Press clippings Page 27
Hosts revealed for That Thing On Friday Night
Katherine Ryan, Joe Lycett and Romesh Ranganathan will host the pilot episode of new topical BBC comedy format That Thing On Friday Night.
British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2017Best and worst of live comedy DVDs
A live comedy DVD could cheer anyone up this Christmas. That's if you plump for new releases from the likes of Joe Lycett, Billy Connolly and Richard Herring.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 15th December 2016Joe Lycett interview
Labour MPs, fur capes and UB40: a wild night with Joe Lycett, comedy's new star.
Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, 19th November 2016Claudia Winkleman hosts Do The Right Thing TV pilot
Claudia Winkleman hosted the TV pilot of Do The Right Thing, a Channel 4 try-out based on the hit panel show podcast.
British Comedy Guide, 10th November 2016David Walliams to host Royal Variety Performance 2016
David Walliams has been announced as the host of the Royal Variety Performance 2016. Rob Beckett, Alan Davies and Joe Lycett will also appear.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2016Taskmaster Series 4 line-up revealed
Lolly Adefope, Hugh Dennis, Noel Fielding, Mel Giedroyc and Joe Lycett will be the competitors for Series 4 of Taskmaster.
British Comedy Guide, 1st November 2016Taskmaster: series 3, episode 5 review
It is hard to judge how good this series compared to its two predecessors. Series 2 and 3 are both better than the first in my few, but I think I preferred the second series primarily because although he was not great at scoring points, Joe Wilkinson has so far been the funniest contestant across the three series.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 1st November 2016Review: Parsnips, Buttered by Joe Lycett
Parsnips, Buttered never aims to be anything but a silly diversion - presumably for the Christmas gift market - and on that count it scores. I certainly won't be emailing a letter of complaint from a fictitious alter-ego to the publisher...
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st November 2016The host welcomes stars of the revived comedy-drama Cold Feet. Robert Bathurst and Hermione Norris are perhaps perceived as too posh for chatshows, so here we get James Nesbitt, Fay Ripley and John Thomson - the latter returning from the wilderness with some great performances. The avowedly un-laddish but also strangely unchallenging comedian Joe Lycett is also a guest, with Phil Collins providing music.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 22nd October 2016Joe Lycett: 'I've always had a distaste for authority'
Joe Lycett is sitting in an East London hotel, eating a heritage beetroot salad and nursing an A-grade showbiz injury. Three weeks ago he was shooting promotional pictures for his new DVD and, kicking his legs up to go the extra mile for the camera, he wiped out and landed on his left elbow, which broke.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 19th October 2016