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Joe Lycett (REPLAY): Building A Career In Comedy

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This is a replay of an old episode with the brilliant Joe Lycett. This was first recorded in 2017 at the Hodder & Storton offices which is the publisher Joe and I both share for our books! This was when his hilarious book Parsnips, Buttered first came out - we chatted about the book and his career to date - and since this interview 4 years ago, it’s been so amazing watching Joe’s career has gone from strength to strength - he’s also a firm favourite on instagram - in 2018 he hit the road with his biggest tour to date I’m About To Lose Control and I Think Joe Lycett over 90 shows performed and in 2019 he become the new host of BBC2’s The Great British Sewing Bee and hosting the his own comedy consumer affairs show, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back on Channel 4. He has has been confirmed as the new host of Channel 4’s long-running travel documentary series, Travel Man. Hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane! Enjoy!

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0:00.7

This episode of Control or Delete is sponsored by King Fischer, the company behind

0:04.9

recognisable home improvement brands such as B&Q and ScrewFix, who help make better homes

0:10.4

accessible for everyone. And who, by the way, doesn't love a pop down to B&Q? I definitely do.

0:16.4

King Fischer have recently partnered with Google Cloud, a collaboration that together will

0:20.5

support and prepare for retail's next digital age from infrastructure to data analytics.

0:26.4

They are looking for the right people to help them succeed, and that could be you.

0:30.9

They're looking for tech professionals interested in software engineering, data analytics,

0:35.9

data science, e-commerce, and much more. They also have a range of brilliant benefits,

0:41.0

competitive salaries, private health care for the family, and an outstanding pension scheme.

0:46.1

So if you're interested, go to careers.kingfischer.com today to find out more about their tech and digital

0:53.0

roles, thank you so much to King Fischer for sponsoring this podcast.

0:57.9

Hello and welcome back to the Control or Delete podcast. This is a replay of an old episode with

1:03.1

the brilliant Joe Lysett. This was first recorded in 2017 at the Hodder and Stoughton offices in

1:09.3

London, which is the publisher that Joe and I both share for our books. This was when his hilarious

1:14.9

book, Past Knips Butted, first came out. We chatted about his book and his career to date,

1:20.4

and since this interview aired four years ago, it's been so amazing watching his career go

1:25.4

from strength to strength, and also watching all of his pranks on Twitter and Instagram.

1:31.0

In 2018, he hit the road with his biggest tour to date, which was called I'm About to

1:35.9

Lose Control, and I think Joe Lysett, where he performed over 90 shows. And in 2019, he became

1:43.0

the new host of the BBC 2 program, The Great British Sewing Bee, and he hosted his own comedy

1:49.4

Consumer Affairs Show. Joe Lysett's got your back on Channel 4, which I loved watching.

1:54.8

He has also been confirmed as the new host of Channel 4's Travel Man, which I can't wait to watch.

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