Jack Dee
- 62 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Channel 4's new six-part topical comedy about the EU Referendum is the latest in 'ripped from the headlines' comedy from the creators of Outnumbered and Drop The Dead Donkey, with each episode shot and edited on the day of transmission.
James Rampton, The Independent, 7th June 2016The Mayoress passes £75,000 funding goal
The Mayoress, the online sitcom featuring top stars like Jack Dee and Harry Hill, has passed its £75,000 fundraising goal.
Kickstarter, 6th June 2016Channel 4 announces Power Monkeys cast
Jack Dee, Claire Skinner, Amelia Bullmore and Ben Willbond are amongst the stars announced for Ballot Monkeys sequel Power Monkeys.
British Comedy Guide, 25th May 2016Jack Dee's HelpDesk returns for referendum specials
BBC Two has commissioned three new episodes of Jack Dee's HelpDesk to coincide with the EU Referendum this June.
British Comedy Guide, 9th May 2016Jack Dee and Harry Hill to star in online sitcom
Jack Dee, Harry Hill and Romesh Ranganathan are amongst the stars to sign up for The Mayoress, a new online sitcom project.
British Comedy Guide, 6th May 2016Jack Dee's HelpDesk to return to BBC Two
Jack Dee is to make more episode of Jack Dee's Helpdesk for BBC Two, however he is stepping down as host of The Apprentice: You're Fired.
British Comedy Guide, 15th March 2016Josh Widdicombe is the latest TV personality to develop a sitcom that mines a less well-adjusted version of themselves for comic effect. Josh features Widdicombe as a cheerfully inept stand-up, living with uni pals and undergoing all the trials of twentysomething urban life. It's anything but groundbreaking but is amiable enough and features decent turns from Jack Dee and Beattie Edmondson as his landlord and flatmate respectively.
The Guardian, 14th December 2015Penultimate episode of the sitcom starring self-deprecating comic Josh Widdicombe as a fictive version of himself. Despite a shaky start, it has slowly moved away from sub-Peep Show flatshare gags, and tonight's outing is its funniest yet. Landlord Geoff (Jack Dee) has let out his flat for London fashion week, and packed Josh, Kate and Owen off to Clacton. Unfortunately for the friends, he's tagging along, too, with an awkward nephew and an unlikely proposition for Josh. The Chuckle Brothers and Romesh Ranganathan guest star.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 9th December 2015Josh: episode 5 - Homme & Away review
This episode of Josh Widdicombe's sitcom certain had the best opening scene of them all so far, with Jack Dee as Josh's landlord Geoff criticising Josh's stand-up because: "There's nothing funny about a grumpy man."
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 9th December 2015Hard to believe that a sitcom like this would get made in a post-Peep Show world. Here it is, though: a show about uni mates turned flatsharers, a vehicle for Josh Widdicombe, very much one of the leading lights in gentle observational comedy. Tonight, Josh and Owen have, thanks to landlord Geoff (Jack Dee), tickets to the darts, but no money with which to get sufficiently drunk to attend. The solution? Attend a wedding! Contains good jokes about Macy Gray and Morcheeba, which feel far too old for the characters speaking them.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 25th November 2015