I’m sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.
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I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on and on about how funny their children are, so there's none of that hopefully.
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Birth: | 23rd July, 1957 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Comedian, Nurse, Television Presenter, Writer |
Josephine Grace Brand was born in Wandsworth, London, England. She is an English comedian, writer, TV presenter and nurse. She studied at St Mary's Platt Primary School, Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Hastings High School for Girls, and Bexhill College. She earned a nursing degree from Brunel University. She then worked as a psychiatric nurse for ten years. Her role in several films include: Human Traffic, Stephen Fry (documentary), Clubland (only screenwriter), Horrid Henry, and The More You Ignore Me (also writer). Her role in television include: Have I Got News for You (Comedy Panel game), Jo Brand Through the Cakehole (host), QI (Comedy Panel game), Getting On (TV series), Jo Brand's Big Splash (host), and The Great British Bake Off (host). She has written several books include: A Load of Old Balls (non fiction), A Load of Old Ball Crunchers (non fiction), Mental (novel, with Helen Griffin), Sorting Out Billy (novel), It's Different For Girls (novel), Look Back in Hunger (autobiography), The More You Ignore Me (novel), and Can't Stand Up For Sitting Down (autobiography).
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