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Brian Limond (born 20 October 1974), known as Limmy, is a Scottish comedian, author, and Twitch streamer.
Key Information
While working as a website designer and Flash developer, Limmy began releasing comedy on his website and blog, Limmy.com, which contained various Flash-based projects.[1] In late 2006, he released a daily podcast called Limmy's World of Glasgow, which received interest from the mainstream British media.[2][3]
After continuing his comedy work for several years, Limmy was commissioned by BBC Scotland to create a sketch show, Limmy's Show. It ran for three series and a Christmas special between 2010 and 2013, and won two BAFTA Scotland awards.[4][5] Limmy returned to BBC Scotland with another sketch comedy show, Limmy's Homemade Show, with a one-off episode in 2018 and a full series in 2020.[6] Limmy has also engaged in various other pursuits, such as writing several books and performing live shows. He is a prolific user[citation needed] of online media platforms such as Twitter, YouTube, Twitch and formerly Vine.
Early life
[edit]Brian Limond was born on 20 October 1974 to Jessie and Billy Limond in Glasgow, and grew up in the Carnwadric area of the city.[1] He studied multimedia technology at Glasgow Caledonian University, graduating in 1996.[7] He found success as a website designer and Flash developer after starting work at Glasgow-based new media company Black ID.[8] In the summer of 2000, employees of Black ID created a rival company called Flammable Jam, where Limmy was a director.[8][9] During his time there, he was asked to contribute to the book New Masters of Flash: The 2002 Annual, a resource for Macromedia Flash developers.[10] In 2001, he co-founded the company Chunk Ideas, selling his stake in the company to co-founder Donnie Kerrigan in 2006, so he could concentrate on his comedy career.[8][11][12][13]
Career
[edit]Scottish culture magazine The List listed Limmy at No. 14 on their "Hot 100" list in 2006, which celebrated the people who made the biggest impact on cultural life in Scotland over that year.[14] In March 2007, Limmy took to the stage for two sold-out appearances at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. In 2007, he played a character called Zack Eastwood in Consolevania and VideoGaiden. In June 2009, the BBC commissioned a six-episode series of Limmy's Show, a sketch show which premiered on BBC Scotland in January 2010.[15] The BBC commissioned a second series of Limmy's Show, which premiered on BBC Scotland in February 2011. Limmy wrote a pilot for a sitcom based on Falconhoof, a recurring Limmy's Show character, but the show was turned down by BBC Scotland.[16] He made a cameo appearance in The IT Crowd, playing a window cleaner with an unintelligible Glaswegian accent in the episode "The Final Countdown", which aired in July 2010.[17]
In 2014, Limmy had a regular segment in the second series of the Charlie Brooker news satire show Weekly Wipe. He is also known for his live webcam chats, in which he interacts with fans and makes music.[18] In 2015, Limmy wrote his first book titled Daft Wee Stories, published by Random House.[19][20] To promote the book, Limmy embarked on a UK book reading tour. Three of the stories were also published in The Scotsman newspaper.[21][22]
In January 2016, Limmy performed four nights at the Clyde Auditorium and one night at the Hammersmith Apollo, adapting material from this TV shows to become Limmy Live![23] On 1 May 2017, he released his second book of short stories, That's Your Lot, embarking on a similar UK book reading tour to his first.[24][25]
Limmy appeared on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast in 2015,[26] 2017,[27] and 2020.[28] He also appeared on The Blindboy Podcast in 2020.[29]
Limmy has been noted for the parody tributes he often tweets on the announcement of a celebrity's death; he invariably posts that he "had the pleasure of meeting [them] at a charity do once. [They were] surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny". Following the death of nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow, his tweet was mistakenly reported as a genuine tribute by Sky News.[30]
In 2017, the BBC commissioned what was then a one-off special of Limmy's Homemade Show, which was broadcast in April 2018.[6] Originally intended to be a web series before being picked up by the BBC, the show is produced, performed, directed, filmed, and edited by Limmy alone, and takes place in or around his home.[31] A follow-up series was commissioned by the BBC and began airing in April 2020.[32][33] After the airing of his one-off commentary Limmy's Other Stuff in October 2020, Limmy announced his retirement from television, citing his mental health, as doing TV work made him "fucking suicidal".[34] Since 2018, Limmy has been livestreaming almost daily on the website Twitch, where he plays video games, chats to fans and tells improvised comedy stories.[35]
Personal life
