Greg: I'm rather curious because I've heard that there's a programme in the works with Chris Addison and also Armando Iannucci who obviously worked with Chris in 'The Thick Of It'. How did all that come about?

Jo: Again - I'd worked with supporting Chris when he was doing colleges and universities occasionally. But more than that, I was friends with his co-writer who I met through doing gigs in Manchester. And his co-writer, Karl Cooper had said 'you know Jo would be great to do this radio show'. We did the radio shows and they worked and there was a 'gelling' there. From the radio show, we made a TV pilot and then Chris and Karl got given a series and Armandi took it on to produce it. It was all very organic, very unforced and an absolute joy to be honest.

Greg: I've got to say I am very very envious as a big comedy fan to hear you working with Armando Iannucci. In my opinion, he's been so instrumental in the last fifteen to twenty years. It just blows my mind. How do you feel - are you a fan of Armando? Do you know all his work?

Jo: I'm a real fan of Alan Partridge, and I had got a role in that, as a tax inspector and that's how I met him. But yeah, I do like his work very much so. And I appreciate him, watching him work. He's just a master really. He just sits and he just knows why something doesn't work. He will see things that no one else is seeing. I suppose it's just a natural gift, and that's not to say that he hasn't worked at it; but he's an extremely gifted man. So it's a real privilege to work with somebody like that.

Greg: In those kind of environments, is it obvious that you're a Christian. Do you share that or is it just part of your life. It's not just something you take around with you?

Jo: I think it's just a part of who I am. I don't tend to announce it or anything, but I don't hide it either. So I would say if someone said 'where are you'; I'll say 'I'm on my way to church' or you know I'll try to make it very natural - the same way as I'd say 'I'm just getting off the bus', because to me it is natural. I'm a great believer in being just who you are and if the subject comes up - the subject comes up. But on the comedy circuit, there's more and more Christians, but they're still in the minority. If somebody finds out you're a Christian - it spreads like quick fire, so I think that people know you. Quite often you know that they know, because there will be something that will tell you that they know. I quite like the fact that you call their bluff by not attempting to sell your faith.

Greg: Now, in the last couple of years there's been a sort of growing movement of comedy in Christianity; in Christian events, churches and things like that: and in Greenbelt the amount of comedy in the last couple of years has sky rocketed. But also something that Tony Vino and Andy Kind are doing called the Isaac Project, where Christian comedians would go around to various different places, some of them Christian some of them not, and putting on a show. Is that something you'd be careful of? If a successful comic joins another group of Christian comics, is there a danger people will label you in a particular way? Or is that not something that should worry you?

Jo: It doesn't worry me too much. It reminds me of when people say - oh you're a female comic, you're not just a comic. I think it was Graham Green who said, 'I'm a writer and then I'm a Christian, I'm not a Christian writer'. And to me I don't know - I'm not worried about being labelled because I quite like the challenge of breaking that down. I quite like breaking down their own stereotypes and pre-conceived ideas of what that is anyway. I like to be able to write material that I can perform to Christians or people who are not Christian. That's a challenge. I think it's St Francis of Assisi or someone said, 'Preach the gospel at all times, if necessary use words', I really like that people just know you and they happen to discover that you are a Christian, and then I think that feels more natural. Unless you really really really feel like you should be speaking to them about your faith; unless you have that conviction, why would you bring that subject up. You know, not that it's wrong to or right to; to me it just has to be organic.