Jenny Eclair
- 64 years old
- English
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Jenny Eclair & Katy Brand join Women in Print judges
Another five leading female comic writers, including Katy Brand and Jenny Eclair, have joined the judging panels for the inaugural Comedy Women in Print (CWIP) prize.
The Telegraph, 13th February 2019Hugh Bonneville reprises Ian Fletcher for BBC Sounds
Jason Watkins also returned as Director of Strategic Governance.
Radio Times, 12th November 2018Jenny Eclair and Shappi Khorsandi write new musical
Comedians Jenny Eclair, Shappi Khorsandi and Natalie Haynes are to write a new musical comedy called Women in Power as part of Nuffield Southampton Theatres' latest season.
The Stage, 7th June 2018Grumpy Old Women To The Rescue... review
Grumpy Old Women features tremendous talent that is sadly wasted on a stale script.
Dominic Corr, The Wee Review, 15th May 2018Grumpy Old Women To The Rescue review
Everyone's bonding together in a 'mums' night out' spirit, free to say what they really think. If that sounds like your idea of a good night, the GOW will hit the spot like a chardonnay with pals. Their 'sod it' honesty is almost empowering, a manifestation of grey pride.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th April 2018Jenny Eclair on approaching her 58th birthday
On my 58th birthday, I've started to question what it means to be happy - and what it means to be angry.
Jenny Eclair, The Independent, 19th March 2018Longevity, banging on and on, is the key component of national treasuredom. In his slick Sale of the Century years it was hard to imagine Nicholas Parsons might ever achieve the status, but now, aged 94, and having presented 975 episodes of Radio 4's Just a Minute/c], without deviation but with plenty of repetition, the mantle maybe fits. The BBC celebrated his half century with a tribute, Just a Minute: 50 Years in 28 Minutes, which had living panellists compete with departed wits; a ouija board parlour game. Paul Merton interrupted Peter Cook's 60 seconds on the Loch Ness monster, Jenny Eclair was superseded by Patrick Moore on foolishness. By the time Stephen Fry cut in on Kenneth Williams and Barbara Castle on the subject of Gregorian chants, it was tricky to work out who was in the studio and who wasn't. "I don't think we can have psychic challenges," a youthful Parsons reminded his departed guests; we can now.
Tim Adams, The Guardian, 31st December 2017How Edinburgh changed British comedy
Comedy did not feature at all when the Edinburgh Fringe began but over the past three decades it has become the "spiritual home" of Britain's funny folk.
Steven Brocklehurst, BBC, 6th August 2017Mel Giedroyc to host new panel show Mind The Gap
Mel Giedroyc is to host the pilot of a new TV panel show about generational differences. Jenny Éclair and Chris Ramsey will be the team captains on Mind The Gap.
British Comedy Guide, 12th May 2017Jenny Eclair interview
'My father was hilarious - even when he was dying'
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 18th November 2016