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Vorlage:Infobox comedian Josephine Grace „Jo“ Brand (* 23. Juli 1957 in Wandsworth, London, England)[1] ist eine britische Komikerin, Schriftstellerin, Moderatorin und Stand-up-Comedian sowie ausgebildete Psychiatrie-Krankenschwester.[2]

Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on Saturday Live, she went on to appear on The Brain Drain, Channel 4's Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, Getting On and various television appearances including as a regular guest on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You?. She also makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 4 in programmes such as The News Quiz and Just a Minute. From 2014 to 2018 she was the presenter of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice. In 2003, Brand was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.

Kindheit und Ausbildung[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Brand was born in [1] and grew up in Hastings, East Sussex.[3] Her mother was a social worker and her father was a structural engineer. Brand is the middle of three children, with two brothers.[4] When she was about four, the family moved to the village of St Mary's Platt near Sevenoaks in Kent,[5] and a year later, to Benenden.[5] Brand was educated at St Mary's Platt Primary School, Benenden Village Primary School, Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School until the age of 16, Hastings High School for Girls and Bexhill College.[1]

After working in a pub, for Barnardo's and as a nursing assistant in a residential unit for adults with learning disabilities she took a joint social science degree with a Registered Mental Nurse qualification at Brunel University. She then worked as a psychiatric nurse for ten years, at the South London Bethlem hospital, Cefn Coed Hospital in Swansea and Maudsley Hospital in south London.[6][7]

Karriere[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Comedy[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Brand was persuaded by agent Malcolm Hardee to begin a career in stand-up comedy, where she acquired the stage name the "Sea Monster". She was part of the British alternative comedy movement, working in London alternative comedy clubs in the mid-1980s, and appearing initially on the Saturday Live television show. She shared a flat with fellow comic and comedy club owner Ivor Dembina.[8]

Brand's early style involved her delivering jokes in a bored monotone, one line at a time, with pauses in between. It drew heavily from pop culture and the media, with many jokes containing references to celebrities and public figures. Brand has said that she drank heavily before her first gig, was heckled throughout, and received no applause at the end of the set.[3] Her Doc Marten boots, large size and short hair led to false rumours that she was a lesbian.[9]

Jo Brand in 1994 in Belfast

In 2007 Brand narrated Laughter & Tears: The Les Dawson Story, a documentary tribute to Les Dawson, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 2007.

In 2010 Brand took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.

Brand played the Demon Dinner Lady in the British live-action film Horrid Henry the Movie (2011). She also provided a voiceover for the Lyric, Hammersmith Theatre's 2011 pantomime Aladdin.

In August 2015, Brand judged the first ever Class Clowns competition at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, she also announced the winner at the Gilded Balloon on the night.

Brand has written a feature-film adaptation to her novel The More You Ignore Me. She will also star in the film.

Fernsehen[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

In 1993, Brand became a resident panellist, along with Tony Hawks, on BBC monologue show The Brain Drain. Her transition into mainstream television continued when she starred in her own series on Channel 4, Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, co-written with comedy writer Jim Miller, who was already her main stand-up writer. Brand has had several solo television series, and presented shows such as Jo Brand's Commercial Breakdown. She had a cameo appearance in an episode of Absolutely Fabulous entitled "New Best Friend" (1994), and also appeared on Star Spell, a spin-off from Hard Spell in 2004.

Her television success continued with guest appearances on shows such as Have I Got News for You and QI, to the extent where she became the most frequently appearing guest on the latter, appearing in a total of 34 episodes. As a fan of Countdown, Brand achieved an ambition when she was invited to appear in the show's "Dictionary Corner" as the celebrity guest. She later became a friend of the host, Richard Whiteley, and after his death in 2005 attended his memorial service at York Minster. She has appeared on Countdown as a Dictionary Corner guest 88 times.[10]

In 2004, Brand appeared in a special episode of What Not to Wear, where fashion gurus Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine gave her a makeover.

