Isy Suttie

The Must-Sees of 2016: comedy

Featuring Billy Connolly, Isy Suttie, Vic and Bob, Frankie Boyle, Romesh Ranganathan, Rob Delaney, Julian Clary and Sara Pascoe.

Looking back on what has been a notably depressing year, it might seem a near-impossible task to pick out moments worthy of levity. Thankfully, that is the job of Jimmy Carr and regular team captains Jon Richardson and Sean Lock, old hands at refashioning the awfulness of the real world into digestible chunks of frippery. Panellists Isy Suttie, Richard Osman, Joey Essex and Romesh Ranganathan assist them, while elsewhere games and surprises are promised.

Bridget Christie & Isy Suttie interviews

The two comedians first met at an open-mic gig in Clapham in 2004.

Comedians' alternative Christmas cracker jokes

Jokes from Beth Vyse, Stewart Francis, Isy Suttie, Lou Sanders, Massive Dad, Adam Riches, Joseph Morpurgo, Daphne, Tim Key, Kieran Hodgson and Rhys James.

Christmas interview with Isy Suttie

Star of Peep Show Isy Suttie is helping Laugh Out London to raise money for Shelter this Christmas as part of a very special comedy weekend in a derelict gentleman's club in the City of London.

Radio Times review

Some of the best Peep Show moments are when the gang go on the road and this trip to East Anglia for Super Hans's wedding is no exception. Dobby (Isy Suttie) has finally come back from New York - but with a smug American boyfriend in tow, to the intense irritation of Mark (David Mitchell).

Jez (Robert Webb) has to reflect on a rather surprising personal discovery that isn't a secret for very long, thanks to the hidden cameras Mark has secreted inside the flat (well, it is called Peep Show after all). Who will be Hans's best man? Will he manage to get through his big day without hitting anyone? And what is his real name? All is revealed in another painfully funny riot of a ride.

Stars annoucned for Chortle Book Festival 2015

David Baddiel, Nicholas Parsons, Isy Suttie, Phill Jupitus, Jon Holmes and Bob Servant are among the names appearing at this year's Chortle Comedy Book Festival.

Isy Suttie: Changing attitudes towards women

Actress and comedian Isy Suttie takes time out from plaiting hair and bitching about her female contemporaries (sarcastic licence alert) to muse on the portrayal of women in the media.

Stand-up, actor, writer, composer and musician Isy Suttie has already won a Sony Radio Academy award, but while I have been familiar with her work in the theatre and on television (particularly Channel 4's Peep Show), the return of her series Isy Suttie's Love Letters is the first opportunity I have had to hear her in action.

Suttie's intention is to use dialogue and song to recall love stories affecting people she has known throughout her life, while also throwing in a few anecdotes about her own experiences on the relationship rollercoaster.

In the first of four programmes, the performer returned to her hometown of Matlock in Derbyshire. With work a little sparse following a brief stint playing a "rat, frog, duck and crack addict" in a children's show, Suttie spent a few days working as a teaching assistant at a local primary school.

It was here that she sensed a budding romance between dinner lady Eleanor and teacher Mr Woodfield as they discussed their enthusiasm for poetry in the playground (it turned out that the former had far more knowledge about the subject).

Carried away by their feelings, and encouraged by Suttie, Eleanor and Mr Woodfield - both of whom were unhappily married - planned a trip to Paris, although the transport arrangements didn't quite go to plan.

This really was a perfect piece of radio - subtle and simple, witty and funny, bittersweet and touching. Yes, there were a few easy laughs to be had when Suttie was first testing out the voices for her characters, but there was no evidence of showboating. Instead, her humour was gentle, quirky and beautifully observed.