Born in 1964 as Milton Hywel Jones, he’s been a comedian since the ’90s. Although he won the prestigious Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the 1996 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his first solo show, it wasn’t until 2008 when he joined the panel TV series Mock The Week that his career really skyrocketed.
Among his biggest UK tours were 2013’s On the Road, 2015’s Milton Jones And The Temple of Daft , and 2017’s Milton Jones Is Out There. All his shows have been characterised by twists of surreal logic and clever one-liners, and as a Christian, he intentionally avoids using profanity in his routines.
Following its 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe premiere, Jones was out on the road in early 2020 with his hilarious Milton: Impossible show, in which he reveals the truth about being a former secret agent (before getting the disappointing new identity that forced him to appear on Mock The Week).