Alison Spittle


Alison Spittle is an Irish comedian, comedy writer, radio producer and actress. She has worked for iRadio, RTÉ Radio 1 and Newstalk and created sketches for Republic of Telly and has written and starred in her RTÉ Two sit-com Nowhere Fast in 2017. She is the host and creator of the Alison Spittle Show podcast hosted by headstuff.org.

Early life

Spittle was born in Harrow, London. Spittle's father was a builder. The family moved frequently, including to Dresden, Germany before moving to Spittle's mother's ancestral home of County Westmeath, Tyrrellspass, Mullingar and finally Ballymore at age 8. She attended secondary school in Moate.

Career

Graduating from college in Dublin, Spittle moved back to Westmeath where she worked as a researcher for iRadio with comedian Bernard O'Shea. She began working in comedy, supporting PJ Gallagher. This led to her participation in So You Think You're Funny's Irish heats, qualifying for rounds in Edinburgh. She got a guest spot on the "Happy Hour" section of the John Murray Show RTÉ Radio 1 from this success.
Her comedy shows have included Alison Spittle Needs an Agent, Alison Spittle Discovers Hawaii, and Worrier Princess. She has performed at the Edinburgh and Dublin fringe festivals, as well as The Forbidden Fruit and Cork Comedy festivals.
Spittle wrote and starred in web comedy shorts for RTÉ Two, and in sketches for Republic of Telly with Kevin McGahern. In 2014 Spittle took part in an RTÉ 2 pilot for Choose or Lose, a panel show hosted by Eoghan McDermott of 2FM, with contestants Fred Cooke, Bryan Quinn, Keith Farnan, Aaron Heffernan and Georgia Salpa.
She was a regular contributor to The Right Hook with George Hook on Newstalk.
She appeared in the 2019 comedy film Extra Ordinary.

''Nowhere Fast''

In 2017, she co-wrote six-part sitcom Nowhere Fast with her boyfriend Simon Mullholland. The series was directed by Simon Gibney. The show sees Angela moving back down to Ballybeag in the midlands, having lost her job on a radio show in Dublin following a high-profile libel case. The series began in November 2017, and was generally well received by critics and viewers.