Johnny’s Diary

Johnny’s DIARY is Always Open to Speak, Lecture or for TV Shows, Ad Campaigns, Video Projects.

Future Dates

10th May – Caldicott School – Lecture Day.

18th May – Bomber Command, Lincolnshire. Guest Speaker at the Celebration Dinner

20th July, Oxford Mensa Day for the highly gifted – JB back again after some ten years.

27th Sept. NEW SHOW – JB’s Stories That Must Be Told – Charity Evening for Farnham Common Library

8th November – My Previous Life in Comedy – Wantage Festival – return by popular demand.

Feb 2025 – NSPCC Number Day – trying to beat last year’s Record Braking Fund Raiser.

RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE.

18th April, St Anselms Boys School, Birkenhead – the 14/15 year olds were a great audience.

14th March – An Evening with – Johnny Ball – Shiplake College, Henley. (Sold Out)

12th Feb – Burnham Literary Club – What has it been like, being a Writer

7th Feb, 2023 – My Previous Life in Comedy – Johnny interviewed by Zoe Ball. Leicester Sq Theatre

The two hour show drew a long long standing ovation. The Show is available as a Solo Presentation.

30th June 2022. Johnny Ball’s History of Blackpool Comedy, for The Brigantes Blackpool Tower Theatre.

30/6/22 “Blackpool Tower Theatre!” Johnny gave a 75 min talk on “Blackpool’s Comedy History”, to 350 Brigantes, London Livery people.

Working backwards, he featured his two Blackpool Seasons, Freddie Starr, who he introduced to Cabaret, Mike Yarwood and when they met Harry Worth, Les Dawson who JB knew before Television along with Norman Evans, Harry Secombe, Ken Dodd, Bud Flanagan whose last TV appearance was with Johnny as Straight Man in 1967, Albert Modley, George Formby, Gracie Fields, Rob Wilton and Stanley Holloway.

JOHNNY STILL MAKES VISITS FOR LECTURES, DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS, ON ANY MATHS OR SCIENCE LINKED SUBJECTS.

HE ALSO TALKS ON COMEDY HISTORY, AND HIS OWN EXPERIENCES AFTER 17 YEARS AS A STAND UP COMEDIAN.

JOHNNY CAN FACE-TIME OR ZOOM IF PREFERRED – AS FEATURED ON MANY BBC AND ITV PROGRAMS.

SO DO FEEL FREE TO CONTACT JOHNNY WITH REQUESTS OR QUESTIONS – AT ANY TIME. JOHNNY USUALLY REPLIES WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

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