John Cooper Clarke
- English
- Actor and poet
Press clippings
Would I Lie To You?'s funniest lies and truths
Featuring legendary moments from Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies, Claudia Winkleman and more, we celebrate Lee Mack, David Mitchell and Rob Brydon's modern TV classic.
Laura Vickers-Green, Den Of Geek, 28th April 2023Review: The Laugharne Weekend
Although there was plenty of top rate comedy slotted in between the art, I have to be honest. The funniest set actually came from a musician.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th April 2023We Wish You a Mandy Christmas review
Diane Morgan does proper belly laughs.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 20th December 2021We Wish You A Mandy Christmas review
Diane Morgan's hapless comedy character goes full Scrooge.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 20th December 2021We Wish You a Mandy Christmas, BBC2, review
Even Diane Morgan has a soft side.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 20th December 2021"He was pushing some mysterious envelope and he made the public an accomplice," says John Cooper Clarke of Chris Sievey, the restless genius responsible for Timperley's Frank Sidebottom. This is the extraordinary and moving story of the late outsider artist inside the papier-mache head, featuring contributions from collaborators such as Jon Ronson and Mark Radcliffe. As the latter observes, Sievey's antics were somehow extremely silly and extremely clever at the same time.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 21st June 2019Frank Sidebottom film gets world premiere next month
The Frank Sidebottom documentary Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, will be released in UK cinemas later this year after its world premiere at next month's South By Southwest Film Festival in Texas, Chortle can reveal.
Chortle, 9th February 2018Has comedy become too PC?
They say that much of the right-wing backlash being observed in the political mainstream across the world stems from how overly PC society has become. And if that's true, comedy may have a lot to answer for.
Jack Peat, The London Economic, 7th August 2017Preview - 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
The quiz show mash-up returns, and continues to demonstrate how some of the best TV formats can come out of the most unusual places.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 24th April 2017Radio Times review
No sooner has she left The One Show sofa, the ubiquitous Alex Jones is back, this time on the panel show in which participants attempt to hoodwink their opponents with absurd facts and plausible lies about themselves. It's all in good fun, and host Rob Brydon and team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack know how to squeeze the maximum amount of laughter from each absurd suggestion. Comedy actor Greg Davies, performance poet John Cooper Clarke and TV presenter Rick Edwards are also along for the ride in this edition.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 14th August 2015