An Evening with Jeff Brown & Ian Payne | Wisecrack Productions

Wisecrack Productions presents

An evening with... Jeff Brown (ex-BBC) & Ian Payne (ITV Tyne Tees).

Friday 16 May, 2025. 7.30pm doors.

£12.

A booking fee of 6.5% + £0.49 per sold ticket is included when booking a ticket online through our Eventbrite platform.

Great crack, fun and laughter with those canny lads off the telly!

Following the sell-out successes at The Lit & Phil (Newcastle) and The Customs House (South Shields), two of the region's most loved television icons will again be sharing the stage for an evening of fun and laughter.

Jeff Brown (who until recently co-presented BBC Look North with Carol Malia) and Ian Payne (Tyne Tees News) are award-winning journalists and have been welcome guests in our living rooms for decades.

The fun-filled event will be hosted by playwright Ed Waugh.

Expect an evening of joyous laughter!

Appearing on a personal basis, Ian, originally from Ipswich, came to study in Newcastle in 1986 and never left! He joined Tyne Tees in 1992, sharing news presenting duties with the much-loved Pam Royle.

Jeff, now an esteemed playwright, joined the BBC in June 2003. Prior to that, he was a journalist on local newspapers and joined Tyne Tees in 1996.

Despite being on rival stations for many years they are good mates - having worked together at Tyne Tees for six and a half years in the 1990s. Their stories are hilarious and poignant. Both shared presenting duties with the legendary Mike Neville!

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