Jon Holmes (I)
- English
- Writer, producer, director, crew member, executive producer, actor and editor
Press clippings
How comedians are fighting cancer - with juvenile jokes, and courageous candour
Deluged by medical calamities, our stand-ups have hit back with terrific, transcendental shows that TV would be wise to learn from.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 29th December 2024'Serious and silly': Radio 4 team behind Now Show replacement plan to break news as well as joking about it
The broadcaster's recently launched Naked Week will mix satirical humour and topical investigative journalism.
Rachael Healy, The Observer, 7th December 2024'Mary Bourke: Who Cares?' coming to Radio 4 next year
Mary Bourke has landed her first Radio 4 series, about her experience of being a carer for her husband, the comedian Simon Clayton. In Mary Bourke: Who Cares?, the Irish stand-up also talks to fellow comics Josephine Lacey, Pope Lonergan and Michael Akadiri about their experience of the underfunded care system.
British Comedy Guide, 29th November 2024Radio 4 to launch Friday night comedy series The Naked Week
BBC Radio 4 is to launch Friday night topical comedy series The Naked Week in November. Hosted by Andrew Hunter Murray, with Amy Hoggart as chief correspondent, the episodes will offer "a fresh way of dressing the week's news in the altogether".
British Comedy Guide, 9th October 2024The week in audio: Jon Holmes Says the C-Word
Holmes creates the "men talk cancer" show he needed, featuring Eric Idle, Stephen Fry and more.
Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian, 13th July 2024Jon Holmes opens up about cancer diagnosis in Radio 4 series
Radio 4 series Jon Holmes Says The C-Word will see The Skewer creator, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer, talking to comedians about their personal experiences of undergoing cancer treatment.
British Comedy Guide, 18th June 2024Stephen Mangan faces The Island in Radio 4's Desert Island Discs spoof
Desert Island Discs meets Lord Of The Flies in The Island, a new Radio 4 sitcom spoofing the channel's classic interview format, starring Stephen Mangan.
British Comedy Guide, 9th May 2024Laura Smyth wins gold at Radio Academy Awards 2024
Radio 4 stand-up show Laura Smyth: I Don't Know What To Say took the gold prize in the Comedy Award at the ARIAS 2024. The Skewer took silver, with Kathy Burke's podcast getting bronze. John Robins revealing his struggles with alcohol was named Moment of the Year.
British Comedy Guide, 8th May 2024We Forced A Bot To Write This Show review
There's much talk about whether Artificial Intelligence will ever outperform humans in their jobs. Well, this silly Radio 4 comedy proves that people can take on bots at their own game - and defeat them with the power of ridicule.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st December 2023The Skewer TV review
Channelling a little bit of Chris Morris and a fair smattering of Cold War Steve, the TV version of The Skewer is a silly, surreal and sometimes serious delight.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 1st November 2023