Joe Lycett
| Joe Lycett | |
|---|---|
.PNG) Lycett performing for the Equality Network's LGBT Rights: Stand-up for Russia event in Edinburgh, August 2013 | |
| Birth name | Joe Harry Lycett |
| Born |
5 July 1988 Hall Green, Birmingham, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, television |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Website | http://www.joelycett.com/ |
Joe Harry Lycett (born 5 July 1988)[1] is a British comedian. He has appeared on TV shows including Live At The Apollo, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 out of 10 Cats and as the announcer on Saturday BBC One show Epic Win.
Career
Lycett was the 2009 Chortle Student Comedian of the Year, the runner-up in the 2009 Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, and a finalist in the 2011 BBC New Comedy Awards. In 2012, his debut stand-up show Some Lycett Hot was nominated for the Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Lycett has appeared on television on Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Celebrity Juice, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Spicks and Specks and Virtually Famous, and was a regular panellist on the E4 show Dirty Digest. He has also co-written narration on ITV2 show The Magaluf Weekender. Lycett featured on Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Christmas Special with Jason Manford, Rev Richard Coles and Jo Joyner.
On the radio he has been a guest on Scott Mills, Greg James and Nick Grimshaw's programmes on BBC Radio 1 and on Richard Bacon's programme on BBC Radio 5 Live. In August 2011 he wrote and performed the short story Spooky and the Van which was broadcast in the Afternoon Reading slot on BBC Radio 4.[2] In August 2013 he made his debut on Just a Minute on BBC Radio 4. In September 2016 he took over from Miles Jupp as the host of "It's Not What You Know (radio series)", also on BBC Radio 4.[3]
Lycett was also known as "the resident news hound" on Josh Widdicombe's XFM radio show, which was broadcast on Saturday (and later Sunday) mornings.[4]
Personal life
Lycett was born and still lives in, Hall Green, Birmingham, and identifies as pansexual.[5][6] He studied Drama and English at the University of Manchester, and attended Secondary School at King Edward VI Five Ways School.
References
- ↑ "Instagram Post by close friend and fellow comedian, Aisling Bea".
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Reading".
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - It's Not What You Know".
- ↑ http://www.the-dome.co.uk/joe-lycett.html
- ↑ "TV comic Joe Lycett on his epic win and sexuality".
- ↑ "T168 – JOE LYCETT (LIVE AT MACHYNLLETH COMEDY FESTIVAL)".