Monday, January 21, 2013

Bristol Comedian Justin Lee Collins on Trial

By Hashim Javier


The unmistakeable Bristol-born comedian Justin Lee Collins is currently on trial in St Albans, accused of harassing his 38 year old former girlfriend Anna Larkin between January and August last year.

Justin Lee Collins (known as JLC) started making a name for himself as a stand up comic in 1997, when he was awarded the title of 'Best New Comedy Act' at the '97 Glastonbury music festival. He also reached the finals of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the BBC New Comedy Awards that same year, and continued with stand up until 2002 when he quit to focus on Radio & TV presenting.

Justin's radio career started in 2003 with a Sunday afternoon show on XFM. He left the station in 2005 to pursue his television career, and went on to become the star of a host of successful shows, including 'Bring Back', 'The Convention Crasher' and 'The Friday Night Project'.

His radio career began in 2003 when he was awarded a Sunday afternoon show on London station XFM. He stayed with the station until 2005 when he left to pursue his TV career. He was chosen to present the E4 programme 'The Games: Live at Trackside', the companion show to the channel 4 series 'The Games. The show continued until 2006 when Justin hit it big with a new show called 'Bring Back'.

Following his success on 'The Games' Justin got his own show on channel 4 entitled 'Bring Back'. 'Bring Back' followed Justin as he travelled across the UK and the USA attempting to re-unite cast members from popular TV series from past decades. The show was an instant hit, with audiences drawn to the rough and ready nature of the presenter and the programme.

Justin followed 'Bring Back' with a programme called 'The Convention Crasher' which saw him once again globetrotting, this time in search of unusual conventions, which he would attend and then attempt to become expert in the field in a matter of days before competing with seasoned 'professionals', to varying degrees of success.

After 'The Convention Crasher' Justin was chosen to present 'The Friday Night Project' alongside fellow funny man Alan Carr. The show featured a guest celebrity each week who would present the show alongside Justin and Alan, taking part in a number of silly games, challenges and quizzes. The show was hugely successful and aired for several seasons.

Justin is also a keen charity worker and has been patron of, and helped raise a large amount of money for, the 'Bristol Kids' charity. The trial has met with fierce opposition amongst many members of his hometown and beyond, who do not believe the charges to be true, including his ex-wife who spoke at the trial of his incredible kindness and warmth.




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