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All-star Grenfell Tower benefit
An all-star comedy benefit show has been announced in aid of the Grenfell Tower fire in London. Tickets go on sale on Friday morning.
British Comedy Guide, 15th June 2017Jon Richardson: Old Man - The Lowry, Salford review
Following a heartbreaking week for the city of Manchester, it was always going to be difficult for a performer, particularly a comedian, to come on to stage and entertain. It has to be said that Richardson handled the situation with sensitivity and empathy.
Emma Boswell, The Reviews Hub, 30th May 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 2017Review: Jon Richardson at Alban Arena, St Albans
The comedian is thick-skinned about talking about his thin skin and is great at dealing with mishaps in the room.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 31st March 2017Jon RIchardson: Old Man review
Since his last tour, Jon Richardson has become a husband and a father, putting his 'carefree days' behind him.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th March 2017The world is currently so terrifying, newspapers are best read through pinholes in cardboard. Husband-and-wife comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont are more fearful than most, not least as they're expecting their first child in 2017. Here, Richardson humorously explores methods of circumnavigating Britain's most commonly cited threats, from Isis to sausages and all points between.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 20th February 2017I think I'm losing my sense of humour. Normally I despise the precious "snowflake" types who want safe spaces and would ban all jokes lest they offend someone, but when I watched this I found myself sharing their tetchy philosophy, grumbling "You shouldn't laugh about such things." Am I becoming a snowflake, or am I just terrified at the prospect of the end of the world?
Comedian Jon Richardson is certainly terrified, so he explores the five most dangerous things and how likely they are to kill him.
He starts off with the most appalling scenario, Daesh getting their hands on a nuclear weapon, and he flees to the countryside with a "prepper" to learn how to survive in a "WROL" (without rule of law) scenario.
It irked me that he cracks cheap jokes about people's fear of nuclear weapons and the desperate measures they'd take to survive. Then he moves on to air pollution and wobbly ladders, but listing them alongside Daesh and dirty bombs is just crass.
Julie McDowall, The National (Scotland), 20th February 2017Preview - How to Survive the End of the World
Today it is hard to know what we should really be scared about. Stand-up comic Jon Richardson, a "self-confessed coward", is someone seemingly frightened of a wide range of things.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th February 2017Jon Richardson interview
The stand-up and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown team captain on what makes him laugh the most.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 17th February 2017Jon Richardson interview
An interview from Channel 4 with comedian Jon Richardson, promoting his new documentary How to Survive the End of the World.
Channel 4, 9th February 2017