Sir Bernard Chumley

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Matt made his debut on the London stand-up comedy circuit at the age of eighteen in October '92 as Sir Bernard Chumley, legendary actor and raconteur. In 1994 he appeared at the Gilded Balloon as part of the Edinburgh Festival.

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Live Chumley | Early Chumley | Radio Chumley | Sir Bernard's stately homes | Recent Chumley

Live Chumley with David

In 1995 Matt and David teamed up to take "Sir Bernard Chumley is Dead.....And Friends" to Edinburgh, spending the festival with a residency at the Gilded Balloon. Here is a tongue-in-cheek review of the "And Friends" Edinburgh show. Here's another one from the magazine Comedy Review.

They followed up this success the following year with the "Sir Bernard Chumley Gangshow" which was nominated for a Perriet Award. This 1996 show was moved to the Assembly Rooms, and then the Pleasance in 1997. The shows received rave reviews from the critics with Matt being widely hailed as a "genius" and David widely hailed as a "sidekick". Here is a review of the Gangshow.

After Edinburgh success, the Gangshow, renamed "Sir Bernard Chumley's Grand Tour" toured Britain in 1997.

• Here's a review of the Leeds gig (and here is a scan of the original article). This review is was written in 1997 and is from the Bradford Student Union "Scrapie" magazine (Issue 5, 21st November 1997). and was written by Gaz Morgan. Here's the online archive of Scrapie magazine.

In 1999 Matt and David took Sir Bernard to the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada.

Early Chumley on TV

Sir Bernard's numerous television appearances have included 'Comedy Club' (ITV, '93), 'London Comedy Festival' (ITV, '94), 'Edinburgh Nights' (BBC, '95), 'Barrymore' (ITV, '96)

Chumley on Radio

Sir Bernard went to BBC Radio 4 in 1996 as 'Sir Bernard's Soiree', which was written and performed by Matt and David.

Sir Bernard's Stately Homes

'Sir Bernard's Stately Homes' was a six-part TV series, was shown on BBC2 in 1998. Go here for episode guides and screen shots.

More Recent Chumley

Most recently, Sir Bernard was seen in Rude for a Reason (David was in this but was cut from the broadcast version shown on BBC, '99. Listen to Matt's bit on the Lucas and Walliams Archive). You can see both Matt and David (who played Peter Andre, royal watcher) on the video cover.

He was also on 'Drop The Debt!' (BBC, '99) and 'Jack Dee's Full Mountie' (BBC, 2000), and was heard on 'The Now Show' (BBC R4, 2000).

Matt also toured Sir Bernard solo in 2001. Read a fan review from the gig at The Bull.

He also did a very recent gig as Sir Bernard at the Comedy Store (September 2003)

Sir Bernard is also, of course, a regular character in Little Britain.