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Joe Auckland

Joe Auckland

  • Musician, musical creative and writer

Press clippings

Alex Horne looks back: "Both my careers - the Horne Section and Taskmaster - are an extension of playing with friends"

Alex Horne, Joe Auckland and Ben Reynolds on being best friends since childhood, their shared love of comedy, and spending their birthdays together.

Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 17th August 2024

The Horne Section to publish guide to music for kids

The Horne Section is to publish Make Some Noise, a book about music aimed at 8-12 year-olds.

British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024

The Horne Section to tour in 2024

Alex Horne and his band are due to tour again. The Horne Section's Hit Show will run between March and November 2024.

British Comedy Guide, 14th November 2023

The Horne Section TV Show returning to Channel 4 for Series 2

The Horne Section TV Show is returning for a second series on Channel 4 with Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ronni Ancona and US comedian and bandleader Reggie Watts among those joining the cast and Tim Key, John Oliver and Desiree Burch also coming back.

British Comedy Guide, 25th June 2023

Horne Section TV Show details revealed

Further details have been announced about the upcoming Channel 4 comedy series from Alex Horne and his band, The Horne Section.

British Comedy Guide, 21st September 2022

Channel 4 orders The Horne Section TV Show

Channel 4 has commissioned "a unique blend of talk show and sitcom, music and mayhem" from The Horne Section.

British Comedy Guide, 14th April 2022

The Horne Section shoots Channel 4 pilot

Channel 4 is hoping to double down on its relationship with Alex Horne, by piloting a new show with his band The Horne Section.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd June 2021

The Horne Section Podcast Live Stream, review

This special episode of the comedy-music podcast felt like eavesdropping on old friends chatting down the pub.

Veronica Lee, i Newspaper, 6th April 2021

Review: The Horne Section, That's How I Like My Tour

This show is full of surprises, and the group slather on the layers of ridiculousness as though they are icing a cake. There is no time to rest during this noisy, vibrant comedy extravaganza, and that's what makes it so thrilling.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 8th May 2019

The Horne Section review

Clever comedy never looked so stupid.

Pete Hughes, Oxford Mail, 30th April 2019

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