Jonathan Oldfield
Who Jonathan Oldfield is
Jonathan Oldfield is a character comedian, actor, writer and director based in London who reached the final of the BBC New Comedy Award in 2024. He took the multi-character comedy show Exquisite Corpse, built on a childhood drawing game and shaped by the audience each night, to the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, and that year shared the Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Panel Prize as an organiser of One Joke, a charity show in which sixty comedians tell one gag each.
With Lorna Rose Treen he co-created and writes BBC Radio 4's character comedy Time of the Week, starring Sian Clifford, named Best Radio Sketch Show at the British Comedy Guide Awards, and he directed Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: Live!!!, Best Newcomer at the 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and Treen's Skin Pigeon. As an actor he has appeared in Nick Mohammed's A Christmas Carol-ish in the West End, The Power and Andor, and he runs the Character Comedy Lab at Soho Theatre.
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At a glance
- Based in
- London, England
- Podcasts and radio
- Time of the Week
- On screen
- The Power, Andor and A Christmas Carol-ish
- Official site
- jonathanoldfield.co.uk ↗
Is Jonathan Oldfield on tour?
No upcoming dates on record No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean Jonathan Oldfield has stopped touring; their own site is the place to look for new dates: jonathanoldfield.co.uk ↗.
Last checked 11 October 2026.
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Specials, shows and podcasts
On screen
- The Power Amazon Prime
- Andor Joydali
- A Christmas Carol-ish stage, Soho Place
Podcasts and radio
- Time of the Week BBC Radio 4; co-creator and writer, with Lorna Rose Treen
Comedians like Jonathan Oldfield
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.
- Doc Brown also in Andor
- Lorna Rose Treen also on Time of the Week
In the news
- Jonathan Oldfield: “Exquisite Corpse” at Edinburgh Fringe 2026 The Comic's Comic · 16 August 2026
Questions and answers
Where is Jonathan Oldfield performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: jonathanoldfield.co.uk ↗.
What podcasts and radio shows have they been on?
Time of the Week.
What TV shows and films are they in?
The Power (Amazon Prime), Andor (Joydali) and A Christmas Carol-ish (stage, Soho Place).
Where is Jonathan Oldfield from?
Jonathan Oldfield is based in London, England, as their record gives it.
What is their official website?
Who are some comedians like them?
Doc Brown (also in Andor) and Lorna Rose Treen (also on Time of the Week).
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Sources
- Official site (About) ↗ An award-winning performer, writer and comedian based in London; co-creator and writer of Time of the Week (BBC Radio 4), Best Radio Sketch Show at the British Comedy Guide Awards; director of Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: Live!!! and Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon; A Christmas Carol-ish, The Power, Andor; BBC…
- Official site ↗ Awards: Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize (2026), Scotsman Fringe First (2025), British Comedy Guide Award (2024), BBC New Comedy Award finalist (2024); represented by United Agents (as of 11 October 2026)
- BroadwayWorld — Edinburgh 2026: Jonathan Oldfield Q&A (5 August 2026) ↗ Exquisite Corpse, a character comedy show at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, 5 to 30 August: a multi-character romp built on a childhood drawing game, shaped by the audience each night (as of 11 October 2026)
- Edinburgh Comedy Awards ↗ 2026 Panel Prize: Liebenspiel (Benjamin Alborough and Ellie BW) and Jonathan Oldfield and Lorna Rose Treen, One Joke (as of 11 October 2026)
- Chortle — Chris Cantrill wins Edinburgh Comedy Award (29 August 2026) ↗ One Joke, a charity benefit in which 60 comedians perform one gag each, wins the Panel Prize; organiser comedian Jonathan Oldfield accepting the award (as of 11 October 2026)
Updated 11 October 2026 · the record checked 11 October 2026