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Johnny Vegas announces his first tour in a decade
He and his promoters, M&B, are also offering 1,000 free tickets across the gigs for NHS workers, 'to acknowledge the amazing job the NHS is currently doing'.
Chortle, 14th April 2020Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2020 results
Johnny Vegas has won this year's Legend of Comedy prize from the Leicester Comedy Festival. Other winners at the festival's annual awards include Alex Hylton and Friz Frizzle.
British Comedy Guide, 30th March 2020Johnny Vegas returns to stand-up
Johnny Vegas is returning to stand-up comedy. He'll be starting off by hosting a series of gigs at the Just The Tonic clubs.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2020DMU at 150: Leicester Comedy Festival
Leicester Comedy Festival has been part of the city's calendar since 1994 when it began as a student project by then Leicester Polytechnic student Geoff Rowe.
De Montfort University, 6th February 2020Johnny Vegas to play first stand-up show in 10 years
Johnny Vegas will return to stand-up for the first time in 10 years with a Midlands show later this year.
Rebecca Sayce, The Express and Star, 27th January 2020Adam Hills presents a special two-hour edition of the show, in which to bury this frankly rancid year in concentrated earth and try to move on. While Johnny Vegas pours the pints, Alex Brooker aims to become the first disabled man in history to complete a high-speed lap in a F4 racer at Donington Park.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 31st December 2019Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson worked gamely for laughs as they investigated a string of murders at the Shady Creek caravan park in Dial M For Middlesbrough (Gold).
The first victim was run through with a swingball pole. The next two were liquidised and served in a ragu. Jason Donovan, as the camp entertainer, was brained with a boule.
The humour was as broad as Benidorm and, for those who are missing the high jinks at that Spanish holiday resort, it delivered some cheesy chuckles.
But you couldn't die laughing at it.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 16th December 2019Dial M For Middlesbrough, Gold, review
A slightly too formulaic third outing for the cursed coach tour operators.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 14th December 2019Sian Gibson: 'I screamed at Jason Donovan in Dial M'
Sian Gibson and Johnny Vegas reveal all about getting star-struck by Jason Donovan in Gold's comic whodunit Dial M for Middlesbrough.
Caren Clark, What's On TV, 9th December 2019I Talk Telly Awards 2019 winners announced
After 220,000 votes, Ricky Gervais leads this year's winners with three wins for After Life, whilst Graham Norton and Declan Donnelly pick up two awards each and this year's Special Recognition Award goes to a Corrie favourite and soap legend.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 8th December 2019