On 25 March 2007, Brand appeared on Play It Again, where she was required to learn how to play the organ in just four months. This was in preparation to perform Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for an audience of 8,000 people at London's Royal Albert Hall on the second largest pipe organ in the United Kingdom. In order to practise her performance, she played Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, a favourite hymn of hers at a church service in her former village church in Benenden, Kent, and accompanied dancers at Blackpool Tower. Prior to this, her only experiences with musical instruments had been childhood piano and violin lessons.[11]

Brand took part in the first celebrity version of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy. In 2007 she appeared as a celebrity contestant on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice. In 2009 she participated in Let's Dance for Comic Relief, another Comic Relief fundraiser, dancing as Britney Spears, reaching the final. She has also been a judge on the show. In January 2013 Brand took part in a special Comic Relief series of The Great British Bake Off.

Brand has been a fill-in host on The Paul O'Grady Show and The One Show. Brand co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the BBC Four sitcom Getting On opposite Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine, for which she won the 2011 Best TV Comedy Actress BAFTA award. The series, directed by Peter Capaldi and Sue Tully, is a gritty and realistic satire on the current state of the NHS, set in a geriatric ward.

In April 2009 Brand was as a judge with John Amaechi and Jeremy Stockwell on the BBC Two series The Speaker, charting the search for "Britain's Best Young Speaker".[12]

In 2011, Brand presented Jo Brand's Big Splash, a television programme where she performed a stand-up routine and visited people with a love of water and it was produced by her production company, What Larks! Productions.[13][14]

In January 2013 and 2014, Brand was a judge, with Andy Banks and Leon Taylor, on the ITV show Splash! .

On 14 January 2014, Brand presented an episode of The Great Sport Relief Bake Off on BBC Two, a charity version of The Great British Bake Off. In February 2015 she also presented an episode of The Great Comic Relief Bake Off.

She is the presenter of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, which premiered on 8 August 2014.[15] A second series aired from August 2015, third from August 2016 and a fourth from August 2017.

In 2014, Brand co-wrote and starred as Rose in a comedy pilot for Sky Arts called Damned. The show was commissioned for a full series by Channel 4, airing in 2016; its second series aired in 2018.

Since 2017, she has presented the Channel 5 series Jo Brand's Cats & Kittens. The show is available in the United States on Netflix as Kitten Rescuers.

On 28 January 2019, the BBC television series Imagine, presented by Alan Yentob, documented Jo's life and career, with contributions from many of her comedy peers, in a programme titled Jo Brand: No Holds Barred.

Bibliografie[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Novels
  • Mental (with Helen Griffin. HTV Sherman Plays series. Cardiff: Drama Association of Wales, 1996). Vorlage:ISBN
  • Sorting Out Billy[16] (novel. London: Review, 2004). Vorlage:ISBN
  • It's Different for Girls (novel. London: Headline Review, 2005). Vorlage:ISBN
  • The More You Ignore Me (novel. London: Headline Review, 2009). Vorlage:ISBN
Autobiographies
  • Look Back in Hunger. The Autobiography (London: Headline Review, 2009). Vorlage:ISBN
  • Can't Stand Up For Sitting Down. The Autobiography – Part 2 (London: Headline Review, 2010). Vorlage:ISBN
Non fiction
  • A Load of Old Balls: Men in History (London: Simon & Schuster, 1994). Vorlage:ISBN
  • A Load of Old Ball Crunchers: Women in History (London: Simon & Schuster, 1996). Vorlage:ISBN

Privatleben[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Brand at Bonkers Fest 2007

Brand married Bernie Bourke, a psychiatric nurse, in 1997[3] in Shropshire. They have two adult daughters, Maisie Bourke and Eliza Bourke.[17]

Brand delivered a guest lecture on the subject of psychiatric nursing for the University of Derby Psychology Society in 1997 in return for a donation to Derby Rape Crisis. Also in 1997, she opened, at Lambeth Hospital in South London, the first major exhibition of the Adamson Collection since the death of Edward Adamson, the pioneer of Art Therapy, in 1996.

