Arnold Brown is comedy's equivalent of the teasing slow bowler in cricket. For the past 20 years, this pioneer of contemporary stand-up has been applying his own particular spinning techniques to deliver lines with pinpoint accuracy. He is regarded as a comic philosopher who inspires both affection among audiences and universal praise from pundits. The Scotsman once described Arnold as "the missing link between generations of comics ... he has the catch phrases and eccentricities of his seniors, and the references and political barbs of the younger generation."

Arnold Brown first came to prominence in the early 1980s as a highly distinctive comedian alongside Alexei Sayle and Rik Mayall et al at The Comedy Store and The Comic Strip. In 1987, he won the prestigious PERRIER AWARD at the Edinburgh Festival. Possibly the only Glaswegian Jewish ex-chartered accountant stand up comedian in the world, Arnold has supported Frank Sinatra at Glasgow's Ibrox Park Stadium and top US comedian Steven Wright at London's Dominion Theatre. Arnold's unique comedy can be heard on his latest LAUGHING STOCK CD - A Guide To The Perplexed - and seen on the LAUGHTER HOUSE video - LIVE AT HACKNEY EMPIRE.

Over the years, he has made extensive TV and radio appearances, including his own BBC Radio 4 series, Arnold Brown & Company, in 1990 and 1991 and a BBC2 sitcom, The Brown Man, which aired in October 1993. He has become something of a radio favourite and in 1998 he presented two documentaries on the Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival for BBC Radio 2 and also appeared on The Beaton Generation and Stand Up 2. 2000 appearances include Talking Pictures, Live From London, Word of Mouth and Bruce Morton's play, A Sense of Balance, all for BBC Radio 4. He is a regular contributor on the Fred Macaulay Show and has just completed his own series for Radio Scotland, Arnold Brown in the Comedy Chair. Arnold also recently wrote and presented his personal take on the life and work of Ivor Cutler, Glasgow Dreamer, which aired in 2003.

Recent television has included The History of Alternative Comedy, Life According to Fred and Sex Wars. Arnold has also appeared in major feature films - Personal Services, Comfort and Joy, released in 1999 and Esther Kahn in 2000. Liam followed in 2001 and Young Adam in 2002.

In 1994 his first book - Are You Looking At Me, Jimmy? ("comic writing approaching its very best" - THE TIMES) was published by Methuen and an adaptation of this was read by Arnold for a BBC Radio 2 series. Over the years Arnold's distinctive voice has been heard in many radio and tv commercials and he recently voiced the tv campaigns for White & McKay whisky and the Daihatsu Move car.

Arnold Brown has always been receptive to the use of his widely acknowledged stand-up skills in other associated fields and, together with a Harley Street doctor, he has been investigating the therapeutic effects of laughter on health. He recently wrote and starred in Are You Feeling Funny, at London's New End Theatre - a series of stage shows incorporating the health and laughter link.