Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
- TV comedy
- Channel 4
- 2019 - 2024
- 25 episodes (3 series)
Joe Lycett becomes the peoples' champion in a new comedy investigating consumer rights and justice. Also features Katie Morley and Mark Silcox.
Episode menu
- Joe Lycett Climate Investigation
Notes
This episode had the working title Joe Lycett Vs The Oil Giant.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 24th October 2021
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Joe Lycett | Host / Presenter |
| Mike Berners-Lee | Self |
| Lily Cole | Self |
| Darren Cullen | Self |
| John Donovan | Self |
| David Lambert | Self |
| Jane Augsburger | Self |
| Fatih Birol | Self |
| Collette Ruddy | Self |
| James Kettle | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Paul Taylor | Director |
| Joe Lycett | Director |
| Emily Hudd | Executive Producer |
| Nada Issa | Producer |
| Sophia Lightfoot | Producer |
| Morgan Roberts | Executive Producer |
| David Modell | Development Executive Producer |
| Tim Thompsett | Editor |
| Creda Wilson | Editor |
| Tim Woolcott | Editor |
| Dave Whyte | Graphics |
| Keith Gubbins | Director of Photography |
| Collette Ruddy | Make-up Designer |
Videos
The advert Shell would never make
Joe Lycett has made this advert to highlight the troubling problem of greenwashing, a practice where companies exaggerate their green credentials in their marketing output.
Joe Lycett confronts Shell
Joe Lycett takes on the world's largest oil company, Shell, after discovering their greenwashing tactics.
Featuring: Joe Lycett.
Press
Joe Lycett vs The Oil Giant review
Taking Shell to task, or just silly laughs?
Ben Dowell, The Times, 25th October 2021Joe Lycett vs The Oil Giant, Channel 4, review
A lowbrow but effective stand against greenwashing.
Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 24th October 2021Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant, review
A protest that was a waste of time and energy.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 24th October 2021Joe Lycett Vs The Oil Giant review
The comic and self-styled consumer champion turns his attention to the 'eco-friendly' face of the fossil fuel behemoth. Is he virtue signalling? Yes - but it's hard not to be impressed.
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 24th October 2021