In February 2009, Brand was among a group of British entertainers who wrote an open letter to The Times of London in support of the Bahá'í leaders who were then on trial in Iran.[18]

Wohltätigkeit[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Brand at the BBC Magazines Awards for Excellence, 2007

Brand is a supporter of the charity ActionAid and has taken part in fundraising events for the organisation.[19]

In November 2014, Brand was a part of Gareth Malone's All Star Choir,[20] who released a cover version of "Wake Me Up" to raise money for the BBC's Children in Need.[21]

On 28 January 2016, Brand completed a 150-mile walk across Britain, in aid of Sport Relief, in Liverpool. Brand crossed the finish line at the Albert Dock at 7.30pm, having set off from the banks of the River Humber on 22 January.[22] Her efforts were shown in a 60-minute documentary, which aired on 17 March 2016, called Jo Brand's Hell of a Walk for Sport Relief.[23]

Brand is a patron of the National Self Harm Network (NSHN), International Animal Rescue, and the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, as well as London Nightline. She is the president of the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust.[24]

Taking place on Saturday 15 June 2019 at Buzz Bingo Tooting in South London, the Thank You event will feature an appearance from award-winning comedian and Alzheimer's Society Ambassador Jo Brand, marking the moment and receiving the cheque from Buzz Bingo's Chief Retail Officer Peter Brigden.[25]

Politik[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Brand is a staunch supporter of the Labour Party.[26] She was still a contributor to and supporter of the party in 2012.[26][27]

Brand introduced and spoke at the celebration of Michael Foot's life at London's Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, on 8 November 2010.[28] She is also a republican.[29] In January 2012, she gave the South Shields annual lecture at Harton Technology College alongside the MP for the town, David Miliband.

In August 2014, Brand was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.[30]

Brand is a supporter of the Women's Equality Party.[31]

In June 2019, Brand was featured in the BBC Radio 4 comedy show Heresy, after a number of European election candidates had been doused with milkshakes during campaign walkabouts the previous month. Brand said "Why bother with a milkshake when you could get some battery acid?" She later added: "That’s just me, sorry, I’m not gonna do it, it’s purely a fantasy, but I think milk shakes are pathetic, I honestly do. Sorry."[32] The BBC later defended Brand, explaining "the jokes made on Heresy are deliberately provocative as the title implies" and that they were "not intended to be taken seriously."[33] The Prime Minister, Theresa May, said the BBC should explain why a joke about throwing battery acid was "appropriate content" for broadcast[34] and the BBC later announced that the remark would be edited out of any future broadcasts. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that it had "received an allegation of incitement to violence that was reported to the MPS on 13 June".[35] and that they were investigating the matter.[36][37] Appearing at an event in Henley, Oxfordshire, on the same day, the comedian was said to have apologised for making the joke, saying “Looking back it probably was somewhat a crass and ill-judged joke that might upset people." It was understood that the allegation reported to the police was not made by Nigel Farage or the Brexit Party. Ofcom said it has received 65 complaints about the episode of Heresy.[38] The police dropped the investigation two days later.[39]

Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

On 17 July 2007 Brand was awarded an honorary doctorate for her work as a psychiatric nurse from the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales).[7] Professor Donna Mead, Dean of the School of Health, Sport and Science, who read Brand up for the award commented, "Jo incorporates much of her experience working in the field of mental health into her current work as a comedian. This has increased awareness of the work done by nurses in the mental health field. She has also used her experiences of working with individuals with conditions such as Alzheimer's to promote awareness of and raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society."[40]

In December 2007 she received a Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Lifetime Achievement Award, an award associated with the Eileen Skellern Memorial Lecture. At this event she was praised for making mental health nursing more visible to the general public.[41]

In January 2014 Brand was awarded a second honorary doctorate from Canterbury Christ Church University, for her work in raising awareness of mental health issues and challenging the stigma surrounding such illnesses.[42]

