You're very boring to me now." "To be honest, he went through the pain so he should get the material. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. [43], The shows sister podcast on BBC Radio 5 Live, How Do You Cope?with Elis and John" won the Broadcasting Press Guild award for best podcast in 2021. fellow comedian and Radio X host Elis James in 2016 after meeting at a comedy gig in Barnstaple in 2009. She is an actress and writer, known for Peep Show (2003), Whites (2010) and Skins (2007). Ive applied myself and got results. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so its free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Isy, who is best known for playing Dobby in Peep Show, was the one who asked her fianc, comedian Elis, . "There are funny things when you're getting to know someone at the start of a relationship," says Pascoe. But the stand-up comic in me did think "oh, if I made a joke now, as long as I read the vibe right, it would be very, very, very funny". Isy was going to Sydney for a few weeks to work, then I was going there to do standup for three months, says Elis. For me, thats where everything started. Do you fear for the comedy industry after the past year?Im especially sad about Edinburgh festival being scaled right down for the second year running. Free speech: Do comedians practise what they preach? Health anxiety and OCD come from the same place, I think, which is a need for control and certainty.". Designed and build by Powder Blue in association with ", "The amazing thing was when Sara got nominated for the [Edinburgh Comedy] award last year, I didn't feel any professional or personal envy," beams Robins. Suttie is engaged to Welsh comedian Elis James. They also presented on new bands nights organised by the NME. Do you suffer from health anxiety and OCD like Jane?Not so much any more. Elis celebrates his birthday on November 3rd every year. Website and all original content copyright Chortle 2000 - 2023. Then I didnt read much between 17 and 19, apart from Heat magazine, because I was busy drinking Diamond White in the park. We had such a laugh. I was very paranoid that people were going to think he was helping me. "You borrowed my joke for the Critics' Circle Film Awards, that time," Wilkins reminds Herring. Id actually come out of a relationship 18 months earlier but hadnt changed my status. Here is the film of the day, Enjoy. [17], James played Rex Jones in the radio spin-off of Chris Corcoran's Committee Meeting, Social Club FM, which was initially broadcast in August 2011 for BBC Radio Wales and ran for two years. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. They married in 2012 and live in west London with their five-month old daughter, Phoebe. Speakeasy starts with the couple on opposite sides of the world Pascoe at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Robins at home in south London and Pascoe finding herself accidentally logged into her boyfriend's Google search history. But the stand-up comic in me did think 'Oh, if I made a joke now, as long as I read the vibe right, it would be very, very, very funny'. ", Do they watch each other's shows? [1] Early life [ edit] I'd seen Rich perform and he was very honest about all kinds of sexual things in his act, so I felt like he would understand. Now I wonder if he did it on purpose! she says. In their stand-up shows they talk openly about their relationship she about his low sex drive, he about her menstrual mood-swings, Robins says: 'You see comics backstage and they're showing you pictures of their kids and holidays and they're really happy. 'And obviously, amazing woman and all that sorts of stuff. Robins told his radio audience he then recalled a 'phenomenal photo of everyone crowded round Isy staring into Elis's eyes while he looks down at his plate with his knife and fork in his hand, absolutely unaware of what's going on'. Perhaps thats a project for the next pandemic. James presented early episodes of the S4C music television programme Bandit[29] and has appeared in segments of Hwb, S4C's Welsh-learners program. It's much better to write about when you're unhappy', Pascoe and Robins, 34 and 33 respectively, met in 2012 at the Edinburgh Fringe. It became a broadcast on S4C and was also available (as with many of the channels shows) on the BBC iPlayer. For Elis, the evening was brilliant because hed held a candle for Isy for six months. It's not just that I've got a friend backstage, I've got someone who loves me," Pascoe says. 1980. Amy Gledhill and Isy Suttie continue to delve into Happy Valley and discover some hard truths and discuss if there are some new villains on the horizon to contend with Tommy Lee Royce. Pablo Groux. John Robins knows more about vaping than anyone Ive ever met. We are currently listing 6,145 upcoming comedy events. ", Sara Pascoe's first book, 'Animal: How a Woman is Made', will be published by Faber next year; John Robins' 'Speakeasy' is at the Edinburgh Fringe from 8 to 30 August, "I'm absolutely fine with talking about my relationship on stage," says Lucy Porter. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. I havent gigged for so long, its hard to gauge the standup circuit. It's cathartic for me and it's nice for audience members to know that even a marriage as perfect and loving and wonderful as ours is occasionally riven by strife. Help keep Chortle viable. "But that material is fictionalised. Sharing embarrassing stories embellished or not is par for the course in a comedy relationship. He is a man of average stature. [19] The show was broadcast on Saturday afternoons and released a popular podcast. 103.98.160.152 "Wallop" I think is the word!'