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Dane Baptiste

Dane Baptiste

  • English
  • Actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian

Press clippings

The Ultimate Choice returns to Radio 4

The Ultimate Choice is returning to Radio 4 next year, once again hosted by Steph McGovern and with guests including Russell Kane, Isy Suttie, Darren Harriott and Amy Gledhill.

British Comedy Guide, 25th October 2023

Dane Baptiste on the Fringe: 'The festival is discriminatory to people of a certain extraction'

The long-standing comic talks to us about impending fatherhood, frustration over unfulfilled TV projects, and what grinds his gears about Edinburgh in August.

Jay Richardson, The List, 14th August 2023

Dane Baptiste releases free show Chocolate Chip

Dane Baptiste has released his hit stand-up show The Chocolate Chip on YouTube for free.

British Comedy Guide, 7th August 2023

Dane Baptiste: 'My body likes to cleanse itself before telling dirty jokes'

The comedian on getting old, festival toilets and British stand-ups' failure to talk about inequality.

Liam Pape, The Guardian, 24th July 2023

Dane Baptiste interview

'Because my situation changed in many ways, that's allowed my perspective to change'. Dane Baptise tells us about his new show and the evolution of his comedy.

Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 10th July 2023

Monkey Barrel announces more Edinburgh shows

Monkey Barrel Comedy has released tickets for more Edinburgh Fringe 2023 shows.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2023

More comedians named for Celebrity Mastermind

Suzi Ruffell, Dane Baptiste and Shaparak Khorsandi are among the comedians taking part in the new series of Celebrity Mastermind.

Chortle, 1st February 2023

Stand Up Sketch Show Series 5 line-up revealed

Details of the comedians filming stand-up sets for the fifth series of The Stand Up Sketch Show have been revealed

British Comedy Guide, 10th January 2023

Why has British comedy got a problem with race?

Last week, Bo' Selecta! creator Leigh Francis risked reigniting his feud with Craig David saying the singer should stop talking about being mocked on the programme because it was 20 years ago. Chanté Joseph talks to comedian Dane Baptiste about why British comedy has a problem with depictions of race.

Chanté Joseph, The Guardian, 1st December 2022