Filmografie[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Up Yer News Herself 2 episodes
1992— Have I Got News for You Regular panellist/guest host 18 appearances
1994 Absolutely Fabulous Carmen 1 episode
1993–1996 Jo Brand Through the Cakehole Presenter
2003— QI Regular panellist 36 appearances
2009, 2013 The Paul O'Grady Show Stand-in presenter 2 episodes
2009 The Speaker Judge
2009–2012 Getting On Kim Wilde Also written by Brand
2011 Jo Brand's Big Splash Presenter
Show Me the Funny Guest judge 1 episode
2013–2014 Splash! Judge
2014 The Great Sport Relief Bake Off Presenter One episode (14 January)
The One Show Stand-in presenter Two episodes (17–18 March)
2014, 2016— Damned[43] Rose 1 special (2014) and series (2016—)
2014— The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice Presenter 4 series
2015 The Great Comic Relief Bake Off Presenter One episode (25 February)
2016 Jo Brand's Hell of a Walk for Sport Relief Herself One-off episode (17 March)
2016— Going ForwardVorlage:Citation needed Kim Wilde Also written by Brand
2016 The Kitten Rescuers Presenter One-off episode
2017— Jo Brand's Cats & Kittens Presenter 1 series
2018— Britain’s Best Junior Doctors Presenter 1 series
TV guest appearances
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Human Traffic Reality
2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie Greasy Greta/Demon Dinner Lady
2017 Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience Mrs. Crocodile Segment: The Zoo
2018 The More You Ignore Me Sandra

Stand-up DVDs[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

  • Barely Live (24 November 2003)

