White Male Stand-Up

An Autobiography

Alan Davies

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09 September 2025

Film, TV & Radio; Biography; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Memoirs

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'Davies has done it again, damn him. Irritatingly

good. Maddeningly funny. Annoyingly fine.' STEPHEN FRY

'Emotional, entertaining and startlingly honest.

I was totally engrossed.' AMY LIPTROT, author of The Outrun.

Following Just Ignore Him, the bestselling memoir of his traumatic childhood, White Male Stand-Up is what happened next to Alan Davies.

It's the story of how he threw himself into the joyous and idealistic world of stand-up comedy, leading to a television career, but how echoes from the past, and the thought that everyone might prefer it if he disappeared, saw him repeatedly dismantle everything around him.

With a cast of well-known comedians, actors, agents and producers, Alan awkwardly navigates his life from the camaraderie of the comedy circuit via life-changing fame as TV's Jonathan Creek, to the unwelcome realisation that most people know him from a bank advert and think he's had a perm.

Often very funny and always honest, this very personal memoir is a rich tale of uplifting highs and painful lows, of success and excess, and the dangers of both. How Alan Davies survived it - and very nearly didn't - is the compelling tale of White Male Stand Up.

By: Alan Davies
Imprint: MONORAY
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781800962583
ISBN 10: 1800962584
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 09 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alan Davies is a comedian, writer and actor, best known for starring in the hit BBC series Jonathan Creek and for his regular appearances as a panellist on QI.

Reviews for White Male Stand-Up: An Autobiography

'Reading White Male Stand-up made me nostalgic for the 90s/00s. I could feel the strong friendships and also the pain. Alan Davies is so perceptive on the drive to success and the seeking of an alternate family. This book is emotional, entertaining and startlingly honest. I was totally engrossed.' -- Amy Liptrot * author of The Outrun * 'Davies has done it again, damn him. Irritatingly good. Maddeningly funny. Annoyingly fine.' -- Stephen Fry A simply astonishing achievement. The quality, depth, emotional power and terrifying honesty of Alan Davies's story-telling take the breath away -- Stephen Fry on Just Ignore Him 'Davies has done it again, damn him. Irritatingly good. Maddeningly funny. Annoyingly fine.' -- Stephen Fry