# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josh-widdicombe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:29:06.792Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josh-widdicombe"
name: "Josh Widdicombe"
slug: "josh-widdicombe"
description: "Joshua Michael Widdicombe is an English comedian, presenter and actor. He is known for appearances on The Last Leg (2012–present), Fighting Talk (2014–2016), Insert Name Here (2016–2019), Mock the Week (2012–2016) and his BBC Three sitcom Josh (2015–2017), as well as being the new host of Strictly Come Dancing (2026)."
tagline: "English stand-up comedian and radio host"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josh_Widdicombe_Latitude_Festival_2013.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1983-04-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.665188000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/joshwiddicombe"
    handle:    "joshwiddicombe"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/josh_widdicombe/"
    handle:    "josh_widdicombe"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joshwiddicombe"
    handle:    "joshwiddicombe"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4073381/"
    handle:    "nm4073381"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joshwiddicombe.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Widdicombe"
    title: "Josh Widdicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Widdicombe"
    title: "Josh Widdicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Widdicombe"
    title: "Josh Widdicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Widdicombe"
    title: "Josh Widdicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Widdicombe"
    title: "Josh Widdicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Widdicombe"
    title: "Josh Widdicombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1272666"
    title: "Josh Widdicombe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump