Comedian Miles Jupp has announced a major new UK tour for 2016 and 2017. The Songs Of Freedom tour starts at Milton Keynes Stables on September 7.

In his new show the host of The News Quiz will be tackling "Astronauts. Regrets. The sexes. Social Media. Hipsters. Poo. Rage. Medicine. Manners. Identity. Lost stuff. Other stuff."

Jupp has appeared in sitcoms ranging from Rev to The Thick of It.  He has also made numerous appearances on Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week, as well as Eight Out Of Ten Cats and Never Mind The Buzzcocks. He has performed stand-up on both Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Live At The Apollo. 

Last year he became the host of BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, and he also contributed to a huge number of other shows on the station including Just A Minute, I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue and The Unbelievable Truth. He also hosted three series of the panel show It’s Not What You Know. He also wrote and starred as Damien Trench in four series of In And out Of The Kitchen for the station, as well as a TV version on BBC4. He is currently writing a Damien Trench book.  He has also starred in two series of Boswell’s Lives, written by Jon Canter. The first series won The Prix Europa 2015 for Best Radio Fiction Series. His book Fibber In The Heat was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book Of The Year.

As an actor he has also acted in two plays at the National Theatre; People by Alan Bennett in 2012 and Sam Holcroft’s Rules For Living in 2015. He is due to appear in this summer’s The Legend of Tarzan, the new film directed by David Yates. 

Picture by David Secombe

Tour dates here.