Ulrika Jonsson

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Jo Brand 'knows she's not pretty' but I bloody love her

I was deeply touched this week by the words of one of this country's funniest female comics, Jo Brand. Talking about her appearance she says she's "not what men go for". She went on: "I know I'm not pretty. I'm not thin with flowing locks."

Ulrika Jonsson, The Sun, 20th August 2021

Renton Skinner's grubby-looking alter ego is unlikely to trouble Partridge or Norton for the comedy talk-show crown, but his strange on-stage universe is convincingly complete: everywhere you look there's faded glory and drooping props. The guests who run the gauntlet of animal-lifting and quick-fire questions tonight are TOWIE's Amy Childs and tattooed rapper Professor Green, with Gabby Logan and Ulrika Jonsson for brief moments of glamour.

Emma Sturgess, Radio Times, 20th July 2012

Fleshing out Renton Skinner's bizarre plastic-bag wielding comedy creation Angelos Epithemiou for a half-hour chat-show format was always going to be a challenge, and tonight it leads to some uneven results. The Only Way Is Essex's Amy Childs squirms on the sofa while being interviewed by the offbeat host, while rapper Professor Green is - for reasons unknown - asked to lift a giant tortoise above his head before being allowed to perform his latest hit. Among the chaos there's a welcome visit from Skinner's erstwhile Shooting Stars colleague Ulrika Jonsson.

Andrew Marszal, The Telegraph, 19th July 2012

This week's guests on Angelos's demented chat show are ex-Towie vajazzler Amy Childs and rapper Professor Green, while Gabby Logan and Ulrika Jonsson are also permitted to bask in his reflected glory. Logan, appearing throughout the series as Angelos's love interest, even gets the offer of having "a little fiddle about". Try as you might, it's impossible not to crack under his persistence, and though the overly sincere music number is a thumping mismatch, it doesn't detract from what is in places a very fine show.

Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 19th July 2012

The eighth series of the Reeves and Mortimer's cult panel show draws to a close tonight, having attracted respectable viewing figures of 1.5 m. Deadpan comedian Jack Dee appears to be at a disadvantage as he is joined by actress Tamzin Outhwaite and Primal Scream bassist Gary Mounfield, while Ulrika Jonsson gets stand-up Micky Flanagan and actor Charlie Higson for her team. But as the questions are nonsensical and the games bizarre, anything can happen.

Clive Morgan, The Telegraph, 9th September 2011

Ulrika Jonsson: 'I'm a walking dichotomy'

Ulrika Jonsson has rarely been out of the tabloids. Now she's claiming the News of the World hacked her phone. But if she really wants a quiet life, why talk to yet another journalist?

Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 27th August 2011

Last night's TV: Shooting Stars/BBC2

These days, Vic and Bob are part of the establishment. As Shooting Stars returns for its eighth series - there have been breaks of varying lengths along the way - you could be forgiven for assuming the format would be a little tired, the surrealist approach a little dated, Ulrika Jonsson's ditz act a little hackneyed. In fact, though, while the show lacks the edge that it had in its glory years, and even though I kept thinking how wonderful it would be to be watching it for the first time, it remains one of the funniest things on TV.

Archie Bland, The Independent, 9th August 2011

Lee Mack's All-Star Cast is a total mess, albeit quite an enjoyable one. The show is an unwieldy composite of comedy, celebrity chat, sketches, stand-up, lookalikes and participation from the studio audience, elevated to the all-star status of the title.

That it works at all is largely down to the heroic efforts of Lee Mack, who grabs the somewhat feeble format by the throat and runs with it, firing off witticisms as he goes.

But there are times when sheer charm and bravado are not enough. As an interviewer Mack is absolutely terrible, suffering from a bad case of Jonathan Ross syndrome, in which a host is so busy thinking up a smart response that he doesn't actually listen to the guest's answer. No great loss when the guest is Shane Richie, going into tedious cod Cockney overdrive, but Henry Winkler may have had something interesting to say about playing The Fonz in cult TV show Happy Days.

Instead he was called upon to judge various competitions and provide a cameo in a shambolic sitcom-style sketch, acting beside the plank that is Ulrika Jonsson. Ulrika needn't prepare her BAFTA acceptance speech quite yet, but she threw herself enthusiastically into the part and proved fair game for several barbed gags at her expense.

Which is All Star Cast's other strength. It may never be accused of being slick and polished, but it does generate surprisingly large quantities of cosy goodwill.

The Stage, 28th June 2011

Ulrika Jonsson's zany behaviour draws viewer comments

Ulrika Jonsson's bizarre antics inside the Indigo venue during the awards raised eyebrows.

Daily Mail, 24th January 2011

This could possibly be the most deranged variety show you'll ever see, the only place on earth where you can watch Christopher Biggins pretending to be Boris Johnson, and Jerry Hall impersonating Katie Price. If that doesn't draw you in, how about Joe Pasquale as Lady Ga-Ga? Or Ulrika Jonsson as David Beckham? No? Surely Vanessa Feltz masquerading as James May is irresistible. As is Eamonn Holmes as Elvis Presley. And David Gest as Elton John. Les Dennis as Gary Barlow... The list goes on, and just gets odder. The All Star Impressions Show could be completely awful or it could be enjoyably barmy. It certainly has a very good pedigree, being co-produced by Steve Coogan's and Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's production companies. And it has a certain surreal gloss that could be quite winning. Harry Hill will make a guest appearance, though we don't know whether he will reprise the Morrissey impression that won him Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes all those years ago.

Alison Graham, Radio Times, 26th December 2009

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