Jenny Eclair
- 64 years old
- English
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Why won't Jack Dee do Taskmaster & other dream contestants
As Taskmaster's Series 14 champion is crowned and we discover the Series 15 cast, we draw up our wishlist for future contestants.
Laura Vickers-Green, Den Of Geek, 1st December 2022Jenny Eclair interview
'I've been to the chiropractor four times since I became a new Grandma'. The comedian and novelist talks grandmotherhood, pink custard and why you'll never catch her eating hotel breakfast.
Lara Kilner, The Telegraph, 22nd November 2022Dave announces Edinburgh Comedy Awards broadcasts
The Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards body has announced a range of programming and streams around this year's awards.
British Comedy Guide, 19th August 2022Jenny Eclair leads complaints about Crown Paints advert
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) said it was considering investigating Crown Paints' "Hannah & Dave" advert. Comic Jenny Eclair said it must be taken off air over its implication that a woman "conned a man into fatherhood".
BBC, 16th August 2022Jenny Eclair: I'm in uncharacteristic floods of tears over Love Actually
What sort of joyless person could possibly sneer at romcoms? Well, me - until 10 days ago.
Jenny Eclair, The Independent, 29th December 2021Jenny Eclair: Sixty! (FFS!) review
Jenny Eclair: Sixty! is a delight from beginning to end. Not only can she make getting older hilariously funny, but she has the ability to focus on the small shames of human life and return them to us in a new and triumphant light.
Jane Darcy, The Reviews Hub, 30th September 2021Jenny Eclair: Sixty! (FFS!) review
The comedian is on ebullient form in a gossipy touring show about entering one's seventh decade.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th September 2021Comedians record NHS charity single
Thirty comedians have recorded a charity single for the NHS. Can't Wait! - created by doctor-turned-comic Simon Brodkin - features Miranda Hart, Harry Hill, David Baddiel, Jo Brand, Lee Mack, Jack Dee and Adam Kay among others.
British Comedy Guide, 6th July 2021Jenny Eclair: I'm lucky to be back gigging
Reliable jokes are like custard, writes Jenny Eclair - ideal for covering up the dry and tasteless bits after a year off-stage.
Jenny Eclair, The Independent, 31st May 2021Jenny Eclair interview
The comedian talks about a year in which she swapped a stand-up tour for painting at home, her mother's dementia and why she feels sorry for young people - as she launches Drawers Off, her new Channel 4 art show.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 24th February 2021