Mitchell John Benn (born 20 January 1970) is an English comedian, author and musician known for his comedy rock songs performed on BBC Radio.

On television Mitch Benn appeared singing a song about the PlayStation 3's yellow light of death on BBC One's consumer affairs programme Watchdog.

and has contributed to a couple of "talking head" nostalgia shows; X-Rated; The Videos They Tried To Ban (Channel 4) and Fifty Greatest Comedy Characters (Five).

Benn regularly plays live shows at clubs and festivals in Britain, and has toured extensively overseas, including South Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore.

In August 2007 he completed a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, performing a two-hour show, The Mitch Benn Music Club, with the Distractions.

Mitch Benn toured the UK again during October and November 2009 and continues to play across the country and regularly present a new one man show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

In Autumn 2020 Mitch was a member of the Walruses in Series 16 of the BBC Two quiz show Only Connect alongside actress and writer Emma Kennedy and Mastermind finalist Dan Adler.

[13] In October 2009, "The History of the World Through Twitter", co-written by Benn and his fellow Now Show presenter Jon Holmes, was published by Prion Books.

The single "Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now" was released in September 2005 as a taster for the album, hitting the lower regions of the UK chart, and, as of December 2005[update], the video (see external link) is still receiving heavy rotation on the Paramount Comedy Channel.

The Distractions are Kirsty Newton of the band Siskin (vocals, bass and keyboard) and Ivan Sheppard (drums), who replaced Tash Baylis (also of Weapons) in 2006.

[1] Having always struggled with obesity (a previous slimming attempt in 2008 having been covered in his blog[15]), Benn began the Lighter Life very low calorie diet programme in January 2011; according to his Twitter account,[16] by the end of June 2011 he had lost over 10 stone (140 lb/64 kg).