Aldeburgh Comedy Weekend: Good Evening, Jo Brand

Good Evening, Jo Brand
Hosted by Clive AndersonJo was a pioneer. Britain just didn't have female stand-ups when she and Victoria Wood started out; and, unlike Victoria, Jo couldn't get any respite by sitting down at the piano. Famously a psychiatric nurse before she became a comedian, her poise under pressure from hecklers and blokes was fabulous - she could deal with anyone, and she did. TV soon followed: Friday Night Live, Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You, a guest appearance on Absolutely Fabulous, a ghost (sic) appearance in A Christmas Carole, and nine series of Great British Bake-Off. She was also the star and co-writer of Getting On, the award-winning series set in a geriatric ward, for which she won a BAFTA, and the feature film The More You Ignore Me (based on her novel), which the Daily Telegraph called 'an appealing bitter-sweetly funny tale'. In conversation with Clive Anderson, she'll be celebrating forty years in comedy, and taking questions from you. Forty years of being humane and funny and coping with marriage, parenting, and ageing. As she herself says, in her inimitable way: 'I'm happily married. Unfortunately he's not'.Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson deserves an Aldeburgh Loyalty Card. In 2023, he brought his one-man show Me, Macbeth & I to the Jubilee Hall, while at last year's Comedy Weekend he interviewed Alison Steadman. Long-term host of Radio 4's Loose Ends, his lightning wit and spontaneity led to many unforgettable encounters on his tv talk shows. (Just ask Jeffrey Archer, Barry Gibb and Cher.) Clive won a British Comedy Award as Best Entertainment Presenter for Whose Line Is It Anyway, and has crossed tv paths with Jo Brand many times, as fellow guests on Have I Got News For You and QI.Approximate finishing time: 8.40pm