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Julia Davis

Julia Davis

  • 58 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and director

Press clippings Page 2

Cancel culture killing comedy? What a joke

Chris Rock, Jennifer Saunders and more have argued that 'wokeness' is stifling comedy. But the idea of the joke police is actually nonsense.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 10th August 2021

Best Comedy Podcast nominees announced

Beef And Dairy Network, Dear Joan And Jericha, Hidden Ireland, Kurupt FM, Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat and SeanceCast have been nominated for Best Comedy Podcast in the British Podcast Awards 2021.

British Comedy Guide, 28th May 2021

50 funny podcasts to make you feel much better

Has your daily walk become an endless trudge to nowhere? These podcasts, chosen by comedians, podcasters, Guardian writers and readers, are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.

The Guardian, 5th April 2021

Best of 2020: Comedy

Outdoor venues and podcasts to the rescue.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 30th December 2020

Comedy podcasts round-up 1: from home and abroad

Podcasts have got many of us through 2020, starved as we have been for most of it of live comedy to leave the house to see. Here's a selection of some of the best; they are available on all podcast platforms unless stated.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 7th December 2020

I Talk Telly Awards 2020 nominations

After Life, Friday Night Dinner, Gavin & Stacey, Ghosts, Home, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees for the I Talk Telly Awards 2020.

British Comedy Guide, 8th November 2020

Dear Joan & Jericha interview

"Funerals are great places to meet men. Wear a tight dress, they won't turn you away".

Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 5th November 2020

Dear Joan & Jericha review

Glorious wrong advice from spoof agony aunts.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 3rd November 2020

A Night In with Joan & Jericha, review

For the uninitiated, these two women of uncertain age give appalling relationship advice in jaw-droppingly graphic and un-PC terms.

Veronica Lee, i Newspaper, 28th October 2020

Dear Joan And Jericha: Taking on the agony aunts

Newsnight's Emily Maitlis speaks to comedians Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine about their new book, Why He Turns Away, following the success of their award-winning podcast in which they play fictional agony aunts. The creators of popular podcast Dear Joan And Jericha, which features famously rude and unfiltered agony aunts, told BBC Newsnight about the "joy and pleasure of bringing down" traditionally sexist columns in their new book.

Emily Maitlis, BBC, 27th October 2020

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