Press clippings Page 9
Joe Lycett's on a roll after surprise BBC interview lampooning Liz Truss
Playfulness at its sharpest in this well-crafted show.
James Hall, The Telegraph, 7th September 2022Hugo Rifkind: Why comedy and politics are a tricky mix
It was excruciating to watch comedian Joe Lycett on Kuenssberg's new show but he at least exposed a tired formula.
Hugo Rifkind, The Times, 6th September 2022Joe Lycett: 'It's such fun being right-wing'
After his turn on Laura Kuenssberg's new political TV show, the comic can't believe he has upset anyone, he tells Matt Chorley.
Matt Chorley, The Times, 6th September 2022Tory MP Steve Brine fumes over 'the Joe Lycett debacle' after Liz Truss BBC interview
MP told BBC director general Tim Davie he should have not booked Lycett to make a good impression with their new show.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 6th September 2022Tim Davie says Joe Lycett appearance on Laura Kuenssberg show was 'bemusing'
BBC Director-General Tim Davie says Joe Lycett's Laura Kuenssberg show appearance was 'bemusing' and the comic is unlikely to return any time soon - but he rejects claim booking showed 'left-wing bias'.
i Newspaper, 6th September 2022Joe Lycett says his ticket sales have 'exploded' since 'coming out as right-wing'
Comedian made sarcastic remarks about the new Prime Minister during an appearance on a BBC politics show.
Nicole Vassell, The Independent, 6th September 2022The satire of Joe Lycett is a fitting response to our era of scorched-earth politics
The comedian's subversive mockery of Liz Truss helped to show how smug and cosy our political discourse has become.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th September 2022BBC to 'reset' Laura Kuenssberg show after Joe Lycett's live TV ambush
An insider said the comedian's interruption confirmed all Team Truss's prejudices about the BBC being 'left-wing and a bit silly'.
Adam Sherwin, i Newspaper, 5th September 2022Comedy impartiality back on the radar of BBC's enemies
One problem for the BBC is the way that the government's criticism of the corporation's supposed left-wing anti-Tory agenda is seeping out of its current affairs output and into other aspects of its programming.
Jim Waterson, The Guardian, 5th September 2022No, Joe Lycett was not 'speaking truth to power'
Comedian Joe Lycett was invited on to the first episode of Laura Kuenssberg's new BBC political chat show this Sunday. His tweet ahead of the show - 'Really excited to be on this new version of Would I Lie To You' - might perhaps have given the producers a clue what they were in for.
Simon Evans, Spiked, 5th September 2022