<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%> JANEY GODLEY - Scottish actress, comedienne, author, playwright & journalist

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She is a member of
BAFTA and Equity
and is in
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These are articles written about Janey by others.
For articles written by Janey, click the JOURNALISM button.
For Janey's weekly column in The Scotsman, see Scotsman pages.


No Joke, I'm Amazed; Comic Janey Godley Can't Quite Believe Where Her Stand-Up Has Taken Her
Janey named No 2 in US list of five UK comedians to watch
Sunday Mail + Los Angeles Chronicle, 26th September, 2010

Five UK Comedians You Need to Know About
Janey named No 2 in US list of five UK comedians to watch
Punchline magazine, 1st July, 2010

Writer of the Month: Janey Godley
Janey on a secret vice, a surprising secret and Donny Osmond
Los Angeles Chronicle, 19th March, 2010

Peek in the Life of... a Comedienne
Janey on her life, George Clooney and women in comedy
Daily Mail, 11th March, 2010

Comedian Janey Godley Makes Fun of the Old Easterhouse, But Loves What It Has Become...
Janey talks about the changes to Easterhouse in Glasgow
Glasgow Evening Times, 5th November, 2009

Is Glaswegian Lost in Translation?
Janey talks about understanding the Glasgow accent
Sunday Times, 18th October, 2009

Single Minded
Janey talks about the selling of "Godley's World"
Sunday Herald, 9th August, 2009

Wild World of Janey Godley
Janey interviewed about "Godley's World"
Glagow Evening Times, 27th July, 2009

9 Questions for Janey Godley
Janey on her New Zealand Comedy Festival show
TV New Zealand website, 6th May, 2009

Things Are Looking Up: Columnist Wins Comedy Award
Janey wins Nivea Funny Women Fringe Award
The Scotsman, 13th August, 2008

10 Questions: An Interview with Janey Godley
Janey's inspirations, dreams and favourites
FestivalPreviews.com, 3rd August, 2008

Janey Godley's School of Tough Comedy
Janey's comedy shows
Norwich Evening News, 24th July, 2008

Janey Stage Manages Her Life
Janey's life on and off stage
Highland News, 24th July, 2008

Book Lover: Janey Godley
Janey's Favourite Books
New Zealand Herald, 16th May, 2008

She Works Hard For the Money
Janey on the Beijing Olympics and outliving her mother
The Listener, New Zealand, 10th-16th May, 2008

The Great Meritocracy
Janey's start in comedy
Dominion Post, New Zealand, 18th April, 2008

Janey Recommended
Preoccupations
The Herald, 28th February, 2008

Just For Laughs
Janey on women in comedy
Sur in English, Spain, 14th-20th December, 2007

My Cultural Life
A few of Janey's favourite cultural things
Scotland on Sunday, 14th October, 2007

20 Questions
Janey on her life in Comedy
chortle.co.uk, August 2007

For the Love of Godley
General online profile
SuchSmallPortions.com, May 2007

Sunday Herald Diary
Attack on rival Scotsman column
Sunday Herald, 18th March, 2007

Baring the Soul With a Comic Edge
General feature interview
Press & Journal, Inverness, 19th January, 2007

What I Spend My Money On
Herald, 8th December, 2006

City Comic Up for National Award - In New Zealand!
Comedy award nomination
Glasgow Evening Times, 8th December, 2006

Funny Girl Janey is a Brand of Her Own
Janey's prolific output
The Herald, 7th December, 2006

Murder, Rape, Abuse: A Story of Survival
Janey's relationship with her mother
Easy Living, December, 2006

Janey Helps Others After Changing Her Own Life
Janey is nominated as 'Scotswoman of the Year'
Glasgow Evening Times, 5th October, 2006

Life on The Fringe
Q & A about her Edinburgh 2006 shows
Metro, 11th August, 2006

Life's Thrown Everything at Her But Janey is Having the Last Laugh
Double page feature on Janey's life

Glasgow Evening Times, 11th August, 2006

Short, Sharp, Shocking
Extensive interview with Janey about her life
Daily Telegraph, 10th August, 2006

Culture Shock
Feature on Janey and Ashley at bingo/karaoke
Guardian, 5th August, 2006

Funny Business
Interviews with Janey, Ivor Dembina & Ricky Grover
British Mensa Magazine, August, 2006

