JANEY GODLEY - Scottish actress, comedienne, author, playwright & journalist

"The Glasgow Comedy Queen" (The List)
"Compelling... ballsy... a breath of fresh air" (The Guardian)
"The most outspoken female stand-up in Britain" (Daily Telegraph)
"The greatest British improviser of her generation" (What's On Stage)
"Some of the sharpest-elbowed comedy in the world" (New York Times)
"Scotland's funniest woman... the Godmother of Scottish Comedy" (The Scotsman)

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This page was last updated on 15 January, 2012

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LATEST

RADIO

Brian Taylor's Big Debate on 23rd December on BBC Radio Scotland featured Janey with top Scots politicians. For a shortened 10 min version, click HERE or for full 45 min version, click HERE

Recently, the BBC World Service show Newshour talked to Janey about Scots Independence. Click HERE.

Janey was recently interviewed about Scots football managers on BBC Radio 4's Today show. Click HERE.

Janey was recently interviewed about her life on the BBC Radio Scotland show Shereen. Click HERE

TELEVISION

Janey appeared in BBC4's The Rules of Drinking on Wednesday 11th January; available on BBC iPlayer HERE

Janey was on BBC1's The Big Question recently, debating Palestine.

Janey was recently interviewed by Scottish Television about her BBC radio pilot, her favourite comics, what has gone wrong with comedy and the Apocalypse. You can see the whole interview HERE

Scotland's homeless scandal - Janey recently talked to the Daily Record.

"HANDSTANDS IN THE DARK"

Janey's autobiography is now available in Kindle and Apple iBook editions. It is also still available in UK shops or from online stores or direct from Janey via the Merchandise button in the left hand column. More about the book via the Autobiography button. Handstands in the Dark was a No 3 hardback bestseller and a UK Top Ten paperback bestseller

THE WEEKLY PODCAST (on Wednesdays)

Click the Podcast widget in the right hand column to listen free via Podomatic. If you have an iPhone or iPad, Flash is not supported, so download the podcast for free from iTunes

VIDEOS

The latest YouTube videos of Janey include her playing a small club in London and the vast SECC in Glasgow.

Janey is currently raising money on behalf of Action for Children. To donate, click HERE.

ABOUT JANEY

Multi-award-winning Scottish comedienne, playwright, award-winning blogger, best-selling author and former Scotsman newspaper columnist Janey Godley has performed her comedy shows and one-woman play around the world, including off-Broadway in New York. She is a regular on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute.

In 2006, Janey was nominated and was close runner-up for the annual Scotswoman of the Year title as 'the most inspirational woman in Scotland'; at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, she won the Spirit of The Festival Award.

A regular 5-star performer at the Edinburgh Fringe, in 2008 she won the Fringe Report Award as 'Best Performer' and two Nivea Funny Women Fringe Awards - as 'Best Stand-Up' and, overall, for 'Best Show' as "one of the most prolific and extraordinary stand-up comedians working in the UK".

In 2008, she also won Edinburgh's WAG of the Year Award as 'Best After Dinner Speaker' and was voted No 3 by readers in London listing magazine Time Out's list of Top Ten Comedians.

In 2009, her new Edinburgh Fringe show Godley's World received three 5-star reviews... and the New Zealand Comedy Guild nominated Janey as 'Best International Guest'; they had also nominated her on each of her previous visits in 2002, 2006 and 2008.

AS AN ACTRESS

Excerpts from the long-running STV drama series River City.
(9 min 14 secs)

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THE MONTHLY 3rdi COLUMN

Janey's latest column for The 3rdi - the magazine for women in business - is on entrepreneurs.

JANEY'S AWARD-WINNING BLOG

Available to read via the widget in the right hand column, it is also posted on 172 other websites worldwide and usually receives a total of over 500,000 hits per week. In August 2009, the European media intelligence company Cision named the version of her blog posted on Blogger's Blogspot as the 4th "most read, most discussed and most influential" comedy blog in the UK

THE JANEY GODLEY NOKIA APP

Available now as a free app for mobile phones. Download free from the Ovi Store, HERE

You can check Janey's blog. watch videos she's uploaded to YouTube and download her podcasts - all from the one app. Best of all it's free.

IN AUSTRALIA

Janey performed her show Good Godley! at the Adelaide Fringe in March.

Read review HERE
She was nominated for the People's Choice Award.

IN THE USA

In an article in the American magazine Punchline Janey is second in a list of five "UK" comics whom readers are told they should "keep their eyes on" after the success in the US of Russell Brand, Ricky Gervais and Eddie Izzard.

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