Alfie
Packham
Standup and comedy writer
Comedy
Alfie performs at comedy clubs and festivals across the UK. He also hosts the award-winning Comedy Bandits show in Clapham.
Alfie is a 3x BBC New Comedy Award nominee, won the 2022 Max Turner Prize, and was a finalist for several other new act awards.
He is also a writer. His stuff has appeared in The Guardian and Observer newspapers,
Have I Got News for You (BBC One), The News Quiz and The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), among many other places.
Here is a recent BBC set:
Shows
Alfie is a resident MC at Comedy Bandits, which happens every Monday and Wednesday at The Railway Tavern in Clapham. It features a mix of new and pro acts trying jokes out in a fun and laid-back way. It has been called the 'best open mic in London' four years running (Chortle Awards 2023, 2024, 2025 & 2026). You can book tickets here.
Alfie has performed shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024 and 2025. His third is in the works.
What the bloggers thought:
★★★★
ThreeWeeks Edinburgh
★★★★
West End Best Friend
★★★★
Phoenix Remix
★★★★
EdFringe Review
★★★★
London Theatre 1
Gun and Wand: The Official Companion Podcast
Alfie is co-creator and writer of Gun and Wand: The Official Companion Podcast. It is literally the only podcast about the new gangster-fantasy TV drama Gun and Wand, now streaming on BHO.
Join host Alfie and producer Caroline as they delve behind the scenes with cast interviews, episode breakdowns, and discussions of lore, magic, and nude wizard scenes. Subscribe on Spotify or Apple
'I lost it... extremely good fun and you'll whiz through the series in a heartbeat.'
- Zoe Paskett, comedy reviewer
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Journalism
Alfie has written for The Guardian since 2016. He was a commissioning editor on the education desk before joining the 'community' team in early 2021, where his job is to interview interesting people and to edit content sent in by readers.
He also writes features for other sections of the paper.
