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Fair Cop gets an ‘Oscar’
We're excited to announce that Alfie's BBC Radio 4 comedy IT'S A FAIR COP won Best Comedy at the Audio and Radio Academy Awards (ARIAs) at the Roundhouse, Camden on Thursday 21st May 2026. The ARIAs are the 'Oscars' of the radio and audio industry and Best Comedy is...
A Face for Radio…. Streaming Exclusive
We’re delighted to announce that Alfie’s tour show A Face for Radio is now streaming exclusively on NextUp Comedy. You can watch from the comfort of your own home…. or someone else’s if you’d rather! Don’t watch it at work – laughing out loud could give the game...
Notting Hill (not the rom-com….)
This opinion piece was commissioned by the Guardian newspaper and published 23 August 2025. It is reproduced here for wider enjoyment... This weekend you’ll see them on the streets and in the news. I’m a recent ex-cop with plenty of mates in the job to keep me...
The Fair Cop Travelodge Dilemma
The other week I took a show to Poole in Dorset. Due to my superstar status I stopped in the local Travelodge. In addition to my double bed there was also a single bed, made up in the corner. As I unpack I noticed a shiny metallic object just under the bed and assumed...
Open letter to The Guardian in response to: Night Coppers Review
Open letter to The Guardian in response to Night Coppers – review by Joel Golby – published Sat 9 Jul 2022. In the (likely) event that they decline to publish we reproduce here for completeness... Dear Guardian, I read with interest Joel Golby’s review of Channel 4’s...
It’s a Fair Cop nominated in Best Radio category of Chortle Awards 2022
Alfie and the Fair Cop team are absolutely delighted that his hit Radio 4 comedy 'It's a Fair Cop' has been nominated in the Best Radio Show category of the Chortle Awards 2022. Alfie says "The audience are often co-stars of the show so this is most definitely for...
The Desert Rat Showdown (Scunthorpe style…)
Earlier this week Jeremy Vine sent a tweet out about flat-roofed pubs which brought back a wave of nostalgic memories from my old policing patch… There’s an old saying “never drink in a flat-roofed pub” – they’re normally linked to depravation, brutalist architecture...
Sorry seems to be the easiest word…
You know those weirdos that are often hanging around railway stations? The ones that look like they still live with their Mother and are always scribbling into their little notebooks? Well they’re the British Transport Police (BTP). They’re exactly the same as regular...
Policing – as easy as ABC?
On Monday 25th May 2020, Derek Chauvin took the life of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was a shocking thing to see and, like many others, I’ve spent the last few weeks doing a lot of reflecting on what happened - trying to make sense of it… Did Derek...