John Robins (I)
- 41 years old
- English
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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John Robins: Free speech is not under threat in comedy
I read a tweet this week that said: 'I see no British comedian talk honestly on stage about Islam. It has become a farce'. It's an oddly specific criticism to level at British comics and I'm not quite sure how comedians became the go to source for commentary on all topics.
John Robins, Metro, 10th April 2019Elis James and John Robins join BBC Radio 5 Live
Elis James and John Robins are joining BBC Radio 5 Live. The comedians, who have been presenting together on commercial station Radio X since 2014, will host a new weekly entertainment show on the BBC station, beginning on Friday 31st May.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd April 2019Elis James and John Robins leave Radio X
Elis James and John Robins have announced that, after five years on air, they are to bring their popular weekly Radio X show and podcast to an end this weekend.
British Comedy Guide, 27th March 2019John Robins: Partridge is the perfect voice for Brexit
'It's Valentine's Day today and love is in the air,' or should I say, 'It's Alan-tine's Day today and Alan is on the air?!' That's right folks: Alan Partridge is back on the BBC gravy train.
John Robins, Metro, 14th February 2019John Robins announces 2019 tour Hot Shame
Stand-up comic and Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Robins has announced a three-month nationwide tour, starting September.
British Comedy Guide, 31st January 2019Best 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 2018Review: The Holy Vible Book Tour
The previously uninitiated leave the auditorium, non the wiser as to what vibe really is, but thankful to our two genial guides who curated a very funny evening.
Simon Topping, The Reviews Hub, 28th November 2018Radio X DJ and standup John Robins hosts this new gameshow, in which the questions are drawn from internet search engines. Judging by this opening double bill, it's part Only Connect and part Family Fortunes, albeit with a heavy dose of millennial irony courtesy of Robins' deliberately stilted Tim & Eric-style delivery. Good fun.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 15th November 2018Beat The Internet With John Robins review
Dave's new gameshow Beat The Internet With John Robins is a very cheap production, which tries to make a virtue of its parsimony by wrapping it in a postmodern irony. It only partially succeeds.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th November 2018Vice's studio arm is the extremely unlikely producer of this Dave gameshow, hosted by stand-up and former Mr Sara Pascoe, John Robins. It's an offbeat affair on a pleasingly shonky set, with Robins quizzing contestants on subjects drawn from algorithms and search engines. Assisting him in the Richard Osman role of fact-master is the decidedly deadpan Sunil Patel.
The Guardian, 9th November 2018