Lewis Macleod
- 54 years old
- Scottish
- Actor, writer and impressionist
Press clippings
Dead Ringers to return with Jon Holmes as producer
Topical impression show Dead Ringers is to return to Radio 4 in June. Following the death of creator Bill Dare, the BBC have now appointed The Skewer and The Naked Week's Jon Holmes as producer.
British Comedy Guide, 16th May 2025Dead Ringers 25th Anniversary Tour to pay tribute to creator Bill Dare
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the stars of BBC Radio 4's topical satire show Dead Ringers are hitting the road with a tour in September and October. The shows will be a tribute to producer Bill Dare, who passed away in March.
British Comedy Guide, 24th April 2025'People feel terrible. They want to laugh': can comedy make light of Trump 2.0?
A second Donald Trump presidency may be darker than the first, but his victory has unleashed the creative energies of satirists and stand-ups.
Rachael Healy, The Observer, 10th November 2024Dead Ringers is satire's great saviour - our politicians should be worried
The comedy sketch show is back, in rip-roaring form, just when the public needs it most.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 22nd June 2022Clinton Baptiste - new tour taking on his arch psychic enemy
Next autumn Clinton Baptiste and Ramone Tamine take to the road to play out their bitter rivalry in theatres up and down the land.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th December 2021Comedy stars curate Summer Comedy Festival on Radio 4
Miles Jupp, Jo Brand, Daliso Chaponda, Jayde Adams, Sara Pascoe and Darren Harriott will each curate a comedy show for Radio 4's Summer Comedy Festival.
British Comedy Guide, 18th July 2020Scottish Comedy Awards 2020 nominations
Janey Godley, Jim Smith and Larry Dean are amongst the nominees for the Scottish Comedy Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 9th June 2020Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod hope to come up Trumps
The prospect of spending an hour in the company of Donald and Melania Trump would be enough to make most people run for the hills. But when it's impressionists Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod who are inhabiting the roles of the President and First Lady, the idea appeals.
Murray Scougall, The Sunday Post, 6th August 2019How Edinburgh's comics are straddling political divide
While some fringe shows are tackling the subject head on, other performers think this is a year to stay off current affairs.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian, 3rd August 2019New Fringe shows for 2019 we're excited about
Don't miss these new shows coming to Pleasance, Underbelly, Gilded Balloon and Assembly at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Katharine Gemmell, The List, 3rd July 2019