Geoff Norcott was previously an English Literature teacher and employs this in developing his routine. He has written comedy sketches for MTV, BBC Radio 2 & 4 and in 2007 and 2008. He was a commissioned writer for Nuts TV. He was also involved with developing the football documentary Football Hurts.

On radio, Norcott has appeared on Yes It’s the Ashes BBC Radio 5 Live, Jon Richardson‘s Show on BBC Radio 6 Music and has had frequent guest spots on Hawksby & Jacobs Show for Talksport.

You might have seen his name pop up in the credits of any number of top comedy shows, including: ‘8 out of 10 Cats’, ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘C4’s Alternative Election’, ‘The Sarah Millican Television Programme’, ‘The British Comedy Awards’ and many more.

In 2009, Norcott had his second solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Shocking Truth about Men and Women at the Pleasance.

Norcott is a supporter of the Conservative Party.  His 2016 Edinburgh show, Conswervative, focused on his rarity as a pro-Brexit Conservative voter on the comedy circuit.

As of January 2018, Norcott stars on BBC2’s The Mash Report.

Geoff Norcott is quite simply one of the most in demand live comics and TV writers around.

Norcott is an absolute tonic’ The Telegraph

‘A Comedian with a big future’ Mirror

Television and radio credits

• Question time (panellist) BBC 1 2017

• Yes It’s The Ashes BBC Radio 5 (guest comic) 2009

• GMTV (guest comic) 2009

• Jon Richardson Show (guest comic) BBC Six Music 2009

• WKD Shed Sports Show, Nuts TV 2008 – Presenter

• Nuts TV Shed Sports 1, Nuts TV 2007 – Presenter

• Hawksbee & Jacobs Show, Talksport (Regular Contributor)

• Most Appalling TV We Love To Hate, BBC3 2007

• Spoof, BBC1 2007

• My Appalling School Report BBC 2

• Teachers’ TV 2006

• Five O’clock Show with Richard Hammond, ITV1 2006

• British Comedy of the 1960s DVD – Monty Python Interview – Edge Publications

• Now That’s Embarrassing….80’s, Channel 5 2005

• Jono Coleman Show, LBC 2005

• Weapons of Mass Distraction, ITV1

• Dan and Dusty, ITV1 – 2 episodes

• The Mash Report, BBC2 2018