Joining the Comedy Club
Short Q & A about the comedy business
Sunday Mail, 23rd July, 2006

Next to Godley
4-page feature interview with Janey and Ashley
The Scotsman, 15th July, 2006

Vicious Humour
Diary item about kidnap and blackmail
The Herald, 12th July, 2006

A Haven From the Gangsters
Janey talks about her second, timeshare home
Sunday Times, 2nd July, 2006

Winning Humour
Diary anecdote about US Customs
The Herald, 29th May, 2006

Why Good Women Love their Bad Fellas
Extract from gangsters' moll article
The Scotsman, 1st May, 2006

Like Mother...
Diary item on "The point of Yes" posters
The Herald, 25th April, 2006

Janey Godley
Brief profile
Metro, 21st April, 2006

Janey Godley's Website
Guardian Guide note about her blog
Guardian, 18th March 2006

God-ess of Laughter
Interview/profile
News of the World, 12th March 2006

Relative Values:
Janey Godley & Her Daughter Ashley

Extensive interviews with Janey and Ashley
The Sunday Times Magazine, 19th February 2006

Now I Can Laugh at the Ghosts of My Past
Double-page 'as told to' feature on Janey's life
Best magazine, 31st January 2006

Loneliness, Emotional and Physical Neglect
and Sexual Abuse

Review of 'Handstands in the Dark'
The Skinny, December 2005

Heroin: The Smoking Gun
Janey talks about heroin in Glasgow
Daily Record - 8th September 2005

Murder and Mayhem: The Perfect Comedy Cocktail
News Agency interview/profile
Reuters - 9th August 2005

If I'd Become a Comedian Back Then,
I Would have Been a Nutter

Wide-ranging interview with Janey
Metro Life - 14th July 2005

If the School of Hard Knocks Handed Out Degrees
Brief Guardian Guide profile/book review
Guardian - 9th July 2005

Janey's Having the Last Laugh Now
Double page interview on personal life
Sunday Post - 26th June 2005

Glasgow Needs a Godley Now Connolly's Gone All Posh
Review of 'Handstands in the Dark'
The Herald - 25th June 2005

Joking Apart
Extensive interview
The Scotsman - 15th June 2005

Murder? Child Abuse? You've Got to Laugh
Extensive interview
Observer - 12th June 2005

Clown But Not Out
Extensive interview
Daily Record - 28th May 2005

When Gordon Brown Was Speechless
Diary item re Chancellor Brown
The Scotsman - 6th May, 2005

See Them. See Funny
Diary item re funny women anecdote
The Herald - 15th April 2005

Funny Girl's Bid To End Addiction
"The Point of Yes" aids drugs forums
Glasgow Evening Times - 13th April 2005

I Wrote Drugs Play as a Warning to My Daughter
Origin of "The Point of Yes"
Glasgow Evening Times - 19th March 2005

OFCOM Makes Unprecedented Apology to Janey Godley
Janey did not swear on 'Kings of Comedy'
4th-14th January 2005

Endurance reaps Rewards at the Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe 2004 highlights
New York Times - 25th August 2004

Funny Thing Is, Mum Was Murdered
And My In-Laws Are Gangsters

Extensive interview
Scotland on Sunday - 22nd August 2004

Unrestrained
Extensive interview
Sunday Herald magazine - 25th July 2004

Janey UnGodley - Nun-Punching
Time Out controversy
chortle.co.uk - 22nd July 2004

How Janey Godley Makes Death and Child Abuse Funny
Interview + nun-punching letters
Time Out - 30th June 2004

Comic in Blast Drama
Building blown up in Glasgow
chortle.co.uk - 4th May 2004

Life's Darker Side
Extensive interview
Glasgow Evening Times - 1st March 2004

Janey's Happy to Pull In the Punters Now
Brief profile
The Daily Record - 13th February 2004

Comic Janey's Past to be a Bestseller
Double page interview
The Sun - 31st October 2003

Fringe Comic Saves Life With Laughs
The man whose life Janey saved
The Times - 5th August 2003

Stand-Up Thwarts Suicide Bid
Real-life drama at the Edinburgh Fringe
chortle.co.uk - 3rd August 2003

Staring Down a Barrel of Laughs
Janey opens a comedy club
The Scotsman - 1st November 2000

Tragic Waste of a Young Life
Janey's cousin Sammy dies
The Independent - 13th June 2000