EP67: Jo Caulfield - Killing Time

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English - August 26, 2018 17:15 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Jo Caulfield is a multi award winning stand-up comedian, comedy writer, host, actress, and crime fighter.

Best-known for her legendary one-woman shows, she is “one of the finest female comics at work”, and has worked on some of the biggest shows, and with some of the biggest names, in British comedy.

She’s been a regular guest on Mock The Week and Have I Got News For, and has appeared on the likes of Saturday Night Live, The Comedy Store and The Stand Up Show as well as The John Bishop Show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. She’s also appeared on numerous list-type shows such as TV’s Greatest Moments, So Last Week and 100 Greatest Christmas Moments.
On radio, she’s had her own acclaimed shows, "It’s That Jo Caulfield Again", "Jo Caulfield Won’t Shut Up", and "Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy", and as a comedy writer she’s written for Ruby Wax, Joan Rivers, Anne Robinson, Denise Van Outen, Ant and Dec, and Graham Norton, who said of her, ‘I never knew I could like a woman so much’.

She’s hosted countless corporate events and Award ceremonies, is in demand at all major UK comedy clubs, has completed multiple nationwide theatre tours and has performed internationally, in cities around the globe.

00.00 Trailer

00.18 Introduction

02.00 Jo’s background, early life and career path

16.00 Becoming a comedian

23.20 How would Jo describe her style of comedy?

27.20 Where does Jo find the inspiration for her content?

32.00 How did Jo get into television?

43.00 Jo on the Edinburgh Fringe

51.30 What makes a great comedian?

56.50 What achievement is Jo most proud of?

59.00 How has Jo evolved as a person?

1.04.00 Jo on rebelling