Ava Vidal Explained

Ava Vidal
Birth Name:Ava Beverley Vidal
Nationality:British
Children:3

Ava Beverley Vidal (; born 1976 in Lambeth, London)[1] is an English comedian. She has taken part in E4's Kings of Comedy.[2] Her career in comedy began on the BBC's Urban Sketch Show.[3]

Life and career

In 1996,[4] Vidal began working as a prison officer at HM Prison Pentonville in Barnsbury, North London.[5] She was inspired to go into the field by her mother, who worked at HM Prison Holloway.[4] Vidal decided to quit the prison profession in 2001 to go to university and study law. Around this time, she also began writing comedy material.[4]

Vidal appeared in 28 Acts in 28 Minutes and The Comic Side of 7 Days in 2005. She has also been involved in other BBC shows including The Last Laugh, The Sack Race and The Crouches. Vidal was a housemate in Kings of Comedy on E4, and Channel 4 made a documentary about her called From the Top, a half-hour show explaining her journey in comedy so far and how she became a comedian.

Vidal was on the line-up of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow in Swansea that aired on 27 June 2009,[6] BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz in February and October 2010, and appeared four times on BBC Two's Mock the Week between 2011 and 2013.[7] In July 2012, she appeared on Is Football Racist? on BBC Three.[8]

On BBC Three's Free Speech, she suggested armed drug dealers should be helped rather than sent to prison.[9]

In 2016, along with numerous other celebrities, Vidal toured the UK to support Jeremy Corbyn's bid to become Prime Minister.[10] [11] Vidal presents her own YouTube podcast named Black Woman's Hour.[12]

Personal life

Vidal has three children, two daughters and a son. Her eldest daughter, Shaquelle, died in April 2018.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Learning - From the Top. 4 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407081235/http://www.channel4learning.com/support/programmenotes/micro/fromthetop/programme1_bg.html. 7 April 2014. dead.
  2. Web site: Kings of Comedy fail to see the funny side. The Guardian. Plunkett, John. 8 October 2004. 11 October 2017. 9 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171009041620/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/oct/08/broadcasting.realitytv. live.
  3. Web site: Explore . Channel 4 . 2011-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050316180916/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/K/kingsofcomedy/profile6.html . 2005-03-16 . dead .
  4. News: Ava Vidal. Alison. Benjamin. The Guardian . 18 August 2004. 15 January 2019. www.theguardian.com. 15 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190115075747/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/aug/18/guardiansocietysupplement. live.
  5. News: Prison 'no holiday camp' says ex-officer. BBC News . 15 January 2019. 15 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190115104439/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-22393400/prison-no-holiday-camp-says-ex-officer-ava-vidal. live.
  6. Web site: One Programmes - Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Series 1, Swansea . BBC . 2011-06-28 . 12 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151112231714/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ldgr2 . live .
  7. Web site: BBC Two - Mock the Week, Series 12, Episode 4. BBC. 20 August 2015. 26 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220426210552/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036mmm6. live.
  8. News: Ava Vidal: It is time for the Civil Rights Movement to hit the football pitch. Vidal. Ava. 13 July 2012. The Independent. 16 November 2019. 16 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191116001130/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ava-vidal-it-is-time-for-the-civil-rights-movement-to-hit-the-football-pitch-7942221.html. live.
  9. Web site: Peter Hitchens on Free Speech (24/04/2014). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/nSnNZ_SdLcY . 2021-12-21 . live. www.youtube.com.
  10. Web site:
    1. JC4PM
    . jc4pmtour. 28 July 2015. 15 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170701133711/http://jc4pmtour.com/. 1 July 2017. dead.
  11. News: Wilkinson. Michael. Celebrities to tour Britain in 'Jeremy Corbyn For Prime Minister' musical show. The Daily Telegraph. 1 February 2016. 15 July 2017. 9 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160609221909/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12134051/Celebrities-to-tour-Britain-in-Jeremy-Corbyn-For-Prime-Minister-musical-show.html. live.
  12. Web site: Black Womans Hour Youtube Channel (23/10/2021). www.youtube.com. 23 November 2021. 23 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211123232116/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPv7I5fBUUk8aN5Q0jz_Z1g. live.
  13. News: Mock The Week panelist fights High Court battle with ex over right to spread ashes of her daughter. Francesca. Marshall. The Telegraph . 17 October 2018. 15 January 2019. www.telegraph.co.uk. 15 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190115081317/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/17/mock-week-panelist-fights-high-court-battle-ex-right-spread/. live.

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