Bruce Fummey

{{Short description|Scottish comedian}}

{{notability|bio|date=April 2019}}

Bruce Fummey is a Scottish stand-up comedian whose routines are known for their irreverent presentations of traditional Scottish culture, with shows themed around topics such as the Jacobite Rising or Burns' "Tam o' Shanter". Previously a physics teacher,{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Kenneth |title=About Tam O'Shanter Review |url=https://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2011/comedy/abouttamoshanterreview-8755 |accessdate=28 October 2021 |work=The Courier |date=9 August 2011}} and the son of a Ghanaian father and a Scottish mother,{{cite news |last1=Crichton |first1=Emma |title=Perthshire comic Bruce Fummey will take Scottish traditions to the Far East |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/812697/perthshire-comic-bruce-fummey-will-take-scottish-traditions-to-the-far-east/ |accessdate=16 April 2019 |work=The Courier |date=23 January 2019}} Fummey describes himself ironically as "the finest comedian on the Afro-Celtic comedy circuit". He also works as a tour guide and runs and presents on the YouTube Channel "Scotland History Tours".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/ScotlandHistoryTours|title=Scotland History Tours|last=Scotland History Tours|date=29 August 2022|via=YouTube}} He lives in Blackford.{{cite web |title=Blackford station issue no joke, says Bruce Fummey |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/blackford-station-issue-no-joke-2744553 |website=The Scottish Daily Record |date=8 June 2010 |access-date=27 August 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/comedian-here-sports-well-performance |title=Comedian big fan of Highlanders |last=McAvinue |first=Shawn |date=10 March 2017 |website=The Otago Daily Times |access-date=27 July 2022 }}

In January 2023, he appeared on BBC2's Take a Hike.{{cite episode|title=Series 2, Episode 6|series=Take a Hike|network=BBC2|airdate=9 January 2023}}