[edit]Limmy has struggled with depression, suicidal thoughts and alcoholism, and has discussed this on social media and in interviews.[36][37] He gave up drinking alcohol in 2004.[38] Limmy was in a relationship with Lynn McGowan from 2000;[39] in January 2022, she announced they had separated.[40] They have one son.[41][42] Limmy is an atheist[43][44] and supports Scottish independence.[45]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Consolevania | Zack Eastwood | |
| VideoGaiden | |||
| 2010 | The IT Crowd | Window cleaner | Series 4, episode 2: "The Final Countdown" |
| 2010–2013 | Limmy's Show | Various characters[36] | 20 episodes Creator, writer, director, animator |
| 2011 | Charlie Brooker's 2011 Wipe | Himself | |
| 2014 | Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe | Himself | Five episodes |
| 2015 | Pompidou | Handyman | |
| 2018–2020 | Limmy's Homemade Show | Various characters | Creator, writer, director, producer, editor |
| 2020 | Limmy's Other Stuff | Himself | Creator, writer, director, producer, editor |
Bibliography
[edit]- Daft Wee Stories (2015) ISBN 978-1780893754
- That's Your Lot (2017) ISBN 978-0008172602
- Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny (2019) ISBN 978-0008294663
Awards
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Limmy (2019). Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-829466-3. OCLC 1091996487.
- ^ "Welcome to the world of Limmy". The Scotsman. 13 November 2006. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ Eighteen, Stephen (21 December 2016). "Limmy to perform in Dundee to promote his new book". Evening Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ a b "British Academy Scotland Awards Winners in 2011". BAFTA Scotland. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ a b "British Academy Scotland Awards: Winners in 2013". BAFTA Scotland. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Limmy's Homemade Show". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Degrees day at Glasgow Caledonian University". Herald Scotland. 15 November 1996. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Brian Limond: How I got there and where to next". The Drum. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ ltd, company check. "FLAMMABLE JAM LIMITED. Free business summary taken from official companies house information. Free alerts. Registered as SC207350". Company Check. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ New Masters of Flash: The 2002 Annual. Gay, Jonathan. Birmingham: Friends of ED. 2001. ISBN 1903450365. OCLC 47439878.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Flammable Jam directors split but agency goes on". The Drum. 28 November 2001. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ ltd, company check. "CHUNK IDEAS LIMITED. Free business summary taken from official companies house information. Free alerts. Registered as SC220894". Company Check. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ Ranscombe, Peter (11 December 2011). "Game maker cracks combination with tie-in for Bank Job TV show". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Apter, Kelly (12 December 2006). "Pick of 2006 - Hot 100 - Pick of 2006". The List. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "BBC Two Programmes - Limmy's Show". Bbc.co.uk. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ Eames, Tom (9 June 2016). "Limmy's Falconhoof sitcom was turned down and he has no plans for new Limmy's Show". Digital Spy. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ Laverde, Jake (2 July 2010). "The IT Crowd series 4 episode 2 review #2". Den of Geek!. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "LimmyLive on USTREAM: Hiya, welcome to the webcam show of Brian "Limmy" Limond!. Blog". Ustream.tv. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Limmy to write new book, titled 'Daft Wee Stories'". The Scotsman. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Daft Wee Stories. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Limmy [@DaftLimmy] (2 June 2015). "Come along to my first live thing since 2008 and my very first book reading for my very first book, Daft Wee Stories!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "The Write Stuff: Three tales from Limmy's Daft Wee Stories". The Scotsman. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Mullen, Scott (28 January 2016). "Review: Limmy Live! Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow". The Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Limmy: That's Your Lot". Time Out. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Limmy interview: 'The one thing that makes me happy is accepting people are stupid'". The Daily Telegraph. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast: RHLSTP 80 - Limmy". British Comedy Guide. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast: RHLSTP 146 - Limmy". British Comedy Guide. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast: RHLSTP 274 - Limmy". British Comedy Guide. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Limmy | The Blindboy Podcast". acast. