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Stacey Dooley is the celebrity guest on another edition of Lycett's intensely light-hearted take on consumer affairs. A car-rental company is the target of a hidden-camera investigation, while a gold-digging scammer receives the full weight of Lycett's "trolling-the-trolls" prankery.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 3rd May 2019A series offering an odd mixture of consumer crusading and light entertainment as Joe Lycett tackles dodgy hotels. The tone is odd; it's hard to know how seriously to take the consumer affairs elements that occasionally jar with the comedy. But Lycett is good value and his wit carries the day.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 12th April 2019After making his name with a series of gloriously petty populist pranks, the standup is handed his own consumer affairs show. Think of it as a comedy Watchdog, with Lycett doing his sternest Anne Robinson impression. Episode one sees him tackle a viewer's bank fraud issue.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 5th April 2019Review: Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
The ever-watchable host's charisma and cheeky good nature carries the gear changes, while Silcox adds a more subtly subversive tone that should win him more fans. No need to demand your money back here.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th April 2019Joe Lycett tackles your consumer complaints
Ahead of his new Channel 4 show in which he seeks justice for the aggrieved, the comic offers some sage advice.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 2nd April 2019Joe Lycett calls for better LGBT dialogue
Comedian Joe Lycett has said that the LGBT community has a "problem" with the way it communicates online.
BBC, 26th March 2019Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 winners revealed
The public have voted Derry Girls as Best New TV Sitcom in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018, with Inside No. 9 named Comedy Of The Year 2018 for the second year running. Other winners include Friday Night Dinner, Taskmaster and Vic & Bob's Big Night Out.
British Comedy Guide, 4th February 2019What was Pierce Brosnan banned from doing while he played James Bond? Which film was released in Poland as Electronic Murderer? And who is Digger the Crab? All these questions and more from the last 100,000 years of human history will be answered as unflappable question-master Jimmy Carr tests the knowledge of Sandi Toksvig, Joe Lycett, Katherine Ryan, Big Narstie, David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. As always, he is aided and abetted by Jon Snow, Charles Dance and a phalanx of celebrity question-setters.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 4th January 20192018 Review: Top Comedy Specials 2018
Here is a run-down of the best comedy specials out of the ones I have managed to see.
Beyond The Joke, 26th December 2018Best comedy books and DVDs of 2018
There are lashings of laughter for Christmas. Bruce Dessau rounds up the pick of the comedy crop on screen and on the page.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th December 2018