{"id":158,"date":"2020-10-15T11:51:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T11:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2026-10-05T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:52:06","slug":"johnnys-diary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/index.php\/johnnys-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny’s Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Johnny’s DIARY is Always Open to Speak, Lecture or for TV Shows, Ad Campaigns, Video Projects.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming Appearances<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

My Previous Life in Comedy<\/strong>
Guildford Book Festival, Guildford Guildhall
<\/em>Sunday 11th October 2026 – 6:30pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wonders Beyond Numbers
<\/strong>The Tabard Theatre, Chiswick<\/em>
Sunday 18th October 2026 – 2:30pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My Previous Life in Comedy<\/strong>
Dorchester Literature Festival, Dorset
<\/em>Wednesday 21st October 2026 – 6:00pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

NSPCC Number Day Launch<\/strong>
Maths Museum, Southwark<\/em>
Tuesday 10th November 2026
<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Recent Events of Note<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

U3A Gathering, York University – 1st July 2026 – “This man is on top of his game”.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Tabard Theatre, Chiswick – 12th July 2026 – My Previous Life in Comedy – rebooked immediately<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An Evening with – Johnny Ball – Shiplake College, Henley. (Sold Out)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Burnham Literary Club – What has it been like, being a Writer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My Previous Life in Comedy – Johnny interviewed by Zoe Ball. Leicester Sq Theatre – The two hour show drew a long long standing ovation. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Ball’s History of Blackpool Comedy, for The Brigantes Blackpool Tower Theatre.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOHNNY STILL MAKES VISITS FOR LECTURES, DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS, ON ANY MATHS OR SCIENCE LINKED SUBJECTS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HE ALSO TALKS ON COMEDY HISTORY, AND HIS OWN EXPERIENCES AFTER 17 YEARS AS A STAND UP COMEDIAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOHNNY CAN FACE-TIME OR ZOOM IF PREFERRED – AS FEATURED ON MANY BBC AND ITV PROGRAMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SO DO FEEL FREE TO CONTACT JOHNNY WITH REQUESTS OR QUESTIONS – AT ANY TIME. JOHNNY USUALLY REPLIES WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

jballprods@aol.com<\/a> – or – 01753 643621<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Johnny’s DIARY is Always Open to Speak, Lecture or for TV Shows, Ad Campaigns, Video Projects. Upcoming Appearances My Previous Life in ComedyGuildford Book Festival, Guildford GuildhallSunday 11th October 2026 – 6:30pm Wonders Beyond NumbersThe Tabard Theatre, ChiswickSunday 18th October 2026 – 2:30pm My Previous Life in ComedyDorchester Literature Festival, DorsetWednesday 21st October 2026 – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnyball.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}