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Biography

About Lost Voice Guy

Lee Ridley (aka Lost Voice Guy) is the first stand-up comedian to use a communication aid.

Lee won Britain's Got Talent in 2018 and the BBC New Comedy Award in 2014. His TV and radio credits include Christmas Comedy Club With Lost Voice Guy (ITV), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Britain's Got Talent: The Champions (ITV), Britain's Got Talent Christmas Spectacular (ITV), America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC), Comic Relief (BBC One), Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), The Last Leg (Channel 4), Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave), Question Team (Dave), Jerk (BBC Three) and The Now Show (BBC Radio 4). Lee has co-written four series of Ability (BBC Radio 4) which he also stars in. With his co-writer Katherine Jakeways, they were shortlisted for Best Radio Comedy in the 2019 Writers' Guild Awards and Best Scripted Comedy in the 2019 BBC Audio Drama Awards.

View a full list of his television and radio credits. 

Lee has toured the UK, selling out venues up and down the country, with his shows I'm Only In It For The Parking and Cerebral LOL-sy. He's also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, Latitude, Rewind Festival, Galway Comedy Festival, Brighton Fringe, Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Leicester Comedy Festival, Nottingham Comedy Festival and Liverpool Comedy Festival. Lee was named Ent24's Hardest Working Comedian of the Year in 2019.

Lee was named on The Shaw Trust’s Disability Power 100 List of the UK's most influential disabled people in the UK in 2019, 2020 and 2022.

Lee's book, I'm Only In It For The Parking, has been published in hardback and paperback by Transworld.

Lee has told jokes/given motivational speeches for a range of charities and organisations including Sainsbury's, Barclays and The Royal College of Nurses. He is also an ambassador for Scope as well as being a patron of The Scott-Morgan Foundation, Smile For Life, Communication Matters and The Sequal Trust.

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In December 2023, 72,185 children were waiting for speech and language therapy support. Over 21,000 were waiting 18+ weeks, with over 4,000 waiting a year or more.
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This is brilliant from @gaillardremi 😂👏
Massive respect for Lenny Henry for hosting Comic Relief for 39 years! A true legend of comedy ❤️
Gotta keep those benefits somehow 😂😂
My Mam ❤️
When your nickname at school was ‘fire hazard! ⚠️
We’ve all been there 😂😂
Good job I turned off my computer before midnight on 31/12/99 😂😂
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When you can’t be bothered to change the location every night of the tour… 😂😂😂
Don’t have nightmares 😂😂
Happy Valentine's Day ❤️
Rest in peace, Steve. Thanks for always making me so welcome on your show. You were one of the greats ❤️
You can’t call me that?! 😂😂😂
Tiny hands or giant head? 🤣

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Maybe I should try Blind Date instead? 👀
Can’t wait to be a part of @nextupcomedy Access Festival at the end of January!
Rest in peace mate ❤️
Tune in to @bbctwo at 10pm tonight to watch 'Live At The Apollo: Access All Areas' which features a celebration of disabled stand up comedians including myself! Also available on @bbciplayer.
It’s my birthday today so my Mam is digging up the baby photos. Didn’t I look cute!?
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all have a lovely day ❤️

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