. They had a drink at the bar afterwards, and Elis managed to slip into conversation that he was single. It was my first trip anywhere since last year, she grins.We shared a bottle of prosecco and watched Billie Pipers film. ", Elis James recently starred in 'Crims' on BBC3 and has just finished shooting 'Josh', with Josh Widdicombe and Jack Dee, which will be on BBC3 later this year. What do they say to their partner after a bad gig and what happens when one is more successful than the other? There are more female comics now and more female audience members. [4][5], Prior to becoming a professional comedian, James engaged in various forms of employment, including temp work, charity work and part-time work at a caf. She proposed on February 9. We see you are using AdBlocker software. It's nice to keep our home life separate, not to make our whole lives about comedy.". "I'm so profoundly uncompetitive, I think I have a genetic problem," adds James. I would think very carefully about anything I'd say about my relationship. Suttie popped the question at the Westow House pub in Crystal Palace after her appearance at the Bookseller Crow earlier this month. She also writes children's books, under the name Catherine Wilkins. Got a story you think we should write? I cant say much but Michelle de Swarte is the lead, the script is fantastic and Im really enjoying it. Then they go on and do material about how they never have sex anymore because they've been married for 10 years. "I think if we were both actors, that would be hard," says Suttie. 5 Shooters Were Arrested With Murder Charges, Charles Johnson Colorado Football Death Cause- Wife Family & Net Worth, MLB: Albert Pujols Wife Deidre Pujols And Kids. I don't think it's washing our dirty laundry in public. "But he said no," she chips in. Is that based on you, by any chance?Ha. James admitted: 'Because she said, "Elis I love you" and I thought yeah, she's going to thank Rupert her publisher, b) her editor in a minute and oh wow! Elis James and Isy Suttie met at a comedy gig in Barnstaple in 2009 and started dating in 2010. In 2009, the pair met and began dating in 2010. [13] At the 2015 Machynlleth Comedy Festival, James performed a new Work in Progress show as well as a set in Welsh. Herring and Wilkins met at a gig in Southampton in 2006 and married in 2012, James and Suttie met at a comedy gig in Barnstaple in 2009 and started dating in 2010. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. Owain Elis James (born 3 November 1980) is a Welsh comedian, broadcaster and actor originally from Haverfordwest. 'Wallop' I think is the word! Yet here I was doing all the right things, having sex when I was told, but it wasnt happening. The pair are now recording the show from their respective bedrooms: Robins home alone in rural Buckinghamshire; James in south London, where he lives with his partner, the comedian Isy Suttie, and . But in lockdown, it was a case of writing when I could. The news was revealed on James' Radio X show with John Robins, as they played a recording of the moment. She also branched out to writing and penned a novel about an anxiety sufferer's struggles to get pregnant, based on her own health struggles. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Will you marry me?'. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. "Well I'm still the funniest thing in your life," she responds. The rest of the podcasts for this show can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005fdz/episodes/player I see Beti all the time. After being denied saxophone lessons, she began playing the guitar and creating songs at twelve. They have a daughter, Beti Mair, born in 2014, and a boy, Steffan, born in 2019. Drawing on these rich conversations, together with the help of a team of mental health experts, How Do You Cope? Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. We often went to each others gigs because it was a chance to see each other, says Isy. "Exactly," says Edwards. James and Suttie met at a comedy gig in Barnstaple in 2009 and started dating in 2010. Are you planning to propose this Leap Year? My friend Anne gave me the first one as a gift; I thought it was quite cool in a kitsch way. Chortle had 244,853 unique visitors in January 2023. It felt completely wrong, so I cruelly cut the child and had her trying for a baby instead. From there, the show explores how much Robins missed Pascoe and their everyday "domestic adventures". with Elis and John, S2 Josie Long: 'I'm not invisible', "New bands set for new London club night", "Elis James - Daytripper - Edinburgh Festival", "ISY SUTTIE, HENRY PAKER, MIKE WOZNIAK AND ELIS JAMES", "S4C - Stand Yp, Cyfres 2019, Elis James - Haleliw", "Elis James and John Robins join BBC Radio 5 Live", "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes", "2014 RADIO ACADEMY AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED", "BBC Radio 2 - Radio 2's Comedy Showcase, Ankle Tag", "BBC Radio 4 - Ankle Tag - Episode guide", "BBC Radio Wales - Elis James' Feast of Football", "Elis James to star in BBC Three prison comedy", "BBC - Crims is a new BBC Three comedy airing early January 2015 - Media centre", "BBC Three - Schedules, Sunday 11 January 2015", "Christmas, The Really Welsh Quiz - BBC One", https://www.channel5.com/show/greatest-ever-movie-blunders, https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/1073f42f-c1f9-4e5f-bade-33adc72b6f74, "Who won at the Chortle Awards 2017: News 2017: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide", "Elis James and John Robins win radio award", "The famous faces who support the Swan after Oprah joined the list", "Why Isy Suttie Peep Show's Dobby is learning Welsh", "Isy Suttie: 'I like to explore love and throw in stuff about cagoules', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elis_James&oldid=1140840921, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 01:22. I love Kafka, Iris Murdoch and John Fowles. Youre engaged to Elis James. is a unique exploration of how people overcome the everyday struggles, and more important challenges, in their lives. Corcoran explained in 2014: "We would write each show from scratch in the space of five days and the first time we'd perform it would be in front of the audience. They had 12 days together in between the two trips, but being separated was difficult. Ill find myself checking the front door is closed. It's much better to write about when you're unhappy. At this year's Fringe, Alfie Brown and Jessie Cave, and Bobby Mair and Harriet Kemsley are two couples preparing to spill the beans on their love lives. The digital age is so good in so many ways, but the fact that you can get a headache, look it up online and immediately see cancer among the search results isnt great especially if youre a worrier with a tendency to catastrophise. She now has two children with Welsh comedian Elis James. 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