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Josh Widdicombe (Joshua Michael Widdicombe) was born on 8 April, 1983 in Hammersmith, London, England, is an English comedian and presenter. Discover Josh Widdicombe's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?

Popular As Joshua Michael Widdicombe
Occupation N/A
Age 40 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 8 April, 1983
Birthday 8 April
Birthplace Hammersmith, London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Josh Widdicombe Height, Weight & Measurements

At 40 years old, Josh Widdicombe height is 5′ 7″ .

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Who Is Josh Widdicombe's Wife?

His wife is Rose Hanson (m. 2019)

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Josh Widdicombe Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Josh Widdicombe worth at the age of 40 years old? Josh Widdicombe’s income source is mostly from being a successful comedian. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Josh Widdicombe's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1983

Josh Widdicombe (born 8 April 1983) is an English comedian, presenter and actor.

Widdicombe was born on 8 April 1983 in Hammersmith, London, but grew up in Haytor Vale, near Widecombe in the Moor on Dartmoor in Devon.

He attended Ilsington Church of England Primary School and South Dartmoor Community College, later studying sociology and linguistics at the University of Manchester.

2008

Widdicombe began performing live in 2008 and made it to the final of the So You Think You're Funny? comedy tournament at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe during the same year.

2009

In 2009, he co-wrote and performed in the sketch show Superclump, and appeared with James Acaster and Nick Helm.

2010

In 2010, Widdicombe worked as a contributor for the Dora the Explorer magazine, and in 2011 he performed his debut solo show "If This Show Saves One Life..."

at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was subsequently nominated for Best Newcomer by the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards and for the Malcolm Hardee "Act Most Likely to Win a Million Quid" Award.

2012

He is best known for his appearances on The Last Leg (2012–present), Fighting Talk (2014–2016), Insert Name Here (2016–2019), Mock the Week (2012–2016) and his BBC Three sitcom Josh (2015–2017).

In 2012, Widdicombe became a regular on Stand Up for the Week.

In July that year, he made his debut appearance on Mock the Week.

He was also a main contributor to Channel 4's daily alternative review of each day's events at the London 2012 Summer Paralympics, The Last Leg with Adam Hills, alongside Adam and Alex Brooker.

He also appeared on The Last Leg of the Year, the show's end-of-year special.

In September 2012, Widdicombe appeared on The Million Pound Drop with The Last Leg co-host Brooker.

The pair won £100,000 for their selected charities.

His chosen charity was Scope.

He has pectus excavatum, which he discovered after mentioning it to Christian Jessen on season 11, episode 10 of 8 Out of 10 Cats.

2013

In 2013, Widdicombe was again a regular on The Last Leg, after Channel 4 renewed the show for nine further episodes, beginning on 25 January 2013.

A third series started on 31 July 2013, a fourth on 31 January 2014 and a fifth on 1 August 2014.

In May 2013, Widdicombe was a guest on the second series of Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums with Marcus Brigstocke.

Following this, he featured as a comedian on The Apprentice spin-off show, The Apprentice: You're Fired! In June 2013, he again appeared as a panellist on Mock the Week, featuring on several episodes of the show's 12th series.

Widdicombe won Celebrity Mastermind broadcast 31 December 2013 with a score of 24, on the specialist subject of his favourite band, Blur.

His chosen charity was The Lily Foundation.

Widdicombe hosted a weekly radio show on XFM (now Radio X) with Neil "Producer Neil" Fearn from February 2013 to July 2015, which was broadcast initially on Saturdays but which moved to Sundays in August 2014 coinciding with his new role as Fighting Talk presenter (see above).

The show regularly featured contributions from comedians James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Joe Lycett and several others along with occasional interjections and background laughter by XFM's "Intern Charles".

The podcast of the show was named "iTunes Best New Audio Podcast" in 2013.

2014

In 2014, Widdicombe appeared again on Mock the Week and on QI, and also made his debut on Have I Got News for You.

On 1 July 2014, the BBC announced Widdicombe would be joining its Radio 5 Live team from August 2014 as the new host of Fighting Talk along with Georgie Thompson.

In August 2014, Widdicombe starred in the BBC Three Comedy Feeds pilot Josh, which he co-wrote with comedian Tom Craine and which was directed by David Schneider.

2015

He also won the first series of Taskmaster in 2015 and the show's first Champion of Champions special in 2017.

A full six-episode series of Josh, also directed by Schneider, ran on BBC Three from 11 November to 16 December 2015.

In 2015, Widdicombe was a contestant on the first series of the Dave game show Taskmaster and won the series.

For one of the tasks, Widdicombe got a tattoo of host Greg Davies's name on his left foot.

He then returned for a team task in series two where he was partnered with Richard Osman and Jon Richardson.

Widdicombe has performed on radio on BBC Radio 4's Arthur Smith's Balham Bash and Absolute Radio's The Frank Skinner Show, written for comedy panel shows Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats and BBC Radio 4's Look Away Now, and supported stand-up comedians Russell Howard, Michael McIntyre, Alan Carr, Stephen Merchant and Shappi Khorsandi on their respective live tours.

The last edition of the show aired on 26 July 2015.

Widdicombe has made four appearances on Live at the Apollo.

2016

Both hosts announced on 10 August 2016 that they would not be returning to the show for series 14 in September due to their "increasingly busy schedules".

2017

BBC Three ordered a second full series of Josh; and a third and final series followed in 2017.

2019

Widdicombe also hosted Hypothetical with fellow comedian James Acaster (2019–2022).

2020

During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, Widdicombe started the Parenting Hell podcast with fellow comedian Rob Beckett.