Ian Stone: The Return of Stoney Baloney

One of the most talented topical acts in the country is back with a rare brand new hour of hilarity as part of the E4 Udderbelly Festival at Southbank Centre. Edgy and provocative with an easy-going manner and self-depreciating style, Ian was ranked amongst the top ten stand-ups in Britain by The Independent. He's also a member of the Comedy Store's critically acclaimed Cutting Edge team.

Ian has performed all over the world including comedy festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, South Africa, Holland, France, Ireland and Germany. He’s entertained the troops in Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Cyprus and most recently Afghanistan, and was also the first British stand-up to perform in Moscow and the first performer to appear at The Comedy Store in Mumbai.

RADIO
In 2010 on Radio 5 Live, he presented Christmas Up The Front, a documentary about performing comedy for the troops in Afghanistan. He was a regular guest on The Gabby Logan Programme and continues to appear on their flagship sports panel show Fighting Talk. During the World Cup, he was part of the team that presented six shows of The Armchair World Cup. The show was recently revived for a one-off Christmas special, Armchair Premier League, and will be returning for a series of shows during the EURO 2012 championship. He was part of the team on The Alan Davies Saturday Morning Show. He also guest presented Radio 5 Live's topical Sunday morning show The Back End of Next Week.

On Radio 4, Ian was a special guest on Shappi Talk and The Now Show and he has also appeared on Political Animal and twice on Four at the Store. He's scheduled to present a football documentary in April 2012, provisionally entitled Gobby Morons .On Radio 4 Extra, he has presented The Comedy Club on a number of occasions and is a regular guest on Ed Byrne's review show What's So Funny?

On Radio 2 he appeared in Hot Gossip, Claudia Winkleman’s top rated Radio Two panel show. He also co-wrote and performed in a broadcast sitcom pilot The Sharp End starring Alistair McGowan and Michelle Gomez.

On Absolute Radio, he was the first guest on the Ian Wright Rock and Roll Football Show and has since become Wrighty's regular sidekick. They will be presenting a show most evenings for EURO 2012. The show has recently been nominated for a Sony Award for Best Sports Programme.

WRITING
The start of the 2011-2012 football season saw Ian become a regular columnist in the Official Arsenal Magazine. This coincided with Arsenal's worst start to a season in thirty six years, although Ian believes that these two things are completely unconnected. You can see some of the previous months’ columns by going to the "Arsenal FC Mag" link. Ian has also written for Russell Howards' Good News (BBC2), The Omid Djalili Show ( BBC1), The Sketch Show (ITV1) and Alistair McGowan's Big Impression (BBC 1).

ONLINE
Ian was one of the founder members of the Alan Davies Arsenal podcast It’s Up For Grabs Now which became a huge success (slightly more than the team, unfortunately). After a short break, the show is back as The Tuesday Club and, after thirty episodes, it has become one of the top rated sports podcasts in the country with an average of sixty thousand downloads a week. He's also been a regular guest on the new internet sports TV station Sports Tonight Live

TV
Ian's many television appearances include two shows of Mock The Week (BBC 2), The World Stands Up (Paramount Comedy) The Comedy Store (Channel 5), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC 2), The Stand-Up Show (BBC 1), Saturday Live (ITV), Live at Jongleurs (ITV) and The 11 O'clock Show (CH4). He was most recently seen as a guest on ESPN's Talk of the Terrace, he's a permanent panellist on Off The Ball (ESPN) and has contributed to BBC3’s Most Annoying People of 2010. He's just taken part in the new series of The Comedy Store (The Comedy Channel). He also appeared in two series of The Katy Brand Show (ITV2) and had a small part in Ben Miller’s film Huge.