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.
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Joe 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 2021Edinburgh TV Awards 2021 results
We Are Lady Parts, Rob And Romesh Vs, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back and O-T Fagbenle have won in the Edinburgh TV Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 21st October 2021Joe Lycett Vs The Oil Giant coming to Channel 4
Joe Lycett is to present Joe Lycett Vs The Oil Giant, a one-hour Channel 4 documentary in which he investigates the corporate practice of 'greenwashing' at energy giant Shell.
British Comedy Guide, 7th October 2021Gremlins hit Taskmaster AGAIN
Taskmaster has been hit with transmission problems for the second time in as many weeks. The show went out last night with no subtitles, a week after Channel 4 aired the incorrect edit with all the swear words bleeped out. The issue - which also affected Joe Lycett's Got Your Back and other shows across several broadcasters - was down to the company responsible for transmitting the programmes, Red Bee Media.
Chortle, 1st October 2021Comedies in the running for Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2021
Bloods, Brassic, Motherland, Starstruck, Trying and We Are Lady Parts are amongst the nominees for the Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 8th September 2021Poor viewers of Joe Lycett's 'Watchdog' sold a pup
It's meant to be a knockabout version of Watchdog, an hour-long sally into consumer affairs with plenty of comedy. If either part of the format was strong, Joe might have a hit. But the endless toilet jokes aren't funny and the crusades are pathetic.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 3rd September 2021Joe Lycett: 'I'm being ghosted by Peppa Pig'
The comedian, 33, talks about funny anger, homophobic hecklers, selling soffits and his trouble with Heinz pasta shapes.
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 28th August 2021Joe Lycett's Got Your Back review
This retro-style magazine show is only occasionally diverting but it does contain some intriguing investigative nuggets.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 19th August 2021Joe Lycett: 'cancelling' himself, plastic waste & puns
As comedian Joe Lycett returns to fight the public's battles as part of Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, Danielle de Wolfe discovers more about the series.
Danielle de Wolfe, The Herald, 17th August 2021