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Limmy's parody tribute makes it onto Sky News' Peter Stringfellow segment - NME". NME. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "Limmy returns to the BBC : News 2017 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Limmy's Homemade Show gets series". British Comedy Guide. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Rowat, Alison (11 April 2020). "Limmy's Homemade Show, series one, episode one, review". Herald. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Richardson, Jay (5 September 2020). "Limmy to quit TV with final special – News – British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Richardson, Jay (3 April 2020). "Limmy's Homemade Show is back - and he is living his dream". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ a b c Ross, Peter (12 November 2012). "Limmy on how nothing is funnier than unhappiness". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Godfrey, Alex (19 May 2014). "Comedian Limmy opens up about depression". www.gq-magazine.co.uk. GQ. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Crooks, Lauren (8 April 2010). "Limmy: Drink fight was no joke". The Glaswegian. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Limmy on taking Daft Wee Stories to Edinburgh Fringe and why marriage isn't for him". Daily Record. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ ""Myself & @DaftLimmy thought it was about time we let everyone know that we have separated, we separated quite a long time ago & have just been getting used to it, ourselves, before saying anything. We remain best of pals and still live together with our brilliant wee boy, Daniel."". Twitter. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "twitch.tv/Limmy on Twitter: "By Daniel McGowan Limond, aged 9."". Twitter. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ English, Paul (17 November 2010). "Limmy: Fatherhood's made me more responsible - but it won't change my dark style of comedy". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ Limond, Brian (9 November 2012). "Limmy's Show: Confessions of an internet troll". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
For example, I enjoy trolling atheists. I'm an atheist myself, but arguing with the religious is infuriating, draining and it actually hurts my head. Atheists always seem to come out of religious arguments worse, in terms of how much it ruins their day.
- ^ "I'm an atheist, but I've no doubt they'd let me in upstairs. I never sold oot. God will say "WAIT. I like this kid. He's got balls"". Limmy on Twitter. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ English, Paul. "Limmy: I think self-destructive Scots will vote no". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Limmy on Twitch
- Limmy on Twitter
- Limmy at British Comedy Guide
- Limmy author page at Penguin Books
Limmy
View on GrokipediaBrian Limond (born 20 October 1974), known professionally as Limmy, is a Scottish comedian, writer, actor, and Twitch streamer recognized for his surreal, dark-humored sketches and improvisational style.[1][2]
Originally employed as a web developer in Glasgow, Limond began creating comedy content online in the mid-2000s, producing short videos and podcasts that showcased his distinctive, often absurd characters and scenarios.[3] This led to the BBC Scotland series Limmy's Show! (2010–2013), a sketch comedy program that earned two BAFTA Scotland Awards for Best Comedy/Entertainment in 2011 and 2013.[4] Subsequent projects included Limmy's Homemade Show (2018) and guest appearances in various television productions.[1] Limond has authored three books: short story collections Daft Wee Stories (2015) and That's Your Lot (2017), followed by his 2019 autobiography Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny, which candidly details his battles with anxiety, alcoholism, and suicidal ideation.[5][6] Transitioning to full-time streaming around 2020, he now broadcasts regularly on Twitch, blending gaming sessions, audience interactions, and spontaneous comedy to a dedicated following exceeding 490,000 subscribers.[7] His oeuvre emphasizes unfiltered personal realism and causal introspection over conventional narrative polish, reflecting a career built on digital self-publishing and direct audience engagement rather than traditional media gatekeeping.[8]
Biography
Early Life
Brian Limond, known professionally as Limmy, was born on 20 October 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland, to parents Jessie and Billy Limond.[1][3] He grew up in a working-class family in the Carnwadric area on the southside of Glasgow, living in a cottage flat there from birth until the age of 10.[3][9] The family later relocated to the nearby Priesthill neighborhood.[10] Limond attended Shawlands Academy in Glasgow during his school years.[11] He has described his childhood in these areas as marked by violence and petty crime, including stabbings, shootings, and experimentation with substances like jelly (a slang term for cheap alcohol mixed with drugs).[12] Limond left school at age 16 without notable academic success.[13]Pre-Comedy Career
