Iain Andrew Stirling is a stand-up

Comedian

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, writer

Writer

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 and television presenter from Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 now based in London

London

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. Having started stand-up whilst in his final year of Law at Edinburgh University, a year which saw him make the final of both the Paramount Funniest Student and Chortle Student Comedian of the Year

Chortle Student Comedian Of The Year

The Chortle Student Comedian of the Year is a national search of the UK's universities to find the 'funniest student', run by the comedy website Chortle...

 competitions, he is now a regular on the UK comedy circuit. Having been dubbed one of Scotland's 'Hottest Newcomers' by The Scotsman after his performance in front of 750 people at the Glasgow Fruitmarket, he has progressed at an alarming rate and now gigs all over the UK including The Stand

The Stand Comedy Club

The Stand Comedy Club are three stand-up comedy venues in the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle upon Tyne.-History:The Stand hosted its first regular club night on Thursday 21st September 1995: seven people came and the total box office was £22....

 (Glasgow

Glasgow

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 and Edinburgh), The Comedy Store

The Comedy Store, London

The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in Soho, London, England, opened in 1979 by Don Ward and Peter Rosengard.It was named after The Comedy Store club in the United States, which Rosengard had visited the previous year...

 (Manchester

Manchester

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 and London

London

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), Off The Kerb and various smaller clubs. After being spotted at a gig, Iain has since presented the CBBC Channel

CBBC

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 along with his trusty canine sidekick 'Hacker' from the CBBC TV show Scoop

Scoop (TV Show)

Scoop is a children's TV series first broadcast by the BBC from January 2009 to presentand is written by Julian Dutton, Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain, Martin Hughes & Rory Clark. It is currently on its third season....

, as well as working as a writer on a number of projects for the likes of CBBC

CBBC

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 and BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland

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. He also appeared in Scoop

Scoop (TV Show)

Scoop is a children's TV series first broadcast by the BBC from January 2009 to presentand is written by Julian Dutton, Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain, Martin Hughes & Rory Clark. It is currently on its third season....

 as the postboy in the first four episodes of the new series.
He starred in the 2011 ChrisIsSnowie mockumentary The Man Who Lives With Puppets
In August 2009, Iain performed in the final of the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year

Chortle Student Comedian Of The Year

The Chortle Student Comedian of the Year is a national search of the UK's universities to find the 'funniest student', run by the comedy website Chortle...

at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, finishing runner-up to winner Joe Lycett.