Mike Bubbins is a Welsh comedian, actor, writer and podcaster.
He is the star, creator and co-writer of the hit BBC sitcom Mammoth. The first series was the highest rated debut sitcom on the BBC in 2024 receiving widespread acclaim across all media ( four star reviews from The Guardian AND The Daily Mail – see below). Series Two will transmit on BBC Two in winter 2025 with a third series to follow in 2026.
Mammoth can be seen on the BBC I-Player here .
Mike is an accomplished stand up comedian and has performed at theatres and festivals across the UK. Throwback, his first full touring stand up show, is available to watch on the BBC I-Player here.
Mike will be touring a new stand up show in winter 2026/7. He will appear at a short run of work in progress shows in South Wales in winter 2025. Tickets are available here.
He’s also starred in BBC Wales’ hit comedy series Tourist Trap and The Unexplainers, BBC 1’s Warren, BBC 2’s Josh, Dave’s Ultimate Worrier and Eat Your Heart Out, and BBC NI’s Soft Border Patrol. He’s appeared on Would I Lie To You and won his week on House of Games and his episode of Celebrity Mastermind. His interview show Scrum V Top Fives (filmed in the pub at his house) was a hit for BBC Wales and will be returning with new episodes later in 2025 and 2026.
He is an accomplished radio writer and performer. As well as being a regular guest host and presenter on numerous BBC Radio Wales programmes, he’s also appeared in productions as diverse as Kafka’s Metamorphosis, To Hull and Back, and Under The Stars on BBC Radio 4, Radio 5’s Blood on the Tracks and Fighting Talk and has written, and starred in BBC Wales’ Mike Bubbins:Daytripper and Two Men One Job. In addition to these he is co-creator and star of five series of BBC Radio Wales hit paranormal comedy The Unexplainers.
In Podcast land, Mike is one of the hosts of hugely successful Socially Distant Sports Bar podcast which recently sold out the Cardiff International Arena and a full UK tour. You can listen to the podcast here. The podcast will be touring again in 2026. Tickets are available here.
He also appears in the frankly awful The Demon Seed podcast alongside John ‘Eggsy’ Rutledge. Don’t listen to it. He is the anti-hero star of cult hit, and UK Podcast Comedy Award winning The Beef and Dairy Network, improvising the role of deranged slaughterhouse owner/religious leader Eli Roberts.
Lastly, and while he may be blowing his own trumpet, Mike’s pretty sure he’s the only comedy performer, writer & actor in the world who as well as being an ex-professional rugby player, coach and PE teacher has also been a finalist in the European Elvis Tribute Act Championship. Honestly.
Mike is a reluctant participant on social media but you can follow him on Instagram @mikebubbins
Those Mammoth reviews:
The Guardian – ‘ this bold sitcom …shouldn’t work but it really does.. another series to add to the ‘make comedy silly again’ campaign **** ‘
The Telegraph – ‘ delightful…the jokes come thick and fast… delivered with such confidence by Bubbins ****‘
The Daily Mail – ‘ crashes through life like Partridge in a tracksuit **** ‘
Chortle – ‘ Bubbins may find he has created one of the all time great sitcom characters ’
Irish Times – ‘ a giggle fest… wistfully hilarious ‘
The Spectator – ‘ Bubbins plays Mammoth with just the right level of unearned self confidence…a sitcom that’s off to an unusually accomplished start ‘
The Times – ‘ … Bubbins is terrific ‘
Radio Times – ‘ built around a brilliant central performance from creator Bubbins‘
@realmattlucas – Mike Bubbins is a very funny man and I am excited to watch this.
@caitlinmoran – I need to heartily recommend Mammoth on BBC1… THANK YOU THANK YOU for making it. It’s giving me SO MUCH joy. We laughed every two minutes MINIMUM.
@elisjames – I watched all 3 episodes in a row on Wednesday. And then did the same again last night. It’s so funny. Bravo @mikebubbins