After winning the Channel 4 So you Think You’re Funny competition at the 1991 Edinburgh Festival, Alan has been a regular on the UK and international comedy circuit performing his stand-up act on TV a number of times. He has also appeared as a comic performer in Psychoville and Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge. Other notable TV performances include Knowing Me Knowing Yule, Alistair McGowan’s Big Impression, Ancona and Co, Alas Smith and Jones, The BBC Stand-Up Show, The Alan Davies Show and Alexei Sayle’s Stuff. Alan has also acted in TV dramas Between the Lines and Taggart, and has sustained a successful Theatre career working in the West End and at The Royal Court, The National Theatre of Scotland, the RSC and a number of other regional theatres. His radio show Inside Alan Francis aired on Radio 4 Extra during lockdown, and last year his Radio 4 comedy drama Eking It was broadcast.