Late Night Lycett: guests announced for episode 2 of Joe Lycett’s Birmingham chat show

The guests for the second episode of Joe Lycett’s new live Channel 4 show in Birmingham have been announced.

The Birmingham-born comedian - who previously presented BBC Two‘s The Great British Sewing Bee and Channel 4‘s Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back - has joined the likes of Graham Norton in having his own chat show which aired for the first time on Friday (March 31).

The show saw some crazy antics with guests Dame Joanna Lumley, Alan Carr, Alison Hammond and Katherine Ryan. It was screened live from The Bond in Digbeth on Channel 4 on Friday night with links to Joe’s local corner shop in Kings Heath where actress Claire Sweeney was serving at the till.

Other antics included Joanna Lumley being asked to give Joe’s aunties - Pauline and Margaret - some tips on decorum and Alison Hamond let slip she gets free parking at the Bullring (but gives the money she saves to charity). Channel 4 released the viewing figure for the first episode of Joe’s show and announced that at a peak an impressive 1.4m people watched the show at home and in the studio.

Special guests announced for episode 2

Katherine Ryan will return for the second episode, which will feature new guests incluidng Birmingham-born actor David Harewood, presenter Rylan Clarke and radio host Greg James.

The episode will air at 10pm on Friday, April 7. You can watch the show live on Channel 4 on television and online.