MITCH BENN

Top stand-up muscial comedian Mitch Benn is not only one of the most sought -after acts on the comedy circuit but is widely acknowledged as one of the best writer/performers of comic songs in the country. Mitch is a regular writer and performer on ''The Now Show'' for BBC Radio 4 and ''It's Been a Bad Week'' for BBC Radio 2. Three series of his successful Radio 4 show, ''Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music'' have been broadcast so far. He also presents ''The Mitch Benn Music Show'' on BBC Radio 7.

On TV, Mitch appears regularly on BBC1's ''The One Show'' as the writer and arranger of ''The Complaints Choir''. Mitch contributes occasional songs to Channel 4's ''Bremner Bird And Fortune''. He has also appeared on ''The Last Word'' for More4, ''Gas'' for Channel 4, ''Live at Jongleurs'', ''The Warehouse'' and ''Today With Des & Mel'' for ITV, ''The Comedy Store'' for Channel 5, ''The World Stands Up'' for Paramount and ''Raymaan Is Laat'' for Dutch TV. He was the presenter of the paranormal discussion show ''Out There'' for Carlton World.

In 2003 Mitch formed the band Mitch Benn & The Distractions with Kirsty Newton and Tash Baylis; after a successful run at the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe they took up a residency at The Bedford in Balham in October 2003. Mitch Benn & The Distractions completed a successful national UK tour in autumn 2004, to coincide with the release of their album ''Too Late To Cancel''

Mitch brought a reconvened Mitch Benn And The Distractions back to the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2007, performing a nightly two-hour show - The Mitch Benn Music Club - at the prestigious Reid Hall concert venue (the ''Cow Barn''). A live album, recorded on the last night of the festival, entitled ''Official Bootleg Edinburgh 2007'' (or ''The Brown Album'') was released in October 2007 to coincide with the start of another national tour, which concluded in December 2007. A new studio album and accompanying single release are planned for 2008.