Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris
Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris are a British comedy writing duo. Their work includes a collection of parody
Early lives
Hazeley (then known as Jason Smith) and Morris met at
Career
Television and film
Hazeley and Morris have written for a number of British TV shows and films. These include
The pair also wrote for Paddington[5] and Paddington 2.[6]
Books
Hazeley and Morris have co-written books including
In October 2015, it was announced that Morris had co-written a series of
The pair were writers on The Framley Examiner, a local news parody website which later became a book, with Robin Halstead and Alex Morris.
Podcast
Hazeley and Morris hosted the comedy podcast Rule of Three until 2020.[14] Rule of Three was named in the best podcasts of 2018 by The Guardian.[15] On the show they invite a comedy performer on to discuss their career and a comedy performance or programme, a TV show, a film, a book, an album or a comic that means a lot to them.[16] Guests have included Eddie Izzard, John Finnemore, Danielle Ward, Jon Holmes,[17] and Aisling Bea[18] Topics have included Bill Hicks, films such as Trading Places and Time Bandits, and the LP version of The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.[19] The podcast has branched out into live shows with special guests such as Sue Perkins.[20] Hazeley has also appeared as a guest on the Griefcast podcast with Cariad Lloyd.[21] At the 2020 British Podcast Awards it was named best Arts and Culture Podcast.[22]
Music
From 1998 to 2003 Hazeley was part of the folk-pop duo Ben & Jason.[23]
Morris is lead singer in the band
Publications
- Halstead, Robin; Hazeley, Jason A.; Morris, Alex; Morris, Joel (2005). ISBN 0-14-102120-9.
- Halstead, Robin; Hazeley, Jason A.; Morris, Alex; Morris, Joel (3 April 2008). More Bollocks to Alton Towers: More Uncommonly British Days Out. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-102785-2.
- Hazeley, Jason A.; Morris, Joel P. (29 October 2015). How it Works: The Husband. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8356-1.
- ——; —— (29 October 2015). How it Works: The Wife. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8354-7.
- ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of Dating. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8357-8.
- ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8352-3.
- ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of The Hangover. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8351-6.
- ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of The Hipster. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8359-2.
- ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of The Mid-Life Crisis. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8353-0.
- ——; —— (29 October 2015). The Ladybird Book of The Shed. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8358-5.
- ——; —— (11 February 2016). How it Works: The Mum. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8421-6.
- ——; —— (19 May 2016). How it Works: The Dad. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8426-1.
- ——; —— (25 August 2016). How it Works: The Student. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8428-5.
- ——; —— (20 October 2016). How it Works: The Cat. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8433-9.
- ——; —— (20 October 2016). How it Works: The Dog. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8435-3.
- ——; —— (20 October 2016). How it Works: The Grandparent. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8430-8.
- ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of Red Tape. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8439-1.
- ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of The Meeting. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8437-7.
- ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of The People Next Door. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8441-4.
- ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of The Sickie. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8443-8.
- ——; —— (20 October 2016). The Ladybird Book of The Zombie Apocalypse. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8445-2.
- ——; —— (1 December 2016). The Ladybird Book of Boxing Day. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8486-5.
- ——; —— (23 February 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Do-Gooder. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8447-6.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). How it Works: The Baby. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8863-4.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). How it Works: The Brother. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8869-6.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). How it Works: The Sister. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8870-2.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). People at Work: The Rock Star. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8865-8.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of Balls. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8871-9.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Big Night Out. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8867-2.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Ex. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8866-5.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Nerd. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8864-1.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The New You. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8885-6.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). The Ladybird Book of The Quiet Night In. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8868-9.
- ——; —— (5 October 2017). A Ladybird First Grown-Up Picture Book. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-7181-8884-9.
- ——; —— (25 October 2018). The Story of Brexit. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-241-38656-9.
- ——; —— (15 November 2018). The Wonderful World of Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups. London: ISBN 978-0-241-36404-8.
- ——; —— (3 October 2019). A Ladybird Book about Donald Trump. Loughborough: ISBN 978-0-241-42272-4.
References
- ^ "Notable Alumni". wKegs.org.uk.
- ^ "Meet the men who revived Ladybird and reinvented the toilet book". Inews.co.uk. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Ladybird Book duo Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley are now spoofing Scandi noir on Radio 4". Radio Times.
- ^ "Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme - CHARLIE BROOKer's 2016 WIPE". Bafta.org. 11 April 2017.
- ^ "BBC Radio 2 - Jo Whiley & Simon Mayo, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris, Ladybird Book Confession, The link between Ladybird, Paddington and Bins!". BBC. 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley | United Agents". Unitedagents.co.uk.
- ISBN 9780141021201– via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Spoof Ladybird books target adult market". BBC News Online. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris on writing A Ladybird Book About Trump". Inews.co.uk. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Ladybird Books' mid-life crisis: New books take on hangovers and hipsters". Irishtimes.com.
- ^ "Ladybird book authors make light work of Brexit". The Guardian. 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Meet the Ladybird authors knocking everyone off the best-sellers list - including me". Telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Are You Alright in There? - Radio 4 Documentary". Comedy.co.uk.
- ^ Sawyer, Miranda (23 June 2019). "The week in radio and podcasts: Football Daily; Giant; Athletico Mince". The Observer. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ Davies, Hannah J.; Verdier, Hannah; Gibsone, Harriet; Haynes, Gavin (June 30, 2018). "The 50 best podcasts of 2018". Theguardian.com.
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- ^ Gent, James (June 8, 2018). "Podcast of the Week: Rule Of Three » We Are Cult". Wearecult.rocks.
- ^ Bea, Aisling. "AISLING BEA - Actor, Writer, Stand-Up, MC. People have woken up to worse. Rule Of Three – Father Ted". Aislingbea.com.
- ^ "Dissecting comedy classics: Rule of Three". Rnz.co.nz. August 31, 2018.
- ^ "Rule of Three with special guest Sue Perkins • Comedy • Kings Place". Kingsplace.co.uk. June 2023.
- ^ "Ep. 56 Jason Hazeley - Griefcast (podcast)". Listennotes.com. 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Winners 2020". Britishpodcastawards.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Ben & Jason - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC.
- ^ allmusic ((( Taking on the Enemy's Sound > Overview )))
- ^ "Joel Morris | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "BBC - Radio 2 - Folk and Acoustic". Bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Clarke, Betty (12 January 2002). "Candidate, London". The Guardian.