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Jo Caulfield is a comedian, host, and comedy writer. She has worked on some of the biggest shows, and with some of the biggest names, in British comedy.
Described by The Observer as “one of the finest female comics at work” and by The Scotsman as “quite simply, a damn funny woman” Jo can regularly be seen headlining the UK’s biggest and best comedy clubs.
Jo has been the regular warm-up performer for Have I Got News for You for many years, and has appeared as a guest on the show, as well as on Mock the Week and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. She has also appeared on Michael McIntyre's Comedy
Roadshow.
On Radio 4, Jo has had own acclaimed shows, It’s That Jo Caulfield Again, Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy and Jo Caulfield Won’t Shut Up, as well as regularly appearing on shows including The News Quiz, Just A Minute, The Now Show, and
The Unbelievable Truth.
Behind the scenes Jo is a respected writer, having served as a writer / programme consultant on all five series of the BAFTA Award winning So Graham Norton, who said of Jo, ‘I never knew I could like a woman so much’. She was also head writer on
Ruby Wax’s Waiting Game, and Zoe Ball’s Strictly Dance Fever. Jo has also written for Joan Rivers, Ant & Dec, and Anne Robinson.