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Christopher Thomas Binns (born 1970) is a British comedian, best known for his character Hospital Radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury.

Tom Binns
Binns as hospital radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury, Glastonbury Festival, 2019
Born
Christopher Thomas Binns

1970 (age 51–52)
Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
OccupationComedian
Mentalist
Writer

Career


Binns was nominated at the Edinburgh Festival for the Edinburgh Comedy Award 2007 for his hospital radio DJ character Ivan Brackenbury. He has been twice nominated for the Adelaide Fringe Comedy Award, in 2010 and 2011. He was voted a Foster's Comedy God in 2010. He also was nominated for a Chortle Award in 2011 and was also named in a list of their 50 Most Memorable Gigs of the decade. He won the Best International Act at the 2013 New Zealand International Comedy Festival and was nominated for Best Comedy Show at FringeWorld, Perth in 2015 and 2016.[1]

He appears in the BBC MI5 drama Spooks (Episode 6 Series 6),[2] Series 3 of the IT Crowd on Channel 4,[3] and, in character as Ivan Brackenbury, on The Jason Byrne Show and Knowing Me Knowing Yule with Alan Partridge.

As Ian D Montfort he had a BBC Radio 2 series called Ian D Montfort is Unbelievable, broadcast in February 2013.[4] and appeared in the comedy movie Eaten by Lions in 2017.

Besides writing comedy for television and radio, Binns has appeared on other television shows, such as RI:SE, Bullrun, Oblivion and as a writer on Trigger Happy TV, for which he earned "best comedy moment" and "TV moment of 2001" awards. His first television appearances were Friday Night Armistice (BBC2) and Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun, and has gone on to further appear in the Channel 4-based late night sports talk show Under the Moon, with Danny Kelly and stage appearances at the Bloomsbury Theatre and Garrick Theatre.

Binns has worked on Radio 1, Virgin, BRMB and GLR, Talksport UK, Hallam FM and Key 103, appearing either as himself or as hospital radio character Ivan Brackenbury.[5]

Binns is the co-writer of BBC 1's Hospital People, part of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse, in which he plays the five lead characters Ivan Brackenbury, Ian D Montfort, Susan Mitchell, Terry Boyle and Father Kenny.[6]

He has written the book How to Get Famous - A Cynical Guide.


Controversies


In 1999, London-based radio station Xfm was fined £50,000 by Ofcom (at the time the largest fine levied by the authority) following complaints regarding the use of coarse sexual innuendo when discussing a bestial pornography video with a listener during the Tom Binns Breakfast Show.[7] Parent company Capital Radio decided not to sack Binns but in a meeting shortly after the fine was issued, the Radio Authority made it clear to Capital Radio that this would negatively affect the decision to renew the XFM licence.

In December 2009, Binns was fired from BRMB by its owners Orion Media after he cut short the Queen's Christmas Message.[8] The Message was played into his show in error instead of the expected two-minute news bulletin. Binns joked, "Two words: bore-ring". He then went on to joke that the British monarchy can't be as good for tourism as some people claim because "the French executed theirs and people still visit France" and played a George Michael record with the link "from one queen to another".[9][10]


Filmography



Film



Television



Live shows



Radio



Awards and accolades


Binns has received several accolades:


References


  1. "Tom Binns: The Psychic Comedium support from Ivan Brackenbury". The Leadmill. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. "BBC – Spooks – Series 6, Episode 6 Credits". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. Tramps Like Us, retrieved 1 August 2019
  4. "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ian D Montfort Is: Unbelievable". BBC. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. "Making a career out of a sick joke". The Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2008. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. "BBC - Production has begun on new comedy series Hospital People, with guest stars including Russell Brand and Sally Phillips - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  7. "Record fines for radio stations". BBC News. 14 December 1999. Retrieved 1 February 2007. – Article describing the nature of complaints against Tom Binns on Xfm
  8. Plunkett, John (29 December 2009). "Radio DJ sacked for interrupting Queen's Christmas speech". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  9. "Tom Binned over Queen's speech gag". Chortle. 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009. – News report on Tom Binns being sacked from Orion Media Group
  10. "Sacked BRMB DJ Tom Binns thanks public for support". Birmingham Mail.
  11. Williams, Holly (2010). "Interview: Ian D Montford". Spoonfed. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  12. "News: Midlands Comedy Awards Results Announced". Beyond The Joke. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  13. "Midlands Bankers". Chortle. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.




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