot Squad - [Alana Jackson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-alana-jackson.html) also in Scot Squad - [Amy Matthews](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-amy-matthews.html) also in Scot Squad - [Chris Forbes](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-forbes.html) also in Scot Squad - [Krystal Evans](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-krystal-evans.html) also in Scot Squad - [Richard Gadd](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-richard-gadd.html) also in Scot Squad - [Stephen Buchanan](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-stephen-buchanan.html) also in Scot Squad [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. **2016** No Filter (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2016) Special 2. **2019** Abandon All Hope (Glasgow International Comedy Festival, 2019) Special 3. **2019** The Darren Connell Show (Glasgow Live, 2019) Podcast or book 4. **2021** Straight White Whale (co-host, with Paul Shields, 2021–) Podcast or book ## Questions and answers ### Where is Darren Connell performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now. ### What are their stand-up specials, in order? No Filter (2016) and Abandon All Hope (2019). ### What is their latest stand-up special? Abandon All Hope (Glasgow International Comedy Festival, 2019), the latest of the 2 specials on this page. ### What podcasts have they been on? Straight White Whale and The Darren Connell Show. ### What TV shows and films are they in? Scot Squad (BBC Scotland). ### Where are they from? From Springburn. ### Where are they based? Glasgow, Scotland, as their record gives it. ### Who are some comedians like them? [Rosco McClelland](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-rosco-mcclelland.html) (also in Scot Squad), [Alana Jackson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-alana-jackson.html) (also in Scot Squad), [Amy Matthews](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-amy-matthews.html) (also in Scot Squad), [Chris Forbes](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-forbes.html) (also in Scot Squad) and [Krystal Evans](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-krystal-evans.html) (also in Scot Squad). ## 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/darren-connell** [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-darren-connell.html) ### Sources - [Wikipedia (comedian) ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Connell_(comedian%29) Scottish stand-up comedian, podcaster and actor from Springburn, Glasgow; encouraged by Kevin Bridges to turn full-time; 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show No… - [Wikidata (Q62081359) · wikidata.org ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62081359) Scottish stand-up comedian and actor (as of 13 November 2026) Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 13 November 2026