Joe Lycett

1 week ago | rts.org.uk | Roz Laws |Joe Lycett

At a time when the “special relationship” between the UK and the US is on a knife edge, one man is doing his bit to extend the hand of friendship across the Atlantic. Comedian Joe Lycett has brought together 19 places called Birmingham in both countries to make a formal alliance – which, he claims, could stand in for Nato if necessary!Coming to our defence would be the United States of Birmingham, the name of Lycett’s new Sky TV series.

Sep 28, 2024 | inkl.com | Joe Lycett

Fast-forward two and a half years, and the 36-year-old is one of the country’s most prominent Tory teasers. I’m meeting Lycett, and have to know: does he really still think he’s not? “Nah, I basically am, aren’t I?” he scoffs, playfully. “I didn’t start out with that in mind, and I’m not trained in that way... But I can’t deny that I’m politically motivated these days.” Lycett chuckles. “But it was the previous government that did that.

Sep 20, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Joe Lycett

A friend of mine recently told me his approach to exploring a new city – a technique which he called, “high culture, low culture”. Essentially, it involves doing at least one thing that you might expect a visiting royal to do, and immediately after doing something cheap, trad or trashy. A trip to London could involve going to see a Millwall match followed by dinner at The Wolseley. In Berlin, a night could begin at the Berlin Philharmonic and end with a sesh at Berghain, the famous techno club.

Apr 14, 2024 | comedy.co.uk | Joe Lycett

Sunday 14th April 2024, 11:08am Joe Lycett Joe Lycett's Art Hole will be published in September The book features the comedian's drawings of celebrities and "the salacious stories behind the portraits" Lycett has also edited today's Observer New Review supplement (14th April), focusing it on Birmingham Joe Lycett's Art Hole, a book featuring the comedian's drawings of celebrities and "the salacious stories behind the portraits", will be published this September. Publishers Trapeze won the...

Dec 15, 2023 | theguardian.com | Armando Iannucci |Jane Martinson |Pat Younge |Sophie Chalk |Patrick Barwise |Peter York | +2 more

Armando Iannucci Take the fight back to WhitehallOnce again, the government comes to clip what it sees as the BBC’s unfettered wings. Governments in a panic do that, sooner or later, and it’s up to the BBC’s new chair to call them out on this. They’ve reneged on an agreement to fund the BBC properly: the licence fee has been frozen for the last two years, but was set to rise in line with inflation from 2024.