Jo Brand
- 67 years old
- English
- Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
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Alan Yentob enjoys the company of self-confessed "scruff-bag" Jo Brand as she discusses her career and why she is proud to be a lipstick feminist. An intimate encounter with a character summed up by fellow comic Mark Thomas as: "hard work, playful, compassionate, funny as fuck".
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 28th January 2019Jo Brand interview
Jo Brand on the benefits of not giving a toss.
Diana Wichtel, Noted, 20th January 2019Jo Brand interview
Jo Brand on 30 years in the business and returning to Edinburgh.
Murray Scougall, The Sunday Post, 4th November 2018Jo Brand interview
The comedian on Bake Off: An Extra Slice, Born Lippy and bringing Nativity! the Musical to Scotland.
The Scotsman, 3rd November 2018Jo Brand on Strictly, strippers and... staying safe
Jo Brand is a woman with staying power - she's been on our radar for the best part of three decades and the media have cast her as everything from man-hater to national treasure during that time.
Emma Saunders, BBC, 19th October 2018Museum Of Curiosity to record all-star special edition
To mark its 10th anniversary, Radio 4 panel show The Museum Of Curiosity is to record an episode featuring past curators.
British Comedy Guide, 19th October 2018Jo Brand on parenting, men & being a national disgrace
"Girls are brutalised for their looks everywhere on social media. It's awful."
Decca Aitkenhead, The Times, 14th October 2018Jo Brand to release 'guide to being female'
John Murray Press has signed a part memoir, part advice manual from comedian Jo Brand to publish this October.
Lisa Campbell, The Bookseller, 14th August 2018Proof that crowd-pleasing comedy isn't solely the preserve of middle-aged men. Particularly interesting is seeing those people you generally spot behind a panel-show desk or on a sofa. The late Joan Rivers dispenses deceptively ad hoc brilliance, while Jo Brand is withering but actually oddly conservative.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 16th June 2018Channel 4's social worker sitcom Damned ends after two series
Channel 4 has confirmed that Damned, the sitcom about social workers starring Jo Brand and Alan Davies, has ended after two series.
British Comedy Guide, 8th June 2018