JOHN OLIVER

John has been a writer and correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since 2006. As a result of his huge success on The Daily Show, for which John has received an Emmy Award and been nominated for a Writer’s Guild Award, John was asked to write and star in his own one hour stand up special for Comedy Central. Entitled ‘Terrifying Times’, this premiered in April 2008 and was subsequently released on DVD. Alongside long term writing partner Andy Zaltzman, John currently co writes and stars in The Bugle; an ongoing series of satirical news podcasts, in association with The Times newspaper. With Andy Zaltzman, John has co written and hosted the BBC Radio 4 show Political Animal. Based on their satirical live stand up show, a second series was broadcast in 2008. John has additionally written and starred in three series’ of The Department (BBC Radio 4) alongside Chris Addison and Andy Zaltzman. John has recently guest stared in a number of episodes of the NBC primetime series ‘Community’ alongside Chevy Chase and Joel McHale as well as hosting his own stand-up comedy show on Comedy Central 'John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show'.