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title: "Rob Deering: Comedian, Podcast & TV Roles | D.O.C."
description: "Rob Deering: 2 podcasts and 3 screen credits. An English comedian, musician and writer who builds his stand-up around live guitar, looping and song."
url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-rob-deering.html
updated: 2026-11-13
---

Stand-up comedian · London, England

# Rob Deering

## Who Rob Deering is

Rob Deering is an English comedian, musician and writer who builds his stand-up around live guitar, looping and song. Born in 1972 and raised in London and Oxfordshire, he hosted and wrote three series of Out to Lunch on BBC Radio 2, hosted 99 Things to Do Before You Die on Channel 5, and has guested on shows from BBC Radio 4's 4 at the Fringe to [Jason Manford](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-jason-manford.html)'s Comedy Rocks.

In 2014 he toured on Laughing for a Change, a comedy tour raising awareness of mental health alongside Mrs Barbara Nice and Seymour Mace. A dedicated runner with more than twenty marathons behind him and over £150,000 raised for Parkinson's UK, he co-hosts Running Commentary, a podcast recorded on the run with fellow comedian Paul Tonkinson that has grown its own book.

## Follow Rob Deering

Put Rob Deering in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week.

Saw Rob Deering live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live)

## At a glance

**Born**

1972

**Based in**

London, England

**From**

London

**Podcasts and radio**

Running Commentary and Out to Lunch

**On screen**

99 Things to Do Before You Die, Comedy Rocks and Celebrity Mastermind

## Is Rob Deering on tour?

**No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean Rob Deering has stopped touring; follow Rob Deering to hear when the next ones are booked.

Last checked 13 November 2026.

### Is Rob Deering coming to my town?

No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow Rob Deering and your town to hear when one is booked.

### Want Rob Deering 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 Rob Deering →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html)

## Specials, shows and podcasts

### On screen

- **99 Things to Do Before You Die** host, Channel 5
- **Comedy Rocks** ITV
- **Celebrity Mastermind** winner, 2014

### Podcasts and radio

- **Running Commentary** co-host, with Paul Tonkinson
- **Out to Lunch** host and writer, BBC Radio 2

## Comedians like Rob Deering

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.

- [Andy Zaltzman](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-andy-zaltzman.html) also in Celebrity Mastermind
- [Chris McCausland](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-mccausland.html) also in Celebrity Mastermind
- [Eshaan Akbar](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-eshaan-akbar.html) also in Celebrity Mastermind
- [Ignacio Lopez](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ignacio-lopez.html) also in Celebrity Mastermind
- [Jamie MacDonald](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-jamie-macdonald.html) also in Celebrity Mastermind
- [Kate Butch](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-kate-butch.html) also in Celebrity Mastermind
- [Lucy Porter](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-lucy-porter.html) also in Celebrity Mastermind
- [Paul Foot](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-paul-foot.html) also on Out to Lunch

[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. **1972** Born
2. **2014** Celebrity Mastermind (winner, 2014) On screen

## Questions and answers

### Where is Rob Deering performing next?

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

### What podcasts do they host?

Running Commentary and Out to Lunch.

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

99 Things to Do Before You Die (host, Channel 5), Comedy Rocks (ITV) and Celebrity Mastermind (winner, 2014).

### Where is Rob Deering from?

Raised in London.

### Where are they based?

London, England, as their record gives it.

### How old is Rob Deering?

Rob Deering was born in 1972, so they turn 54 in 2026.

### Who are some comedians like them?

[Andy Zaltzman](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-andy-zaltzman.html) (also in Celebrity Mastermind), [Chris McCausland](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-mccausland.html) (also in Celebrity Mastermind), [Eshaan Akbar](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-eshaan-akbar.html) (also in Celebrity Mastermind), [Ignacio Lopez](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ignacio-lopez.html) (also in Celebrity Mastermind) and [Jamie MacDonald](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-jamie-macdonald.html) (also in Celebrity Mastermind).

## Are you Rob Deering?

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/rob-deering**

[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-rob-deering.html)

### Sources

- [Wikipedia ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Deering) English comedian, musician and writer born 1972; grew up in London and Oxfordshire and lives in London; host and writer of three series of Out to Lunch on BBC Radio 2; host of 99 Things to Do Before You Die on Channel 5; won Celebrity Mastermind broadcast 28 December 2014; Laughing for a Change tour 2014; co-hosts…
- [Wikidata (Q7340074) · wikidata.org ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7340074) British musician and comedian; occupation includes stand-up comedian (as of 13 November 2026)

Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 13 November 2026
