Jay Richardson
- Journalist
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Interview: Al Murray gets political
Al Murray is on typically outspoken form touring the UK in his Pintbus.
Jay Richardson, The Herald, 12th March 2015Alternative Comedy Experience axed
The Alternative Comedy Experience has been cancelled says Stewart Lee.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 9th March 2015Radio 4 series for Barry from Watford
Barry from Watford is getting his own Radio 4[z/] show. The rasping octogenarian's creator, Alex Lowe, is writing Barry's Lunch Club, a stand-up series for the 11.30am comedy slot, in which the character acts as an agony uncle for the middle-aged and elderly.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 8th March 2015Al Murray's Pub Landlord gets political
Al Murray is on typically outspoken form touring the UK in his Pintbus.
Jay Richardson, The Herald, 7th March 2015Nigel Havers joins BBC One's Stop⁄Start
Nigel Havers has joined the cast of BBC One sitcom pilot Stop/Start.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 20th February 2015Interview: Billy Kirkwood, Bruce Morton and Anna Devitt
To mark the Glasgow Comedy Festival turning 13, The List assembled three generations of comedians to discuss their careers.
Jay Richardson, The List, 20th February 2015Lucy Porter's debut inspired by 18th century Edinburgh
The true story of a secret all-female intellectual club in 18th century Edinburgh inspired Lucy Porter to write her debut play, the stand-up tells Jay Richardson.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 14th February 2015Comedy review: Sean Hughes, Glasgow
This first performance of Sean Hughes's latest show finds him musing on addiction. Establishing the idea of a dialogue between his common sense and the inner voice leading him astray, the Irishman reveals how he knew that he'd become a comedian at the age of ten - an incident leading to him visiting the dentist found him responding to the man's patronising care with reflexive viciousness, if not wit.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 13th February 2015Lucy Porter writing historical feminist Radio 4 sitcom
Lucy Porter is writing an historical feminist sitcom for Radio 4. The Fair Intellectual Club will be a 'funnier' version of the comedian's Fringe play of the same name, about a group of teenage girls in early 18th Century Edinburgh who formed a secret society for intelligent discourse, where they can aspire to the same educational opportunities as men.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 9th February 2015Radio 4 sitcom for Jack Carroll
Jack Carroll is set to star in his own semi-autobiographical Radio 4 sitcom.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 4th February 2015