J O N  H O L M E S

______________________________________________ T E L E V I S I O N

Armando Iannucci’s Time Trumpet
BBC2
Have I Got News For You 
BBC1
Mock the Week
BBC2
Dead Ringers writer and script editor
BBC2
The British Academy Film Awards
BBC1
Heroes - The Official Forum
BBC 2
TV To Go
BBC 1
V Graham Norton
Channel 4
Horrible Histories
CBBC / BBC 1
Driving Me Mad
ITV1
The British Comedy Awards
ITV1
The British Academy Craft Awards
2006
2004 The Stupid Version
BBC2 / BBC3
The Impressionable Jon Culshaw           
ITV1
Armando Iannucci’s Gash
Channel 4
The State We’re In
BBC3
Crash Test Danny
Discovery
7 Days
BBC 3
Spongeheads
BBC3
Angus Deayton’s New Years Dishonours List
ITV 1
Sir David Frost’s Strategic Humor Initiative writer
NBC America
The 11 O’Clock Show
Channel 4
Patrick Kielty Almost Live 
BBC 1
The Secret Policeman’s Ball (BAFTA nominated)
Channel 4, Royal Albert Hall
Emporio Armani One Night Only
Channel 4
Tickled Pink for Breast Cancer
Channel 4
Rose d’Or Golden Rose Awards 
Lausanne 2004
Rose d’Or  Golden Rose Awards
Montreux 2003
Royal  Command Performance
Royal Albert Hall 2003

__________________________________________________________R A D I O

The Day The Music Died
BBC Radio 2
 The Now Show
Radio 4
Listen Against
BBC Radio 4
Dead Ringers co-creator / writer
BBC Radio 4
Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive
BBC Radio 4
The 99p Challenge 
BBC Radio 4
Jon Ronson On….,
BBC Radio 4
Grevious Bodily Radio
BBC Radio 4
Serious About Comedy
BBC 7
Jon Holmes on BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
Jon Holmes on Virgin
Virgin
Jon Holmes on XFM
XFM
Jon Holmes on LBC 97.3
LBC 97.3

__________________                                    _                                 PRINT & OTHER

Status Quo and The Kangaroo (Book)
Penguin 2007
Rock Star Babylon (Book)
Plume (USA) Penguin (UK) 2008

Jon has a weekend column in the Sunday Times and his work has appeared in The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, Time Out and The Radio Times among others.

Jon is also in great demand as a speechwriter and has written personal speeches for the likes of Keanu Reeves, Bono, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Helen Mirren. Oh and Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC.

________________________________________________________A W A R D S

Jon Holmes on Music Radio
Sony Awards – Gold, Best Entertainment Show
Best New Presenter- Commercial Radio Awards
The Now Show
Sony Awards - Bronze Comedy
The Very World of Milton Jones
Sony Awards - Bronze Comedy
Dead Ringers
British Comedy Award
Sony Awards - Gold, Best Comedy
Broadcasting Guild Award
Channel 4 Political Awards
Nominee 2005
Rose d’Or international TV Awards
Nominee
Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive
Sony Awards – Silver
The Secret Policeman’s Ball
Nominee 2007 BAFTA TV Awards
­

___________________________________________                    T H E  M E D I A

 “clever but warped”  The Sunday Times     “a genius”  Heat   “inspired...the wit here is like that of Oscar Wilde”  The Evening Standard    "fast and furious...spot on"  The Independent  "magnificent and razor sharp"  Radio Times   "excellent!"  The Spectator  “ the best new comedy show in years"  The Independent    "endearing, funny... bites the hand that feeds him"    The Telegraph "wickedly funny"   The Times "mostly offensive"  The Daily Mail  “quite simply the best comedy show on the radio” Heat “a drive-by shooting of a show” The Telegraph "he's a tosser"  Martine McCutcheon interviewed in Smash Hits

PRAISE FOR STATUS QUO AND THE KANGAROO (Penguin 2007)
'A cracking read for anyone who thinks that the music industry is just too much about the music these days.'
David 'Peep Show' Mitchell

'Like Max Bygraves, Jon Holmes wants to tell you a story, but unlike Max Bygraves, he's very, very funny'
Andrew Collins

'Yeees. What a magnificent book. I am the doctor.'
Jon Culshaw in the voice of Tom Baker

'Sorry Jon, I can't give you a quote for your book as I recently gave one to Andy Riley and I don't want to seem like a quote whore'.
Armando Iannucci

'Sorry Jon, Armando has done my book. But if he'd done yours, I imagine he'd say something like 'it's nice''.
Andy 'Bunny Suicides' Riley

ROCK STAR BABYLON (Penguin US, June 2008)
“A classic. A must read pop culture gem”
USA Booklist

___________________________________________R E P R E S E N T A T I O N

Vivienne Clore at The Richard Stone Partnership  vclore@richstonepart.co.uk
020 7497 0849