Jack Dee
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 14
10 best things to see at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014
Muslim female boxers, freak yogurt accidents, Dr Seuss with bouncing balls, a grumpy Jack Dee and a live outing for Whose Line Is It Anyway? Here's what caught our eye at the world's largest arts festival
Radio Times, 1st August 2014In defence of smutty jokes
Innuendo has a long, illustrious history in British comedy - as Jack Dee's critics should know.
Shazia Mirza, The Guardian, 20th July 2014Dear Jack Dee: please help me!
In the comedian's new live show, Help Desk, he turns agony uncle. We asked him to help some desperate public figures, from the middle-aged politician with a One Direction fixation, to the comedian who foolishly adopted a snail.
Jack Dee, The Guardian, 13th July 2014Jack Dee threatens to quit ISIHAC over smutty jokes
Jack Dee has allegedly threatened to quit as chairman of the long-running comedy panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue after he was ordered to tone down his smutty jokes.
Alasdair Glennie, Daily Mail, 20th June 2014Back at the O2 for the fifth year on the trot, the country's finest gag merchants congregate to shake a tin in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital's prospective new operating theatre. Among the assembled funny people here are Lee Evans, Jack Dee, Alan Carr, Paddy McGuinness, Warwick Davis and Derek's Kerry Godliman. It's three hours long, but worth keeping half an eye on the commercial breaks, traditionally a place for Alan Carr to pop up with some lightly mirthful advert hijacks.
Louis Pattison, The Guardian, 5th June 2014Jack Dee turns agony aunt
If you needed some friendly anonymous advice, who would you turn to? Certainly not in Jack Dee, who has built a career on caustic asides. And yet this week Dee embarked on a new career as an agony uncle. Or rather he has launched a new show, Jack Dee's Help Desk.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 14th May 2014Jack Dee: Teacher's 'thick' taunt set me back years
Jack Dee has revealed how he was branded 'thick' by his prep school head - causing him to fail and leaving him 'fearful' for decades.
Chris Hastings, Daily Mail, 10th May 2014Pete Sinclair interview
Pete Sinclair talks about working with Jack Dee to create Lead Balloon.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 10th May 2014News: Jack Dee - Agony Aunt
Jack Dee is developing a new show in which he offers to solve the problems of his fans.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st March 2014Channel 4's Comedy Gala to return for a 5th year
Michael McIntyre, Lee Evans, Jo Brand, Jack Dee and Alan Carr will be amongst the stars of Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2014 in May.
British Comedy Guide, 24th February 2014