Lee Ridley
Comedian and Writer
Entertainment
Lee is the first stand-up comedian to use a communication aid. He made his first stand-up appearance in February 2012 and took his first ever solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013.
Lee won Britain’s Got Talent in 2018 and the BBC New Comedy Award in 2014. His other credits include Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy (ITV), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions (ITV), America’s Got Talent: The Champions (NBC), Comic Relief (BBC1), Live at the Apollo (BBC2), The Last Leg (Channel 4), Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave), Question Team (Dave), Jerk (BBC 3) and The Now Show (BBC Radio 4).
Lee has co-written three series of Ability (BBC Radio 4) which he also stars in. They were shortlisted for Best Radio Comedy in the 2019 Writers’ Guild Awards and Best Scripted Comedy in the 2019 BBC Audio Drama Awards. A fourth series has just been commissioned.
Lee was named Ent24’s Hardest Working Comedian of the Year in 2019 and his book, I’m Only In It For The Parking, has been published in hardback and paperback by Transworld.
Lee is an ambassador for the charity Scope and is also a patron of Smile For Life, Find A Voice, Communication Matters and The Sequal Trust.