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  1. ↑ a b c Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen autobiography.
  2. ↑ Ben Thompson: the interview JO BRAND, COMEDIAN, TALKS TO In: The Independent, 23. Oktober 2011. Abgerufen im 3. November 2015 
  3. ↑ a b c Andy McSmith: Jo Brand: A softer brand of humour, Independent.co.uk, 7 February 2009. Abgerufen im 30 January 2014 
  4. ↑ Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen Vincent.
  5. ↑ a b Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen KentishMaid.
  6. ↑ Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen Atkins.
  7. ↑ a b David Stanley: Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare: Values into Action. John Wiley & Sons via Google Books, 19. Oktober 2016, abgerufen am 8. Mai 2018.
  8. ↑ Jo Brand: Can't Stand Up for Sitting Down. Headline Review, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-7553-5526-6.
  9. ↑ "Jo Brand is one funny woman", BBC interview, 26 October 2005 (viewed 9 July 2009)
  10. ↑ Jo Brand - Countdown. In: Apterous Wiki. Abgerufen am 27. Mai 2017.
  11. ↑ Play it Again BBC Television
  12. ↑ Fighting the Fear, The Speaker, BBC Television
  13. ↑ Big Splash. What Larks! Productions, abgerufen am 20. Juni 2012.
  14. ↑ About Us. What Larks! Productions, abgerufen am 20. Juni 2012.
  15. ↑ Jo Brand to front Bake-Off spin-off : News 2014 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. Chortle, 23. Juli 2014, abgerufen am 29. Juli 2014.
  16. ↑ The digested read: Sorting Out Billy by Jo Brand In: The Guardian, 14 June 2004. Abgerufen im 6 August 2009 
  17. ↑ Nick McGrath: Jo Brand: My family values. The Guardian, 13. Dezember 2013, abgerufen am 5. April 2018.
  18. ↑ "Stand up for Iran’s Baha’is" Open letter to The Times, 26 February 2009 (viewed 9 July 2009)
  19. ↑ Jo Brand, Meera Syal, and Nicholas Owen join Clive Anderson for Call My Wine Bluff, ActionAid UK, 23 September 2011. Abgerufen im 20 April 2012 
  20. ↑ Gareth Malone forms an all-star choir for the Official BBC Children in Need single. In: BBC. 2014;.
  21. ↑ Gareth Malone to form All-Star Choir for official BBC Children in Need single 2014. In: BBC. 24. September 2014;.
  22. ↑ Jo Brand's Hell of a Walk. Sport Relief, archiviert vom Original am 11. Januar 2017; abgerufen am 9. Mai 2017.
  23. ↑ Sam Dean: Jo Brand thanks Liverpool for rousing welcome as she finishes Sport Relief "Walk from Hell". Liverpool Echo, 29. Januar 2016, abgerufen am 9. Mai 2017.
  24. ↑ Ectopic – Who we are. Ectopic.org.uk, 25. Oktober 2013, abgerufen am 30. Januar 2014.
  25. ↑ Milestone Donation Of Over £500,000 For Alzheimer’s Society & Alzheimer Scotland. Casino.BuzZ, 5. Juni 2019, abgerufen am 5. Juni 2019.
  26. ↑ a b Andrew Dipper: Interview: Jo Brand. In: Giggle Beats. 23. Januar 2012;.
  27. ↑ Vanessa Thorpe: Parties in pre-election battle to sign up stars In: The Guardian, 14 February 2010. Abgerufen im 6 May 2010 
  28. ↑ Friends and supporters of the late Labour leader Michael Foot paid tribute to "a great leader" at a memorial service in his honour. www.thisisplymouth.co.uk, archiviert vom Original am 12. September 2012; abgerufen am 14. Februar 2011.
  29. ↑ Emine Saner: Jo Brand: fat jokes matter In: The Guardian, 21 September 2011. Abgerufen im 2 September 2018 „She turned down the Royal Variety Performance because she didn't want to be a hypocritical republican.“ 
  30. ↑ Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics. theguardian.com, 7. August 2014, abgerufen am 26. August 2014.
  31. ↑ Vorlage:Cite AV media
  32. ↑ Left-Wing Comedian Fantasizes About Acid Attacking Right-Wing Politicians. Abgerufen am 12. Juni 2019.
  33. ↑ BBC defends Jo Brand over 'battery acid' joke. via www.bbc.co.uk, 12. Juni 2019, abgerufen am 12. Juni 2019.
  34. ↑ PM asks BBC to explain Jo Brand broadcast. via www.bbc.co.uk, 13. Juni 2019, abgerufen am 13. Juni 2019.
  35. ↑ BBC edits out Jo Brand acid joke. via www.bbc.co.uk, 13. Juni 2019, abgerufen am 13. Juni 2019.
  36. ↑ Simon Murphy: Police investigate Jo Brand's battery acid remark. via www.theguardian.com, 13. Juni 2019;.
  37. ↑ Anita Singh: Jo Brand investigated by Met Police over 'battery acid' politicians joke. via www.telegraph.co.uk, 13. Juni 2019;.
  38. ↑ Jo Brand 'apologises for battery acid joke' after police launch probe. In: Evening Standard. 14. Juni 2019, abgerufen am 16. Juni 2019.
  39. ↑ Police take no action over Brand acid joke. BBC News, 14. Juni 2019, abgerufen am 15. Juni 2019.
  40. ↑ "Glamorgan Honours" University of Glamorgan, 17 July 2007 (viewed 15 July 2011)
  41. ↑ 2007. In: www.skellern.info. Abgerufen am 8. Mai 2018.
  42. ↑ Gerry Warren: Comic Jo Brand honoured with honorary doctorate at Christ Church University in Canterbury. Kentonline.co.uk, 29. Januar 2014, abgerufen am 30. Januar 2014.
  43. ↑ British Comedy Guide: Channel 4 to film Jo Brand and Alan Davies sitcom Damned - News - British Comedy Guide. Comedy.co.uk, 25. Mai 2016, abgerufen am 9. Mai 2017.
  44. ↑ 7.45pm – 8.45pm: Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Episode 8 | presscentre. Itv.com, 13. August 2014, abgerufen am 26. August 2014.
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