Alfie Joey
| Alfie Joey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peterlee, County Durham[1] |
| Alma mater | Middlesex University |
Alfie Joey is a writer, comic, actor, impressionist, singer, presenter, and artist/cartoonist. He hosted the flagship breakfast show on BBC Radio Newcastle from 2009, until his last show on 28 October 2022.[2]
He was nominated Best Compère at the 2006 Chortle Awards.[3]
Joey returned to Edinburgh in 2011 with his new one man comedy musical, 'Monopolise' which did a short tour of North East theatres and the Liverpool comedy festival.[4] In 2015, at the North east comedy festival, Jesterval, he began performing in a double act, The Mimic Men, alongside Britain's Got Talent impressionist Cal Halbert.[5]
He appeared in the first two series on Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music on BBC Radio 4 with Robin Ince, first broadcast in 2004 and 2005.
He is a lifelong Sunderland A.F.C. fan.[6] In 2018, Joey appeared in episode 6 of Sunderland 'Til I Die, a Netflix web-series about Sunderland AFC.
References
- ^ "BBC - Tyne - Profile: Alfie Joey". BBC News. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "BBC Newcastle radio presenter signs off last broadcast with emotional scenes - see the moment here". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Monopolise!". monopolise.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Cal Halbert (Mimic Men)". Cal Halbert. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Art: BBC Radio Newcastle presenter Alfie Joey draws on life's experience".