‘OK, fine. I’m a national treasure’: Joe Lycett on fatherhood, Celebrity Traitors – and his TV show live from a pub

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:00:22 GMT

The comedian’s new Friday night series will be set in a working pub, with his aunties working the bar and celebrities doing shifts as managers. Or it will be if he can only get his licence …Joe Lycett sits in a pub, an untouched pint in front of him. “Since I had my son, I’m not drinking anywhere near as much,” he laments. “Children do not respect hangovers, or tiredness in general.”His son is almost two, and Lycett has readjusted his life accordingly. “I’ve started going to bed when he does, which is about seven o’clock,” he explains. “I’ve seen a few nights where I’ve just gone: ‘Right, well, that’s me, then.’” Continue reading...

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