Joe Pasquale interview

Joe Pasquale on being cast against type, illegal acts in theatres, and the best thing he found on a beach.

Grown-ups who remember Sooty from the first time round will enjoy a thrilling flashback here as the Black Hand, Sooty's nemesis from the early 1980s, returns. Once known as a master of disguise, despite sporting a distinctive yellow and black outfit, the Black Hand is now played by Joe Pasquale. Detectives Secret Sooty and Agent Bone are brave enough to take him on, but will his exploding beans prove a challenge too far?

Review: Joe Pasquale - Blackpool Grand Theatre

Overall a very enjoyable evening which was met with well-deserved rapturous applause, surely ensuring Joe another full house when he next returns to Blackpool.

Comedy? It isn't funny anymore

With the likes of Miranda Hart - she who is as funny as genocide (subjectively speaking) - one can almost forgive the new generation their flat gags, given that successful TV joke tellers, and therefore role models, are operating on a Joe Pasquale level.

Joe Pasquale swapping the ice rink for the boxing ring

Axed Dancing On Ice star Joe Pasquale is stepping off the skating rink - and into the boxing ring.

Joe Pasquale voted off Dancing On Ice

Joe Pasquale last night became the latest celebrity to be kicked off Dancing on Ice.

Joe Pasquale: Lump on bum scared me... but it's muscle

Plucky comic Joe Pasquale feared having to quit Dancing On Ice after finding a strange growth on his bottom. But the viewers' favourite - who has already battled shingles on the show - was stunned when medics said the lump was actually muscle.

Joe Pasquale struck down with shingles

I'm a Celeb winner Joe Pasquale is fearing for his chances on Dancing On Ice - after being struck down with shingles.

I can't say I'm a big fan of award shows, but this can be an exception.

Well, I suppose I can ("I'm a big fan of award shows" - there, see, I've just done it), but I'd be lying, and lying is a waste of all our time. Rather like this opening paragraph.

On their day, however, the British Comedy Awards can be a lot less dismal than most of these back-slapping bashes, if only because the bitter rivalry and bitchiness of the comedy world can trigger some seriously caustic name-calling, not very effectively disguised as goodnatured gags.

As for who's likely to win what at tonight's do, hosted by Jonathan Ross, I couldn't really give a monkey's, but it's good to see some less obvious names creeping into contention, such as Sky1's excellent series Moone Boy.

As for the publicly voted King Of Comedy prize, I'm afraid Joe Pasquale has been snubbed yet again...

Comedian Andrew Lawrence is in his early 30s but he sounds like a malevolent child. His comedy is at its strongest when he is spitting venom at those who have wronged him in the past or random groups that have aroused his ire.

The subject for this opening show is the food we eat and a troubling memory of being the fat kid at school - almost impossible to believe if you have seen his rake-like physique - is the first trigger for a rant. From here on he takes no prisoners, with vegetarians, meat-eaters, supermarkets and middle-class food snobs in particular feeling the full force of his rage.

In a very weird way, this reminded me of listening to something that one might expect to spew forth from Frankie Boyle's mouth but that's delivered in Joe Pasquale's voice. Keeping with the food theme, it will have a Marmite effect on listeners.