Alison Spittle is an award-winning screenwriter, actor and comedian. She is co-host of the popular ‘Ignore That Feeling’ podcast with Fern Brady.
Her show 'Big' won the Comedian's Choice Award for Best Show 2025 and was included in Rolling Stone’s top shows of the Fringe. Produced by Show and Tell, it had a full sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, with multiple extra shows; she then toured the show in the UK, Ireland and Australia. Alison's comedy special 'Wet' will be released by 800 Pound Gorilla Records in 2026. She has appeared on 'Pointless Celebrities', 'Celebrity Gogglebox', 'Richard Osman’s House of Games', and as a judge on the 'BBC New Comedy Awards.' She is the creator and star of her own sitcom ‘Nowhere Fast’, which aired on RTÉ2, BBC America and Stan Australia to critical acclaim. Alison's first play, ‘Starlet’ picked up five stars from The Sunday Times and her second play ‘Glacier’ ran at Old Fire Station Oxford with four stars from The Stage. Her 2023 show ‘Soup’ had a full sell out fringe run and toured the UK and Ireland. Her 2022 show ‘Wet’ was one of British Comedy Guide’s best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. Both shows toured the UK and Ireland. Alison was a co-creator and presenter of the BBC Sounds podcast 'Wheel of Misfortune' with Fern Brady and later, with Kerry Katona. She is a regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist and has her own Radio 4 series 'Petty Please'.