Jo Brand
Jo Brand

Jo Brand

  • 66 years old
  • English
  • Writer, stand-up comedian and actor

Press clippings

Jo Brand reveals incredible gift from woman living in the house where she was born

Jo Brand has revealed that a woman who lives in the house where the she was born found a toy car that may have belonged to one of her late brothers and gave it to her after one of her gigs.

Hannah Mcdonald, Daily Mail, 26th February 2024

Jo Brand translated my science. I'm certain that comedy can connect people to climate change

A new comedy project pairing leading comedians with climate scientists presents a novel way to communicate the climate crisis.

Mark Maslin, The Conversation, 19th February 2024

James Acaster's spoof crime podcast Springleaf attracts all-star cast

James Acaster has launched his spoof true crime podcast, Springleaf, in which he plays his undercover cop alter-ego, Pat Springleaf, with a cast that includes Finn Wolfhard, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Tom Allen, Sara Pascoe, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Nish Kumar, Rosie Jones, Guz Khan, Phil Wang, Ed Gamble, Josh Widdicombe, Sindhu Vee, Natalie Cassidy and Domhnall Gleeson.

British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2023

Bradley Walsh unveils his Legends Of Comedy for Channel 5

Bradley Walsh is to present a personal appreciation of his comedy heroes from the last 50 years in the three-part Channel 5 series Bradley Walsh: Legends Of Comedy.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd November 2023

Funny Women final 2023 review

We're still reeling from this years Funny Women Awards Final 2023, which took place on Thursday evening. Read on as we hear from Zoe Paskett about the night itself.

Zoe Paskett, Funny Women, 30th September 2023

Funny Women Awards 2023 results

Kate Cheka, Chloe Partridge, Amy Spinks, Lauren Soley, Serena Terry and Sarah Bowles are the winners of the Funny Women Awards 2023.

British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2023

Funny Women Awards celebrate 20 years with Radio 4 retrospective

The Funny Women Awards celebrates its twentieth anniversary with a retrospective history on Radio 4, presented by Kerry Godliman. 20 Years Of Funny Women features archive performances and interviews with Jo Brand, Diane Morgan, Zoe Lyons, Rachel Parris, Sindhu Vee and more.

British Comedy Guide, 5th September 2023

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: 26 photos looking back at the Fringe in the 1980s

So many memories from August in Edinburgh in the 1980s.

Kevin Quinn, Edinburgh Evening News, 23rd July 2023

Daisy May Cooper and Dara O Briain launch debut podcasts via Audible

Audible has announced a new batch of shows, with Daisy May Cooper and Dara O Briain amongst those making their first podcast series via the platform. There's also new podcasts coming from Lolly Adefope and Mo Gilligan, and the company has renewed the podcasts by Alan Partridge, Kurupt FM, French & Saunders and Jack Whitehall.

British Comedy Guide, 26th April 2023

Just For Laughs London, review

It's a tough job launching a comedy festival in London, given the the city has hundreds of gigs a week anyway. Where Just For Laughs absolutely dominates downtown Montreal for a couple of weeks in July, you could easily be in London and be entirely unaware it was on.

Chortle, 6th March 2023