At the National Theatre, Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston is resurrecting the 1976 film Network, the rage-to-riches story of newsreader Howard Beale who’s ‘mad as hell and not going to take it any more’. Well, Jonathan Pie is a Howard Beale for the YouTube generation, a furious reporter on the edge who vents with a rare

There has been no slogging round the club circuit for Jonathan Pie. This spoof news reporter sold out the Apollo twice this weekend thanks to his rapid-response online rants that regularly go viral. Whether it’s the weather or Brexit he delivers vitriol by the bucketload. His latest live outing purports to be a pilot for

You’ve quite possibly seen Jonathan Pie on your social media timeline with some clickbait headline like: ‘Watch this reporter lose it and reveal the REAL news’.  The clips of him, an apparently sober broadcast journalist letting rip into social inequalities and political hypocrisy once he thinks the cameras are off, have become a viral phenomenon.

There is no doubt Mr Pie is a creation of great ­cleverness.  This show is a rant-fan’s delight.  When JP gets torn into charities, the rich/poor divide, David Cameron and Theresa May, it is like watching him put metaphorical frogs in a blender. His attacks on the professionally offended and recreationally outraged were everything I

The Trump victory has at least been good for one comedian.  Spoof reporter Jonathan Pie’s online tirade about the US election went viral last week, boosting his profile and ticket sales.  He has just announced a date at the home of variety, The Palladium. In his live show Pie is an unlikely host of Children