Paul Hilleard won the 2024 BBC New Comedy Award, was a finalist in the Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award 2025, and is a 2026 Chortle Hotshot. He has recently been seen on Comic Relief and heard on BBC Radio Wales. He hosts the popular comedy night ‘Paul Hilleard’s Scumbag Comedy Club’ at The Gaffe in Bristol, and co-host the podcasts ‘Has It Got Legs’ and ‘Union of Scum’. His work-in-progress show sold out at The Bristol Comedy Festival 2026.

“Energy and delivery on stage absolutely fantastic” – Babatunde Aleshe

“Top rate comedy” – Spencer Jones

“Uniquely absurd observations… he projects the appealing image of a man not too successful at life but still clinging to hope… precision and obscurity.” – Chortle

Paul Hilleard: Grogg

Wanna know what a Grogg is? Befuddled grafter Paul Hilleard is here to tell you.

Comedian and podcaster Paul Hilleard’s debut show ‘Grogg’ is about leaving a dying market town in the Welsh valleys to chase success in the big city. Well, Bristol. When the cult of the individual has become the social norm, ‘Grogg’ sees Paul relentlessly attempting to blossom into… what? A yoga instructor? Someone who can afford therapy? The third in a polyamorous relationship? Only time will tell.

Will leaving his working-class roots for a middle-class town allow Paul to finally feel comfortable? Or will he always be… a Grogg?