Kevin Andrew Bridges (born on 13 November 1986) is a Scottish professional comic. His 2012 TV series Kevin Bridges: What's the Story? depended on his stand-up schedules.

He has shown up on numerous TV board shows including Would I Lie to You?, Have I Got News for Yourself, and has performed on Live at the Apollo and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow.

Profession

Stand-up

Spans started performing in front of an audience when he left school soon after turning 17, doing stand-up satire gigs at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow and afterward all through the UK. Spans said he was propelled to attempt to stand up after perusing Frank Skinner's collection of memoirs.

At 18, he arrived at the last of Channel 5's So You Think You're Funny contest at the Edinburgh Fringe.

In 2006 Bridges played out his first full-length solo show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, to a sold-out crowd and much basic recognition.

Moving into greater scenes consistently, Bridges sold out his old neighborhood celebration in 2007, 2008, and 2009. He performed at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Spans showed up on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow on the BBC, where he performed at the Edinburgh Playhouse. Spans got back to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009 with his show 'An Hour to Sing For Your Soul'. He was named for best rookie in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.

In 2010, Bridges participated in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, an advantage show held in help of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, shot inhabit the O2 Arena in London. Spans won the advancement grant at the 2010 Chortle Awards.

His presentation DVD named Kevin Bridges: The Story So Far... Live in Glasgow, recorded at Glasgow's SECC, was delivered on 22 November 2010.

In 2015, Bridges set out on his third stand-up visit through the UK, A Whole Different Story. The visit saw Bridges sell north of 500,000 tickets across 145 dates remembering 16 rat shows at The Hydro for his home city. During which he recorded his third DVD which proceeded to sell north of 300,000 duplicates.

Counting 40,000 during its initial experience at a bargain beating individual jokesters Michael McIntyre and John Bishop.

Spans had become frustrated with stand-up after his 145-night visit in 2015. In the wake of sitting down to talk with his father, he chose to have some time off from performing. During his time in Spain, he cleared his head and was enlivened by the opportunity he needed to get back to stand up.

At the point when Bridges got back from Spain, he did "three or four" unannounced work-in-progress gigs to try out his new material.

After north of a year from stand-up Bridges returned in 2018 with his Brand New Tour which incorporated a record 19 sold-out evenings at The Hydro in his old neighborhood of Glasgow.

Spans were granted the 'Give it Laldy' grant by the CEO of the Scottish Event Campus in acknowledgment of playing 46 shows across the Scottish Event Campus (SECC and The Hydro).

He has additionally sold a larger number of tickets for the Scottish Event Campus than some other independent craftsman.

His Brand New Tour was likewise cast a ballot for UK's Ticket of The Year in a survey directed by Ticketmaster. Spans are the main joke artist to top the yearly survey decided in favor of by Ticketmaster clients.
TV

Scaffolds' TV profession began on Comedy Central UK, in April 2008, with a set on The World Stands Up. Presently, he showed up on Comedy Store (likewise on Comedy Central).

His exhibitions on these shows and the satire circuit and at celebrations prompted his being offered his first standard TV reprieve on 5 June 2009 on BBC One's Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow.

Spans were fundamentally complimented for his exhibition. More than 5 million watchers saw his presentation and his whole 25-night run at the Edinburgh celebration sold out in hours, with additional shows being along these lines added and sold out.

pans proceeded to be named for the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Awards (once Perrier) in the best newbie classification.

His TV work from that point forward has included BBC One's Live at the Apollo and a "Best of British Special" (Episode 7 of the eighth series) of 8 out of 10 Cats, in July 2009.

He additionally showed up in BBC 2 Scotland's Gary: Tank Commander (scene 6). Spans showed up in Rab C Nesbitt in the primary scene of the new series in 2010, on Mock the Week in February 2010, and has shown up twice in Would I Lie To You?.

He was a visitor on the BBC One show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 28 May 2010. Since June 2010, Bridges is a normal entertainer on Channel 4's Stand Up for the Week. His six-section BBC One series, Kevin Bridges: What's the Story?, started on 8 February 2012.

Spans were approached to show up in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, yet turned it down.

In 2014 BBC One charged three specials facilitated by Bridges. Inhabit The Commonwealth, shot at the Theater Royal in Glasgow to correspond with Glasgow facilitating the Commonwealth Games.

The show included universally eminent joke artists from the Commonwealth. Inhabit The Referendum, likewise recorded at the Theater Royal united four of the UK's top jokesters to give their perspectives on the 2014 mandate on Scottish freedom.

The third uncommon, Kevin Bridges What's The Story – Referendum Special, Bridges rioted assembling grassroots feelings from across Scotland and past with regards to the mandate.
Radio

On 6 March 2010, Bridges partook in the BBC 5 Live show Fighting Talk, where he came next behind Greg Brady, turning into the most youthful individual at any point to show up on the show at that point (a record since broken by individual entertainer Jack Whitehall).

In November 2010, he was additionally a contender on BBC Radio 4's The Unbelievable Truth.
Individual life

Spans are the child of Andy and Patricia Bridges and have a sibling, John, who is ten years more established. Kevin wedded his significant other Kerry Monaghan in 2019.

He experienced childhood in the Hardgate space of Clydebank and went to St Mary's Primary and St Columba's High.