J.J. Whitehead: Writing for TV and Making the Leap

J.J. Whitehead stumbled into the Edinburgh Fringe over two decades ago and never really looked back — and has since developed strong opinions on Canadian sketch comedy, TV licence radar vans, BitTorrent, and Naked Attraction.J.J. Whitehead is a Canadian-born stand-up comedian, writer, and performer from Nova Scotia who moved to the UK in the early 2000s and quickly established himself on the British comedy circuit. He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe multiple times and was a writer on The Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Central.The differences between Canadian sketch comedy and sitcoms — and the influence UK comedy has had across the AtlanticA nostalgic detour into the era of TV licence radar vans and the brief moral grey area of BitTorrent downloadsNaked Attraction — back again, and once more impossible to leave aloneConnect with J.J. here:InstagramOriginally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.Find us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.