We Need to Talk About . . . Kevin Bridges

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Review - Kevin Bridges: The Story Continues". comedy.co.uk. 11 October 2012 . Retrieved 28 September 2022. With most celebrity autobiographies you're wishing it would hurry up and get to the part where they become famous. Not this one. The younger years were as entertaining as his stand up work and I found myself thinking "It's ok mate things are going to get better" which is a little strange as by this point it already had but that just goes to show how invested in his story the book made me feel. Scottish stand-up Kevin Bridges considered walking away from comedy". The Scotsman. 2 December 2018 . Retrieved 2 December 2018. A wonderfully dry and deadpan Glaswegian comic . . . one the most exciting talents to have emerged from Scotland since Billy Connolly' Guardian

At the bar after one of the shows (a fatal time and place for a comic to hang around; it’s where many egos have been destroyed), a guy who looked in his 40s came over to me and said, “Well done.” I thanked him before he followed up with, “Anybody can do what you do, though, mate.” The point is that there are people who actually go and do it, and then there are the people at the bar who just tell how they could have done it. Once bitten, he knew this was his career, and he had to build on it. These subsequent chapters plod a little as he goes from one gig to the next, sometimes facing a challenge, but generally going from strength to strength until – just six years after those first uncertain steps – he's playing the 10,000 seater SECC. It's a phenomenal rise by any measure and where this book ends. Bridges is the son of Andy and Patricia Bridges and has a brother, John, who is ten years older. [28] He grew up in the Hardgate area of Clydebank and attended St Mary's Primary and St Columba's High. [28] [29] The struggles, highs, lows and hard work aspiring comedians go through is talked about in detail. It's amazing seeing this confident looking guy on stage but who was constantly wondering if he was kidding himself that he belonged in the industry he was trying to break into.

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Three new BBC One specials commissioned with Scottish comic Kevin Bridges". BBC. 6 June 2014 . Retrieved 29 November 2018.

BBC One – Would I Lie to You?, Series 5, Episode 2". BBC. 5 April 2013 . Retrieved 6 December 2015. Kevin Bridges is one of my favourite comedians. His dead-pan deliverance of jokes combined with observations I can relate to have had me crying with laughter. Kevin married Kerry Monaghan in 2019. In December of 2022, Bridges announced the birth of his first child, a son named Liam, born in May of that year. [30] Filmography [ edit ] List of acting performances in film and television I felt quite nostalgic in the earlier stages of the book, being the same age as Bridges and growing up in a similar area. I particularly loved how supportive his family came across to be, the obvious love they had in the house, and how grateful and humble Bridges sounded throughout the whole thing. It's clear he feels he wouldn't be in the position he is today without the support of his family, and I think that says a lot about the person he is, and the people he has in his life.Kevin has previously hosted much-lauded documentaries for BBC One including Kevin Bridges - What's The Story in 2012, followed by Kevin Bridges - What's The Story Referendum Special in 2014. In 2014 Kevin also hosted two BBC One stand-up specials on the Commonwealth Games and the Scottish Referendum.