HeyJaredBeyond The Joke
I'm the editor of the website beyondthejoke.co.uk and I've launched a Substack where I'll be publishing pieces about comedy - exclusive comedy think pieces and recommendations, classic comedy memories. It's my life in comedy, from the gaffes to the gags.
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Is There Life After Email? (opens the original)
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There’s no other way to say this. Life has been a bit fricking weird since September 19. You know the way people say they are going to take a social media break or a doomscrolling holiday? Well, on Saturday September 19 at about 4pm I received an email from a friend about meeting up. And then. Nothing. Zero emails. Thank you Virgin Media. And in the words of Hughie Green I mean that most sincerely,I can’t quite believe how much time I have on my hands. I normally spend most of the day working, p
Comedy News Round Up (opens the original)
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It looks set to be the biggest show of the autumn. Bigger than Strictly. Bigger than Last One Laughing’s Halloween Special. The final countdown to the new Celebrity Traitors has begun. The new series begins on Thursday 1 October at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The series will air two nights a week on Thursday and Friday evenings at 8pm. If you’ve been living in a cave find out more about it and who is on it here. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image
Comedy News Round Up (opens the original)
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Do you listen to the radio these days? If not maybe you should. There’s lots of new comedy coming up. Richard Curtis has written his first new sitcom since Vicar of Dibley for BBC Radio 4. It’s called Greatest Living Writer. No pressure then. Find out more about it here.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9k3R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b7721ce-cf6f-41b6-b9
Comedy News Round Up (opens the original)
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After a brief post-Fringe break the comedy world is back and so, therefore are we. The big tour news is that 2026 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Chris Cantrill (SNL UK writer, Icklewick FM and one-half of Delightful Sausage with Amy Gledhill) is taking his triumphant show to the Soho Theatre, London for an 11-date residency this winter and then on a UK tour in 2027. Find out more about the show and the tour dates here. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/ima
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Winners 2026 (opens the original)
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The winners of this year’s ‘Oscars of Comedy’ have been announced at the 46th Edinburgh Comedy Awards, presented by Richard Gadd (winner of Best Comedy Show 2016, Baby Reindeer, Half Man) and Ayoade Bamgboye (winner of Best Newcomer 2025, SNL UK). The longest-running and most prestigious accolades in the world of comedy, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards have discovered and nurtured generations of comedic talent since their inception in 1981 and continue to launch or turbo-charge the careers of comedi
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