Henning Wehn
Henning Wehn

Henning Wehn

  • 50 years old
  • German
  • Stand-up comedian

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20 names we'd like to see on Taskmaster

Which comics would you like to see on the show? Here are some name we think would make excellent competitors.

Chortle, 3rd March 2021

Line up for Bristol Comedy Garden revealed

This year's Bristol Comedy Garden returns to Queen Square (June 3rd-7th) for a ninth edition of the South West's biggest comedy festival.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th March 2020

Details of Alternative Election Night line-up revealed

Joining the political bigwigs will be a host comedians including: Jimmy Carr, Nish Kumar, Henning Wehn, Geoff Norcott, Sophie Willan and Tez Ilyas.

Channel 4, 11th December 2019

How the Germans sold English comedy back to the English

The success of stand-up Henning Wehn, the self-styled "German Comedy Ambassador in London", who is now a UK TV panel show regular, has already softened up the UK for a Teutonic comedy invasion.

Adam Sherwin, i Newspaper, 4th November 2019

Review: Henning Wehn, York

Brexit is hardly a barrel of laughs - unless you are in the company of Henning Wehn, the self-proclaimed German comedy ambassador.

Maxine Gordon, The York Press, 29th July 2019

Review: Henning Wehn at Oxford Playhouse

'German Comedy Ambassador says DO mention the war'

Tim Hughes, Oxford Mail, 7th May 2019

Series we've lost count (it's 57, if you must ask) of the panel show begins with David Dimbleby in the host's chair. Joining Merton and Hislop, meanwhile, are the doc-maker, Stacey Dooley and the German comic Henning Wehn, who is sure to land some digs at his adopted country's omni-Brexit-shambles.

Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 5th April 2019

One Brexit positive? It may make HIGNFY watchable again

The panel show hasn't been funny since at least 2012. But the sheer stupidity and self-destructiveness of our politics may just help it rediscover its bite.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 5th April 2019

Bath Comedy Festival launches

Bath Comedy Festival has launched its official programme.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th March 2019

New boutique comedy festival For Brighton

The first ever Brighton Comedy Garden will take place this summer with five nights of stand-up comedy presented in a boutique festival in the glorious surroundings of Preston Park from 19 - 23 June.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th March 2019

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