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After making his name with a series of gloriously petty populist pranks, the standup is handed his own consumer affairs show. Think of it as a comedy Watchdog, with Lycett doing his sternest Anne Robinson impression. Episode one sees him tackle a viewer's bank fraud issue.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 5th April 2019Joe Lycett tackles your consumer complaints
Ahead of his new Channel 4 show in which he seeks justice for the aggrieved, the comic offers some sage advice.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 2nd April 2019Joe Lycett calls for better LGBT dialogue
Comedian Joe Lycett has said that the LGBT community has a "problem" with the way it communicates online.
BBC, 26th March 2019Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 winners revealed
The public have voted Derry Girls as Best New TV Sitcom in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018, with Inside No. 9 named Comedy Of The Year 2018 for the second year running. Other winners include Friday Night Dinner, Taskmaster and Vic & Bob's Big Night Out.
British Comedy Guide, 4th February 2019What was Pierce Brosnan banned from doing while he played James Bond? Which film was released in Poland as Electronic Murderer? And who is Digger the Crab? All these questions and more from the last 100,000 years of human history will be answered as unflappable question-master Jimmy Carr tests the knowledge of Sandi Toksvig, Joe Lycett, Katherine Ryan, Big Narstie, David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. As always, he is aided and abetted by Jon Snow, Charles Dance and a phalanx of celebrity question-setters.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 4th January 20192018 Review: Top Comedy Specials 2018
Here is a run-down of the best comedy specials out of the ones I have managed to see.
Beyond The Joke, 26th December 2018Best comedy books and DVDs of 2018
There are lashings of laughter for Christmas. Bruce Dessau rounds up the pick of the comedy crop on screen and on the page.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th December 2018Jason Manford named UK's Hardest Working Comedian 2018
Jason Manford has come top of Ents24's Hardest Working Comedians 2018 list. Other stand-ups on the list include Tom Allen, Sarah Millican and Chris Ramsey.
British Comedy Guide, 5th December 2018Strictly's Shirley, Darcey and Craig join Jonathan on the sofa tonight, alongside the man Theresa May models her own dance moves on: Peter Crouch. All this plus comedian Joe Lycett, Black Earth Rising's Michaela Coel and a previous Ivor Novello awards songwriter of the year, Tom Odell, performing in the studio.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 13th October 2018London's most influential people 2018 - Comedy
Including Katherine Ryan, Rachel Parris and Will Sharpe.
Evening Standard, 10th October 2018