Kevin Bridges: What's the Story?
A 2012 TV series based on Bridges's stand-up.
After leaving school just after turning 17, Kevin Bridges started doing stand-up comedy at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow and later across the UK.[1] The Scottish Event Campus CEO gave Bridges the 'Gie it Laldy' award for having performed forty-six shows at the SEC Centre and The Hydro.[2]
Quick Facts
- Year
- 2012
- Based on
- Stand-up routines of Kevin Bridges
- Born
- 13 November 1986
- Field
- Stand-up comedy, television
- Nationality
- Scottish
- Known for
- Television series Kevin Bridges: What's the Story?
- Notable work
- Kevin Bridges: What's the Story? (2012)
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Bridges started stand-up gigs at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow after leaving school at 17.[1] His second DVD, The Story Continues..., was released on 12 November 2012.[3][4] That tour sold over 500,000 tickets across 145 dates.[5] His third DVD sold 40,000 copies in its first week.[6]
The DVD, titled The Whole Different Story, featured his 16-night stint at the Hydro.[6]
What the cited sources add
A 2012 Daily Record article notes Bridges' second DVD was released on Monday, 12 November.[4] The same article states Bridges sold 350,000 copies of his debut DVD What's The Story.[4] A 2015 Daily Record article reports his third DVD outsold fellow comedians Michael McIntyre and John Bishop.[6] A 2018 Scotsman article reveals Bridges considered quitting comedy in 2016.[7]
The Scotsman article adds that Bridges asked his father for advice about his unhappiness with his career.[7] The Scotsman article states Bridges walked off stage during a Brighton show but says the break helped him rediscover his love for comedy.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Kevin Bridges" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kevin Bridges", The Comedy Club Ltd (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kevin Bridges" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "GIE IT LALDY! KEVIN BRIDGES RECEIVES HYDRO'S NEW AWARD", Off the Kerb; "The SSE Hydro on Twitter", SSE Hydro; "News: Kevin Bridges Tops Ticketmaster Poll", Beyond The Joke, 27 November 2018; "Kevin Bridges gets Ticketmaster Ticket Of The Year title", British Comedy Guide, 27 November 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kevin Bridges" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Review – Kevin Bridges: The Story Continues", comedy.co.uk, 11 October 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Scots stand-up star Kevin Bridges opens his heart on fame, love and family", Daily Record, 9 November 2012. facts only, no text reused. dailyrecord.co.uk
- Wikipedia, "Kevin Bridges" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "New Kevin Bridges DVD sells 40,000 copies in one week since its launch", Daily Record, 2 December 2015; "KEVIN BRIDGES: THE BRAND NEW TOUR IS ON SALE NOW", Off the Kerb }}{{Dead link, December 2025 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "New Kevin Bridges DVD sells 40,000 copies in one week since its launch", Daily Record, 2 December 2015. facts only, no text reused. dailyrecord.co.uk
- "Scottish stand-up Kevin Bridges considered walking away from comedy.", The Scotsman, 2 December 2018. facts only, no text reused. scotsman.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Kevin Bridges (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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