Ep. 588 - Andrew Ryan - One of UK and Ireland’s most in-demand comedians, 60 million online views
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Ryan is one of the most in-demand comedians working across the UK and Ireland and his online content has amassed more than 60 million views across social media. In 2024, Andrew’s UK and Ireland tour was extended due to demand, selling more than 10,000 tickets across 56 dates. He followed this with the release of his self-produced stand-up special, filmed at the Alley Theatre in Strabane in 2025. His previous special, Live at the Black Box, was released in 2023. Alongside his stand-up career, Andrew is a breakfast presenter on Q Radio, broadcasting to more than 160,000 listeners each week. His television credits include The 2 Johnnies (RTÉ), The Blame Game (BBC One Northern Ireland), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three), Best of the Edinburgh Festival Live (BBC Three), Live at The Comedy Store and Live for MIND (Comedy Central), The Six O’Clock Show, Ireland AM, and two series of Secrets of the Comedy Circuit for ITVX and UTV. He has also supported some of comedy’s biggest names on tour, including Joe Lycett, Jason Manford, Kerry Godliman, Shane Todd and George Lewis.
Andrew Ryan is our guest in episode 588 of My Time Capsule and he chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he’d like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
For tickets to Andrew’s Edinburgh show, visit - https://underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/events/event/andrew-ryan-honest-capacity .
For all other live shows and everything else, visit - https://andrewryancomedy.com .
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to my time capsule. I'm Mike Fenton-Steens, and my time capsule is, as it's always been, the podcast where people tell me five things from their life they wish they had in a time capsule. |
| 0:22.1 | They're allowed to choose four things that they really love and one thing they'd like to bury and forget. |
| 0:27.6 | My guest in this episode is the Irish comedian Andrew Ryan. |
| 0:32.1 | Andrew is one of the most in-demand acts across the UK and Ireland. |
| 0:36.6 | Andrew has appeared on many TV shows in the UK and Ireland, |
| 0:39.9 | from The Two Johnny's show on RTE and on the Blame Game on BBC One Northern Ireland. |
| 0:45.8 | He's also been on Russell Howard's Good News, |
| 0:48.0 | Best of the Edinburgh Festival Live on BBC 3, |
| 0:50.8 | live at the Comedy Store and live for mind on Comedy Central. |
| 0:54.9 | He's hosted two series of Secrets of the Comedy Circuit over the last two years on ITVX and UTV, |
| 1:01.7 | and he's also appeared on Comedy Central live on numerous occasions, performing stand-up. |
| 1:07.1 | Andrew has amassed over 40 million views online across his social media platforms. |
| 1:12.9 | He performed his debut hour show, Ryanoply, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012, |
| 1:18.4 | receiving rave reviews. |
| 1:20.1 | He returned in 2015 with his show perfectly inadequate, selling out his run at the festival |
| 1:25.0 | and having to put on extra shows. |
| 1:27.0 | He then returned again to Edinburgh in 2016 with the new show ruined |
| 1:30.8 | and again in 2017 with Did You Get Here All Right? |
| 1:35.2 | Which he toured across the UK. |
| 1:37.3 | In 2018 he won Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival with his show |
| 1:41.5 | Is Everything All Right at Home. |
| 1:43.9 | He has supported the likes of |
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