{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/6a58e2da62e50b14bd30f229?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ian Moore: Joyless Frockney","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1784209807814-ff32e973-19da-42ea-81e5-940d88add10c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Never mention Tin Machine to a room full of Bowie fans on <em>The Jonathan Ross Show</em>. Ian Moore did. It did not go down well. Soon after, he moved to France, and it’s been 21 years.</p><p>Ian Moore is a British comedian and author who is best known for his Follet Valley Mysteries crime series and memoirs, including <em>À La Mod: My So-Called Tranquil Family Life in Rural France</em>.</p><ul><li>The night Jim Carrey found him backstage and promised to cover for him, then did exactly that</li><li>Writing five books in a year, and the bookshop event where he started pitching the wrong plot</li><li>Performing stand-up in French with a catastrophically bad accent</li><li>Why Saturday night television makes him furious enough to be sent out of the room by his family</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Ian here:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@modmoore\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ianmooreauthor/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Jilted Maggot"}