Brian Limond left school at age 16 without qualifications and subsequently relied on unemployment benefits.[13] Through the UK's New Deal employment scheme, introduced under the Labour government, he underwent training in web design skills, enabling him to transition into professional work.[13] Limond then secured employment as a website designer and Flash developer, working for various new media companies based in Glasgow during the early 2000s.[13] [14] This role involved coding and multimedia development, leveraging the skills acquired from his post-school training rather than formal higher education.[14] By 2000, while still employed in this field, he established his personal website, Limmy.com, which initially served as an outlet for experimental digital content amid his day job in the tech sector.[13]Professional Career
Transition to Comedy
Prior to entering comedy, Brian Limond worked as a web designer and Flash developer, skills he acquired during his studies and applied in freelance and company work starting around 2001.[14][15] In 2004, Limond quit drinking after recognizing its destructive impact, including near-suicidal tendencies, which he later described as a pivotal shift providing mental clarity and freeing time for creative pursuits.[16][17] This sobriety enabled him to leverage his technical expertise for self-produced online comedy, beginning with Flash-based sketches and animations on his personal site, limmy.com, in the mid-2000s.[18][13] Limond's earliest notable online work included short surreal sketches like "The Birthday Card," which predated widespread video platforms and showcased his penchant for absurd, character-driven humor.[19] By late 2006, he expanded into daily podcasts on limmy.com, featuring improvised monologues and recurring personas such as the stoner Dee Dee and gamer Falconhoof—elements that would recur in his later television output.[20] These podcasts gained viral traction through word-of-mouth and early internet sharing, establishing Limond as a pioneer of "dot-comedy" without traditional industry gatekeepers.[13][18] The online success, amassing a dedicated following by 2008 when Limond joined YouTube and uploaded initial videos, attracted BBC attention.[21] This culminated in a pilot for Limmy's Show! in 2009, marking his professional entry into broadcast comedy, though he retained creative control rooted in his independent digital origins.[22] The transition underscored a self-made path, bypassing stand-up circuits in favor of unfiltered, low-budget digital experimentation that prioritized viral authenticity over polished production.[14][13]Television Work
Brian Limond, professionally known as Limmy, entered television with the pilot episode of Limmy's Show! broadcast on BBC Two Scotland on 18 February 2009.[23] The series proper premiered on 11 January 2010, comprising three six-episode series aired in 2010, 2011, and 2013, alongside a Christmas special on 22 December 2013.[24] Each installment featured a mix of live-action sketches, animations, and voiceover monologues showcasing Limmy's surreal, often bleak comedic style, with recurring characters such as the hapless adventurer Falconhoof and the abrasive Jacqueline McCafferty.[25] The program earned the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Entertainment in both 2011 and 2013.[26] After Limmy's Show!, Limmy's television output shifted toward more experimental formats. In 2018, a one-off pilot titled Limmy's Homemade Show! aired on BBC Scotland, featuring improvised sketches and ramblings recorded via webcam.[27] This evolved into a full three-episode series in 2020, produced under COVID-19 restrictions, emphasizing lo-fi production with Limmy handling writing, filming, and editing; episodes included observational humor, techno segments, and absurd scenarios like a DIY life-saving invention.[28] The series maintained the raw, unpolished aesthetic of his earlier web content while adapting to broadcast constraints.[29] Beyond his headline series, Limmy contributed sketches to BBC programs such as Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe and made cameo appearances in shows including The IT Crowd.[30] These roles highlighted his versatility in blending scripted comedy with satirical commentary, though his primary television legacy remains rooted in the self-contained worlds of Limmy's Show! and its successor.[22]Online Streaming and Digital Content
