Dominic Holland has performed five solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival; his first, in 1993, winning him the Perrier best newcomer award. He was nominated for the main prize three years later.

In 2000 he landed his own Radio 4 show, The Small World of Dominic Holland, which he followed up wth Holland Shorts in 2006.

On TV, he played a writer in both series of BBC3's Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive - and has been a genuine writer for Harry Enfield, Lenny Henry and Clive Anderson. His first novel, Only In America, was published in 2002, and his follow-up, The Ripple Effect, the following year.

He also regularly turns up as a panellist on such shows as Five's The Wright Stuff, Have I Got News For You, The Des O'Connor Show and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.