Jem Roberts
- Journalist and author
Press clippings
Julian Clary receives Bath Plug Award
Bath Comedy Festival has awarded Julian Clary its Bath Plug Award for outstanding services to comedy. Meanwhile jazz pianist and singer Ian Shaw was presented with the inaugural OBP (Order of the Bath Plug) medal.
British Comedy Guide, 21st April 2023Neil Innes: The Fab Fool review
Comedy historian Jem Roberts salutes the Eighth Python and Nicest Rutle in the first exploration of The Beatles' comedy careers.
Jem Roberts, Chortle, 12th May 2021I'll be celebrating 30 years of A Bit Of Fry And Laurie
Sunday January 13, at 9pm, marks the 30th anniversary to the minute of the very first broadcast of series one, episode one of A Bit Of Fry & Laurie.
Jem Roberts, Chortle, 27th December 2018Book review: Soupy Twists! by Jem Roberts
He deserves all the more praise then for shedding new light on them - and uncovering and reproducing many new unused A Bit of Fry and Laurie scripts - in this fresh, thoroughly enjoyable and engaging biography of Britain's brightest ever comedy partnership.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 17th October 2018Hitchhiker's Guide released on vinyl
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is to be released on vinyl for the first time.
British Comedy Guide, 25th May 2018New book to publish unseen Fry & Laurie material
Previously un-seen Fry & Laurie scripts are to be published in Soupy Twists!, a new book about the work of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2016Book review: The Frood by Jem Roberts
It is a shock to realise Douglas Adams would be barely into his sixties if he were alive even now. This is a fitting tribute to a giant of comic literature, taken from us far too early.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 17th July 2015Douglas Adams: New biography sheds light on his genius
In the 13 years since he died, Douglas Adams' fictional universe has lost none of its appeal. His biographer Jem Roberts explains how he came to tell his story - and the treasures he found.
Jem Roberts, The Independent, 16th September 2014