Limmy's engagement with online platforms dates back to the mid-2000s, when he produced Flash-based sketches and animations for his personal website, including early viral content like the "Laptop" and "Millport" series that showcased his surreal, character-driven humor.[31] These digital experiments laid the groundwork for his transition from web design to comedy, predating mainstream social media dominance and attracting attention through word-of-mouth sharing on forums and early video sites.[13] His YouTube channel, established in 2008 under the handle @DaftLimmy, has amassed 530,000 subscribers and over 111.9 million views as of October 2025, featuring a mix of archived sketches, improvised monologues, vine compilations, and clips from his television work and live streams.[32] The channel serves as a repository for his pre-streaming digital output, including revivals of older characters and short-form content that echoes his podcast origins in Limmy's World of Glasgow, which began in 2006 and influenced his later broadcast deals.[21] Limmy shifted focus to live streaming on Twitch in the late 2010s, with his channel (twitch.tv/limmy) growing to 491,000 followers by 2025; he streams primarily gameplay sessions of titles like Elden Ring and American Truck Simulator, adhering to a schedule of Tuesday through Thursday mornings at 9:30 a.m. UK time and Friday/Saturday evenings at 9:30 p.m. UK time.[7] In the 30 days prior to October 2025, he streamed for 109 hours and 15 minutes, achieving a peak viewership of 2,348 and an average of 1,533 concurrent viewers.[33] Limmy has credited the interactive, low-pressure nature of Twitch—contrasting with television production demands—with improving his mental health, stating in a 2020 interview that the platform "saved his life" by providing a sustainable creative outlet amid personal struggles.[34] His Twitch content often incorporates unscripted banter, viewer interactions, and occasional collaborations, evolving from earlier justin.tv experiments into a primary income source via subscriptions priced at £4.99, generating an estimated $7,839 in recent subscriber revenue.[35] This digital pivot has sustained his career post-television, emphasizing real-time engagement over polished sketches while maintaining his signature Glaswegian absurdity and self-deprecating style.[36]Creative Works
Literary Output
Limmy's literary output consists of three published books: two collections of short stories and an autobiography. His debut, Daft Wee Stories, released on 30 July 2015 by Century, an imprint of Random House, comprises a mix of short, longer, and absurd humorous tales reflecting his comedic style.[37] [38] The follow-up, That's Your Lot, published on 4 May 2017 by HarperCollins, extends this format with additional satirical and daft narratives, maintaining the irreverent, Glasgow-inflected humor of his earlier work.[39] [40] In 2019, Limmy released Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography on 21 February through Mudlark, an imprint of HarperCollins, offering a raw account of his life, including battles with alcoholism, mental health issues, and his path from petty crime to comedy success.[41] [6] The memoir eschews conventional self-help tones, instead delivering candid, often shocking introspection.[42]Filmography and Media Appearances
Limmy's television career centers on sketch comedy series he created and starred in, supplemented by select guest roles in other programs. His debut TV project, Limmy's Show!, aired on BBC Two Scotland with a pilot in 2009, followed by two six-episode series in 2010 and 2011, and a Christmas special in 2013; Limmy wrote, directed, and performed as various eccentric characters, including the hapless stoner Dee Dee and the foul-mouthed ex-addict Jacqueline McCafferty, drawing from his earlier web sketches.[22][43] In 2018, BBC Two broadcast Limmy's Homemade Show, a six-part series compiling and adapting his viral online videos from platforms like Vine and YouTube, again featuring Limmy in lead roles across absurd, low-budget vignettes.[44] In 2020, BBC Scotland broadcast Limmy’s Other Stuff, a TV special in which Limmy introduces a chronological compilation of his non-TV sketches, Vines, and livestreams.[45]| Title | Year(s) | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| The IT Crowd | 2006 | Barry (window cleaner) | Channel 4 |
| Limmy's Show! | 2009–2013 | Various (writer/director) | BBC Two Scotland |
| Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe | 2011–2014 | Himself (multiple segments) | BBC Four |
| Pompidou | 2015 | Handyman | BBC Two |
| Limmy's Homemade Show | 2018 | Various | BBC Two |
| Limmy’s Other Stuff | 2020 | Various (writer/director) | BBC Scotland |
Awards and Accolades
Limmy's television series Limmy's Show received the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Entertainment Programme in 2011.[4][26] The series earned a second BAFTA Scotland Award in 2013, this time in the Best Comedy or Entertainment category, shared with producer Jacqueline Sinclair and director Rab Christie.[4] The Christmas special episode of Limmy's Show, aired in 2013, won the Royal Television Society Scotland Programme Award for Comedy in June 2014, competing against entries such as Mrs Brown's Boys and Bob Servant Independent.[53]| Year | Award | Category/Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | BAFTA Scotland Award | Best Entertainment Programme (Limmy's Show)[4] |
| 2013 | BAFTA Scotland Award | Best Comedy or Entertainment (Limmy's Show)[4] |
| 2014 | Royal Television Society Scotland Programme Award | Comedy (Christmas Special of Limmy's Show)[53] |
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