Alison Spittle

Alison wears many hats as a talented stand-up comedian, writer, radio producer, podcaster and actress.

It was a ridiculous way to try to be normal in an abnormal situation." She told VoiceMag: "I would be working as a producer, hopefully, in radio. He told me to try stand-up and I did. Spittle endured two armed break-ins at her Dublin home in the space of a month, first by a man with a knife and then by two men wielding crowbars. on Today FM. In 2020, she and fellow comedian Fern Brady started a podcast for the BBC called Wheel of Misfortune. Spittle said if she wasn’t a comedian she would work in radio and if that wasn't an option, in sales for a vending machine company. She was a regular contributor to The Right Hook with George Hook on Newstalk and often features on The Guilty Feminist podcast with Deborah Francis-White. She has worked for iRadio, RTÉ Radio 1 and Newstalk and created sketches for Republic of Telly, and also wrote and starred in her RTÉ Two sitcom Nowhere Fast. [VoiceMag UK](https://www.voicemag.uk/interview/11225/interview-with-comedian-and-podcaster-alison-spittle): "So I worked for a radio DJ who does stand-up comedy, Bernard O'Shea. Alison Spittle, who has created a storm of success in the worlds of stand-up comedy, TV, radio and writing, is one of the funniest women in Ireland. The 33-year-old wears many hats and is a talented comedy writer, radio producer, podcaster and actress, not to mention one of the best stand-ups in the country.