Jenny Eclair
- 64 years old
- English
- Actor and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2024 results
Joe Kent-Walters, Susie McCabe and Jack Skipper were amongst the winners at the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards. Jenny Eclair was crowned Legend of Comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 18th March 2024Jenny Eclair to publish autobiography
Jenny Eclair will publish Jokes, Jokes, Jokes: My Very Funny Memoir on 3rd October.
British Comedy Guide, 20th February 2024Jenny Eclair: Sixty Plus! (FFS!) comedy review
With 40 years of stage experience behind her, this 90s Perrier Award winner is batty, filthy and pithy in equal measure.
Jay Richardson, The List, 22nd September 2023Jenny Éclair to host 'Taskmaster: The People's Podcast'
Jenny Éclair is taking over from Lou Sanders as the host of Taskmaster: The People's Podcast.
British Comedy Guide, 8th September 2023Jenny Eclair: 'I did find moments of comedy at my mother's deathbed'
Soon to arrive in Dublin with a new show about turning 60, the comic talks about grief, losing her haters and why she feels sorry for Madonna.
Tanya Sweeney, The Independent (Ireland), 29th July 2023Taskmaster's best prize tasks: from dead pets to hiding in Greg Davies's wardrobe
From David Baddiel's dead cat to an unforgettable haircut reveal, these are Taskmaster's finest prize task entries.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 13th June 2023Was Taskmaster Series 15 its best cast yet?
A grumpy dad, an eccentric mum, and three wayward siblings battling for approval... Series 15 got the sitcom family dynamic spot-on.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 2nd June 2023Is it curtains for Britain's 'Oscars of comedy'?
The world-leading Edinburgh Comedy Awards are desperate for funding. Winners and supporters tell us what we'll lose if we don't act.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 30th May 2023BBC Radio 4 Extra to re-run cult Sean Lock comedy
BBC Radio 4 Extra is to rerun the classic cult Sean Lock comedy 15 Storeys High, which started out on radio and went on to be a BBC TV series.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th January 2023Jenny Eclair announces her mother June has died after a battle with dementia
The comedian, 62, shared a childhood photo of her mum to Twitter and penned a touching tribute.
Laura Parkin, Daily Mail, 4th January 2023