Joanna Neary

Interview: rarely asked questions - Joanna Neary

If you like your comedy off-the-beaten track you really should have come across Joanna Neary by now.

Interview: Joanna Neary - Faceful of Issues

'I really love very dark, very rude humour. I didn't want an hour of sweetness.'

Binge on the fringe

Joanna Neary ruminates on the eternal problem of staying properly nourished during the festivals.

I must say, three years on, Ideal has bedded in very nicely. Moz has now acquired a permanent partner, an infant son, and an assortment of regulars, who, while odd and sometimes nasty (such as the criminals led by the eerily comic Cartoon Head (David Sant) and Moz's necrophiliac neighbour, Judith, played by Joanna Neary), all work within the series' logic.

Graham Duff's writing was sharp, with the gags coming thick and fast, and while not all made the grade, the hit-rate was impressive. Well done BBC3 for sticking with it.