Stephen Bailey

A superstar!

British Comedy Guide

He's an arch-bitch with a winning style, everyone's favourite gay best friend. Confident, funny and suitably rude.

The Reviews Hub

Fabulously funny!

The Guardian

Stephen Bailey is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and writer.

As well as being a prominent Headliner on the UK comedy circuit, he has also supported the biggest names in stand-up, including Micky Flanagan on his arena tour, Lucy Beaumont,  Katherine Ryan, Jenny Eclair, Jason Manford, John Bishop and Sarah Millican.

​Known for being a proud northern, working class, gay man, his brand of gossipy humour has singled him out as one of the UK’s most sought-after talents for comedy and entertainment formats.

As well as boasting over 100k followers on Instagram after one of his videos was shared by none other than Melissa McCarthy.

​​2025 has been a huge success for Stephen with appearances on several primetime shows including BBC One’s Blankety Blank & The Celebrity Inner Circle, ITV’s Sorry I Didn’t Know, Channel 5’s Celebrity Puzzling & Sally Lindsay’s Big Christmas Quiz. He also filmed for Comic Relief x Morning Live.

Audiences fell in love with his northern charm and warmth on E4’s Celebrity Coach Trip where he made it to the final. Other credits include two appearances on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two) – hosting and as a guest. He has appeared on shows including Unbreakable (BBC One), co-host on Date or Drop (BBC One) alongside Amanda Holden, Would I Lie To You?,  Richard Osman’s House of Games, Pointless Celebrities, Celebrity Bridge of Lies, Celebrity Mastermind (twice!) & Celebrity Weakest Link (BBC One), The Apprentice: You’re Fired, Between The Covers & Strictly: It Takes Two (BBC Two), Live from Barry Island (BBC Wales), The Stand Up Sketch Show, Love Island: Aftersun (ITV2), Roast Battle (Comedy Central), Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (ITV) and was a regular CelebAbility (ITV2).

​​​​His debut BBC Radio 4 stand-up special Stephen Bailey: One of Many was named Comedy of The Week and after performing twice on Live at the Comedy Store (Comedy Central), he was commissioned to record his own 30 minute comedy special which aired on the channel in 2019.