Edward Stephenson Jamison Gamble[1][2] (born 10 March 1986) is an English comedian, known for co-presenting The Peacock and Gamble Podcast and his regular appearances on Mock the Week. He studied at Durham University, where he began his comedy career performing with the Durham Revue,[3] and was a finalist in the 2007 Chortle Student Comedy Awards.[4]
Gamble's early work was alongside Ray Peacock, with whom he presented two different series of podcasts, totalling over 100 episodes. He also appeared on television, performing a 15-minute set on the extended version of Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three in late 2010. He performed with Peacock at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2011, 2012 and 2013, as well as supporting Greg Davies on his successful Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog Tour in 2011. Gamble also recorded a series of radio shows with Peacock on FUBAR Radio.
In 2014, Gamble debuted solo at Edinburgh Fringe with the show Gambletron 5000, returning in 2015 with Lawman and in 2016 with Stampede. His stand-up performances contain much observational comedy, often aimed at himself, including discussion of his Type 1 diabetes, which he was diagnosed with as a teenager; he chose that as the central topic of his 2018 Edinburgh Fringe show Blizzard[9] and his Amazon special Blood Sugar.
Gamble won the ninth series of Taskmaster in 2019.[10] In 2022, Gamble featured in the second "Champions of Champions" special with fellow winners from series six to ten: Liza Tarbuck, Kerry Godliman, Lou Sanders and Richard Herring. He finished in last place.[11] In October 2020, Gamble began presenting Taskmaster The Podcast, the official podcast companion to the TV show, following the series' move to Channel 4 from Dave.[12] In 2023, Gamble hosted a non-broadcast pilot of Foodmaster, a food-themed spin-off of Taskmaster.[13]
In 2020, Gamble narrated adverts for second hand car website Cazoo.[citation needed]
In 2020, Gamble was a guest judge on Great British Menu and, in February 2022, he became one of the judges for Series 17, 18 and 19.[14]
Gamble appeared with Acaster on the fifth series of Celebrity Hunted (2023), which tasked participants with evading "Hunters" around the UK for a fortnight. During their appearance they ate in a Michelin starred restaurant,[16] called into Gamble's Radio X programme,[17] and released a video mocking the Hunters.[18] Acaster also gave Gamble a tattoo.[19] Gamble escaped after Acaster goaded the Hunters to the Taskmaster house and squirted them with a water gun. Gamble met with his wife and hid in a brewery and a climbing centre, but was caught soon after.[20][21]
In 2022, Gamble toured the UK with his stand-up show Electric.[22] In 2024, a poster advertising Gamble's Hot Diggity Dog tour fell foul of Transport for London's ban on junk food advertising; to comply with the rules, an image of a hot dog was replaced with a cucumber.[23]
In October 2023, Gamble published his debut book, titled Glutton: The Multi-Course Life Of A Very Greedy Boy, an autobiography focused through his lifelong obsession with food.[13][24]
In January 2024, he hosted The Traitors: Uncloaked, which was a visual podcast that accompanied the 2nd series of The Traitors.
Gamble married TV producer Charlie Jamison on 9 September 2021, after postponing three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26][27] The couple have been together since 2011.[28]
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