British Comedy Guide
David Baddiel
David Baddiel

David Baddiel

  • 60 years old
  • English
  • Writer and stand-up comedian

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First night review: David Baddiel

Number five of the Ten Commandments tells us to honour our parents. Comedian David Baddiel goes about this by telling startlingly frank stories about the voracious sexual appetite of his late mother.

Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 18th May 2016

Review: David Baddiel takes on his parents

In what must work marvellously as therapy, Baddiel gets much material out of his mother's long affair with a golf enthusiast.

Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 18th May 2016

David Baddiel review: 'Reprehensibly funny'

The comedian's new stand-up show is 'a twisted love letter' to his Jewish parents.

Phil Taylor, The Independent, 18th May 2016

David Baddiel Q&A

I cry a lot. Especially on planes. What is that about? On a plane, I'll be in floods at The Good Dinosaur.

Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 14th May 2016

David Baddiel: Mum talked about her affair all the time

David Baddiel grew up with a wild mother and a 'sweary' father. As his new show about them opens, he tells Julia Llewellyn Smith about his quirky upbringing.

Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Telegraph, 8th May 2016

Fun factory: the finest comedy of summer 2016

Bridget Christie grapples with a Motörhead vibrator, David Baddiel tackles dementia, Todd Barry busts boredom - and Mr Swallow re-creates Houdini's daftest escape.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th May 2016

David Baddiel v Mail over queen sex & toilet jokes

David Baddiel has come under fire from the Daily Mail for being responsible for a programme that made jokes about the Queen's sex life on the day of the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th April 2016

Interview: David Baddiel on adding comedy to kids books

David Baddiel is best known as a comedian and adult author, but it was his kids who inspired him to start his latest project.

Amy Packham, The Huffington Post, 3rd March 2016

David Baddiel: rumours about my dementia exaggerated

When he read in the newspapers that he had dementia, the comedian was as alarmed as his friends were. But perhaps that's what happens when you talk about a complex subject to a media allergic to complexity.

David Baddiel, The Guardian, 15th October 2015

David Baddiel fears dementia after dad gets condition

The TV star, who is dealing with the recent loss of his mother to pneumonia as well as his dad's illness, talks about loss, laddishness and parenthood.

Clemmie Moodie, The Mirror, 9th October 2015

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