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Dave orders sitcom starring Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont
Husband and wife Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont will star in Meet The Richardsons, a new Dave sitcom based on their fictional life.
British Comedy Guide, 11th June 2019First Gig, Worst Gig: Lucy Beaumont
Revitalised after a four-year break, Lucy Beaumont is back with a new Fringe show, a fundraising gala and a grim old festival story.
British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2019The 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 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 2017Lucy Beaumont explores her home city in BBC documentary
Comedian Lucy Beaumont comes home to Hull, for new BBC Two documentary exploring the UK's City of Culture 2017.
Hull-born comedian Lucy Beaumont takes a look at the cultural treats taking place in her home city during City of Culture 2017 in a new documentary for BBC Two, Welcome To Hull - City Of Culture 2017, and asks what legacy the yearlong event will leave on the city.
BBC, 23rd January 2017Sandi Toksvig continues to sharpen up the amiably informative panel show. This week's Nordic theme plays to her Danish roots, taking in protest pigs, sperm exportation and the elusive but suddenly omnipresent concept of "hygge" (Toksvig's handy summation: "bring beer"). Joining Alan Davies are panelists Jason Manford, Lucy Beaumont and Rhod Gilbert. The latter's inability to distinguish between Scandinavian countries serves Davies's transition from class dunce to teacher's pet.
Bella Todd, The Guardian, 28th October 2016Jon Richardson's Dead Worried is coming to Channel 4
Channel 4 has ordered Jon Richardson's Dead Worried, a show in which he explores 'the ever-increasing plethora of reasons to be terrified of life.'
British Comedy Guide, 17th September 2016BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals 2016
An all-star line-up of top comedy, arts, writing and music - as well showcases for new fresh talent - will be at the heart of the BBC's Edinburgh Festivals coverage across TV, radio and online.
BBC, 27th July 2016Lucy Beaumont's radio comedy to return to BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a new series of To Hull and Back, the comedy series by Lucy Beaumont.
Hull Daily Mail, 16th December 2015Stand-ups pick the best comedy clubs
Keith Farnan, Carl Hutchinson, Kerry Godliman, Romesh Ranganathan, Richard Herring, Phil Wang, Chris Turner, Lucy Beaumont, Katie Mulgrew, Phil Nichol, Ahir Shah, Juliet Meyers, Tiff Stevenson, Rachel Parris, Stephen K Amos and Andrew Maxwell name their favourite comedy clubs.
The Guardian, 15th June 2015