John Mann (comedian) Phill Jupitus and Lenny Henry and has appeared on numerous TV comedy shows. He was first stand-up comedian to act as warm-up for a music show "The White Room". He has written for Harry Enfield, Paul O'Grady, Gina Yashere and Jasper Carrott, and was a writer for both "The 11 O'Clock Show" and "The Big Breakfast" as well as its replacement R.I.S.E. He also has a popular fortnightly column in the local "Bishop's Stortford Observer", near his residence, for which he was shortlisted as Columnist of the Year in the 2008 EDF Media Awards. Mann is a regular guest on
Bob Franklin (comedian) Bob Franklin (comedian) Robert "Bob" Andrew Franklin (born 1965), is a Hillingdon, London-born, Welsh raised, comedian who has lived in Australia since 1989. On Australian television, Franklin was both writer and performer on "Jimeoin" (1994–95), "Shaun Micallef's World Around Him" (1996), "Small Tales & True" (1998), "Eric" (1997), "The Mick Molloy Show" (1999) and "Introducing Gary Petty" (2000), in which he played the title role and received an Australian Writers' Guild award nomination. Franklin has also acted in TV dramas such as "Kangaroo Palace" (1997), "Stingers" (2002), "After the Deluge" (2003), "CrashBurn" (2003), "The Heartbreak Tour" (2005), "Tripping Over" (2006)