A Load Of Old Balls: Men In History: Jo Brand

Former psychiatric nurse turned comedienne Jo Brand, best known here for her appearances on QI and Getting On, does not hold back on her opinions of men and the balls-up they've made of the world. No-one escapes - From Henry VIII to Mao Zedong to Elvis Presley, everyone gets equal roasting. On Sid Vicious: They had their own special language, which involved the use of phrases like, 'F*** off, you tosser,' particularly if they liked someone...On Martin Luther: Being declared a heretic in those days wasn't a barrel of laughs - it didn't take much for you to be playing the starring kebab role. On Rasputin: ...hair greasy enough to fry an egg on, eyes that would have been at home in Marty Feldman's face and a tunic that could make it back to Siberia on its own...' There's plenty of Jo Brand's particular brand of irreverent wryness to shock you into laughs.