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Joel Morris is one of Britain’s busiest and most respected comedy writers, working on everything from Charlie Brooker’s Wipe shows to the hit Paddington films. Joel co-created the 5-million-plus selling Ladybird Books For Grown-Ups series and the cult humour hit The Framley Examiner (“The funniest book ever” according to Simpsons showrunner Josh Weinstein and Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk) and co-wrote the bestselling British travel guides Bollocks To Alton Towers (“One of the best guide books ever written” The Guardian), as well as being the real typewriter behind books purportedly by high-brow TV idiot Philomena Cunk and low-brow TV idiot Mrs Brown. Joel has won a BAFTA, Sony and Broadcast Awards for his writing, and put words in the mouths of everyone from Mitchell & Webb and Flight of The Conchords to Armstrong & Miller and Miranda Hart. He has had words published in Broadcast, Empire, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent, Mojo and Esquire, and is a regular contributor to Britain’s greatest lavatory humour magazine Viz Comic. Joel is the co-host and producer of Comfort Blanket, the top 10 arts podcast analysing how comforting films, tv, music and books achieve their magic, and the award-winning Rule of Three podcast about the craft of comedy writing (winner, best arts and culture podcast British Podcast Awards 2020).

Joel Morris is one of Britain’s busiest and most respected comedy writers, working on everything from Charlie Brooker’s Wipe shows to the hit Paddington films. Joel co-created the 5-million-plus selling Ladybird Books For Grown-Ups series and the cult humour hit The Framley Examiner (“The funniest book ever” according to Simpsons showrunner Josh Weinstein and Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk) and co-wrote the bestselling British travel guides Bollocks To Alton Towers (“One of the best guide books ever written” The Guardian), as well as being the real typewriter behind books purportedly by high-brow TV idiot Philomena Cunk and low-brow TV idiot Mrs Brown. Joel has won a BAFTA, Sony and Broadcast Awards for his writing, and put words in the mouths of everyone from Mitchell & Webb and Flight of The Conchords to Armstrong & Miller and Miranda Hart. He has had words published in Broadcast, Empire, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent, Mojo and Esquire, and is a regular contributor to Britain’s greatest lavatory humour magazine Viz Comic. Joel is the co-host and producer of Comfort Blanket, the top 10 arts podcast analysing how comforting films, tv, music and books achieve their magic, and the award-winning Rule of Three podcast about the craft of comedy writing (winner, best arts and culture podcast British Podcast Awards 2020).