External links
- Josh Howie on Twitter
- Josh Howie at IMDb
- CV at management Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Chortle biography
Josh Howie | |
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| Born | Joshua Howie February 22, 1976 |
| Occupation(s) | Broadcaster, comedian, columnist, screenwriter |
Joshua Howie (born 22 February 1976) [1] is an English political commentator. He currently features as a broadcaster for GB News. Howie is also a stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and actor.
Although Jewish, Howie grew up in London in the Buddhist household of his mother Lynne Franks and his father Paul Howie. He was a weekly boarder at Mill Hill School.[ citation needed ]
Howie started performing comedy on the London comedy circuit in 2002. For years he performed on the London comedy circuit, gradually working his way through the ranks. He presented his first Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Chosen, in 2008; it received considerable critical acclaim. [2] [3] He appeared in series three of the BBC Radio 4 stand up show 4 Stands Up in April 2009.
He was the presenter for the Sky Movies show, "The Movie Geek".
Howie wrote and starred in two series of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom “Josh Howie’s Losing It”.
He is the weekday host on the GB News comedy paper review show, "Headliners". [4] He is also the host of the show “Free Speech Nation” for the channel.
Howie began contributing to online men's lifestyle magazine Blokely in 2011, and has written multiple articles for The Guardian. He also writes for The Jewish Chronicle. [5] [6]
On 22 January 2025, during a GB News comedy show, Howie made a joke conflating the church and the full inclusion of LGBTQ+ with paedophilia, alluding to the LGBTQ grooming conspiracy theory widely regarded as homophobic. [7] Following this incident, Good Law Project began a campaign asking broadcasting regulatory body OFCOM to take action against GBN. [8]
