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DVD review: Jon Richardson, Nidiot
A few of the routines will be familiar to anyone who has watched some of Richardson's recent TV work, but recontextualised and packaged as a full show, his material is endlessly rewatchable.
Elliot Clarke, Giggle Beats, 25th November 2014Brighton Comedy Festival highlights
Bridget Christie, Jo Brand, Simon Amstell, Rich Hall, Jon Richardson, Dave Gorman and Sara Pascoe are set to perform.
Maud Sampson, The List, 9th October 2014The show about opinion polls, surveys and statistics is back for its 18th series, and provides plenty of raw material for the comedians to come up with hilarious gags.
Jimmy Carr returns as host, with his classic sardonic delivery and infamous laugh.
"It's a honk," he explains. "My laugh has its own Facebook page!"
Team captains Jon Richardson and Sean Lock are also back, and they're joined by comedian Jack Dee, Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney and comic Rob Beckett in the first episode.
The Mirror, 5th October 2014Jon Richardson engaged to fellow comedian Lucy Beaumont
Jon Richardson has asked his girlfriend - fellow stand-up comedian Lucy Beaumont - to marry him. She has accepted his proposal.
British Comedy Guide, 16th September 2014Jon Richardson: I may switch jobs now I've found love
Ben Dowell joins comics Jon Richardson and Matt Forde in their VW Campervan to talk about their new Channel 4 show Jon Richardson Grows Up, in which they try to discover the secret of human contentment...
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 15th September 2014Jon Richardson interview
After years believing he wasn't capable of maintaining a relationship, he's going out with fellow comedian Lucy Beaumont and he's made a reasonable peace with the OCD he's struggled with for years.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 13th September 2014Jon Richardson and Matt Forde interview
In a new series for Channel 4, Jon Richardson Grows Up, our eponymous hero and his best friend, comedian Matt Forde, take to the road in a 1972 orange VW Campervan (called Florence) in search of answers to some of life's biggest questions: Can money make you happy? Is marriage the source of contentment or discord? Who's a better driver, Jon or Matt? Today, huddled in the back of their campervan, Florence, incongruously parked in a central London square, the pair explain the thinking behind the series, how it has led to Jon being a changed man, and what Matt was doing there in the first place.
Channel 4, 8th September 2014Jon Richardson discusses nidiots and being happy
'This is the first time I've gone on tour as a happy person. Fingers crossed that something goes wrong'
Brian Donaldson, The List, 27th August 2014Comedy review: Jon Richardson
Jon Richardson makes his extremely well composed set seem thrillingly ramshackle, and its often the off-kilter paths he hurtles down where the night's greatest laughs are to be had.
Alex Hibbert, Manchester Evening News, 31st May 2014Jon Richardson to present Channel 4 series on growing up
Jon Richardson will present Jon Richardson Grows Up, a three-part Channel 4 series in which he will examine what it takes to be a 'Happy Adult'.
British Comedy Guide, 15th May 2014