Roy Chubby Brown
Stand-up specials
A proudly offensive survivor of the Northern working men's clubs.
Roy Chubby Brown walks on stage in a flying helmet, goggles, and a patchwork suit, usually greeted by a room full of people chanting “You fat bastard”. He approaches the microphone wide-eyed and immediately starts shouting. He relies on a strict setup and punchline rhythm, delivering every line with raw exasperation. If a joke falls flat, he glares at the front row through his glasses, acting as if the crowd just offended him.
He is a surviving fixture of the Northern English working men’s club circuit. Because television networks consider his act unbroadcastable, he operates away from the mainstream comedy ecosystem. Instead, he built his audience through word of mouth, live tours, and physical media sales. City councils routinely ban him from performing in their theatres, which only hardens his appeal to his base.
He constructs his set out of pure obscenity. There is no protective layer of irony buffering the act. He simply tells the bluest jokes he can write, dragging the sensibilities of an older era of British comedy into the present. He will deliver a xenophobic punchline, complain about his mother-in-law, lead a foul-mouthed singalong, and sit down for a quick piano break. He says the things he knows will cause outrage, and the room laughs precisely because they know they aren’t supposed to.
Born Royston Vasey in Middlesbrough, he spent time in borstal and the Merchant Navy before taking his building-site banter to the stage. The creators of The League of Gentlemen later used his real name for their fictional town, eventually casting him in a cameo as the mayor.
Standup Specials
The Second Coming
Roy Chubby Brown
2017 · DVD (UK)
You Fat Bastard
Britain's bluest comedian delivers an hour of untelevised vulgarity.
Roy Chubby Brown
1999 · UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIDEO (VHS, UK)
Chubby Goes Down Under And Other Sticky Regions
Britain's bluest comic takes his aggressively coarse stand-up to Australia.
Roy Chubby Brown
1998 · VCI (UK VIDEO)
Obscene and Not Heard
Unreleased live material compiled from the British comic's personal archives.
Roy Chubby Brown
1997 · POLYGRAM VIDEO (UK VHS)
Saturday Night Beaver
Aggressively blue stand-up from the British comic's 1990s VHS peak.
Roy Chubby Brown
1996 · POLYGRAM VIDEO (UK VHS)
Jingle Bx@!cks
Britain's most profane comedian defiles the spirit of Christmas in Newcastle.
Roy Chubby Brown
1994 · POLYGRAM VIDEO (VHS, UK)
Exposed
A 1993 mockumentary detailing the fictional hometown origins of the comic.
Roy Chubby Brown
1993 · POLYGRAM VIDEO (UK VHS)
The Helmet's Last Stand
The final VHS installment of his profanity-heavy helmet trilogy.
Roy Chubby Brown
1993 · POLYGRAM VIDEO (UK VHS)
The Helmet Rides Again
A straight-to-VHS barrage of intensely blue British pub jokes.
Roy Chubby Brown
1991 · VHS — POLYGRAM VIDEO (UK)
From Inside the Helmet
The 1990 direct-to-video set that launched a blue comedy empire.
Roy Chubby Brown
1990 · CHANNEL 5 VIDEO (UK VHS)