# Ian Stone

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{{Short description|British comedian}}
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thumb|Ian Stone in the Cabaret Tent at Glastonbury Festival 2019
'''Ian Stone''' is a British stand-up comedian, broadcaster and writer notable for appearing as a guest on shows such as the comedy panel show ''[Mock the Week](/source/Mock_the_Week)''. Stone was also a regular guest on BBC Radio 5's ''[Fighting Talk](/source/Fighting_Talk)''. His book about following [The Jam](/source/The_Jam) and growing up in London in the late 1970s was published by Unbound in June 2020.

==Career==
Stone began his career as a stand-up comedian in 1991.<ref name="CV">{{cite web | title = Ian Stone | publisher = Comedy CV | url = http://www.comedycv.co.uk/ianstone/index.htm | accessdate = 2007-07-19 }}</ref> He first performed at the [Edinburgh Festival](/source/Edinburgh_Festival) in 1996, in a tour controversially called, ''A Little Piece of [Kike](/source/Wiktionary%3Akike)''.<ref name="Gibbons">Gibbons, Fiachra (2000) "[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/10/edinburgh2000.edinburgh1 Festival joke on Holocaust provokes outrage]", ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'', 10 August 2000, retrieved 2011-08-16</ref>
 
Stone later appeared on several television shows, including ''[The 11 O'Clock Show](/source/The_11_O'Clock_Show)'', ''[The Late Edition](/source/The_Late_Edition)'', ''[Never Mind The Buzzcocks](/source/Never_Mind_The_Buzzcocks)'' and ''[Mock the Week](/source/Mock_the_Week)''.

In 2013 Stone began presenting 'Off the Ball' a weekly comedy football show on [ESPN](/source/ESPN) with [Bob Mills](/source/Bob_Mills_(comedian)). This format was transferred to BT Sport in time for the 2014 World Cup and renamed [The Football's On](/source/The_Football's_On).

Stone was also co-host on 'Rock and Roll Football' on [Absolute Radio](/source/Absolute_Radio) with [Ian Wright](/source/Ian_Wright) for five years. The show won a Sony silver award for best sports programme in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ianstonecomedian.co.uk/radio.html|title=Radio|website=IAN STONE|language=en|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref>

Stone currently presents a regular weekday breakfast radio show from 6.30am until 10.30am on Love Sport Radio in London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lovesportradio.com/on-air/ian-stone/|title=Ian Stone|work=Love Sport Radio|access-date=2018-05-17|language=en}}</ref> He is also a regular contributor to the recently relaunched [Arsenal F.C.](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) podcast(AFTV), The Tuesday Club, alongside host [Alan Davies](/source/Alan_Davies)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ianstonecomedian.co.uk/tuesday-club-podcast.html|title=The Tuesday Club Podcast|website=IAN STONE|language=en|access-date=2020-09-16}}</ref> and the Handbrake Off podcast for [The Athletic](/source/The_Athletic).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcast/150-handbrake-off/|title=Handbrake Off Podcast|website=theathletic.com|language=en|access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref>

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