Jack Dee, the chair of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, marked 40 years in stand-up with a charity gala of friends at The London Palladium.
Jack Dee chairs I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue on BBC Radio 4. He marked 40 years in stand-up with a gala at The London Palladium on Friday 18 September 2026.
Dee grew up in south-east London and started performing stand-up in 1986. He spent his first years in pubs and clubs before moving into theatres and, later, arenas.
Television made his flat, unimpressed delivery familiar to a wide audience. He won the first Celebrity Big Brother in 2001 and co-wrote and starred in the BBC sitcom Lead Balloon.
He took over the chair of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue in 2009. He has since toured new solo shows across the UK and abroad.
For the anniversary he invited comedian friends he had made over four decades to join him on the Palladium stage. The profits went to St Christopher’s Hospice and the North London Hospice, in memory of the comedians Jeremy Hardy and Sean Lock.