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title: "Mitch Benn: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C."
description: "Mitch Benn is a comedian and comic songwriter profiled on Chortle, known as a regular on Radio 4"
url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-mitch-benn.html
updated: 2026-11-13
---

Stand-up comedian

# Mitch Benn

## Who Mitch Benn is

Mitch Benn is a comedian and comic songwriter profiled on Chortle, known as a regular on Radio 4's The Now Show and Radio 2's It's Been A Bad Week and as the star of his own Radio 4 series Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music, which he performed with his band The Distractions. He performed hour-long shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the showcase Carlton Comedy Warehouse in 1999, which was the subject of a documentary series for Carlton TV. With The Distractions he released the single Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now in 2005.

## Follow their dates

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## Is Mitch Benn 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?

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## Specials, shows and podcasts

### On screen

- **Carlton Comedy Warehouse**

## Questions and answers

### Where is Mitch Benn performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.

### What TV shows and films are they in?

Carlton Comedy Warehouse.

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## 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-mitch-benn.html)

### Sources

- [Chortle · chortle.co.uk ↗](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/m/202/mitch_benn) Radio 4's The Now Show, Radio 2's It's Been A Bad Week, Radio 4's Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music; Edinburgh Fringe hours in 1997 to 1999; Carlton Comedy…

Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026