Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham starts tonight!

Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham starts tonight at 9pm on Sky MAX.

In Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham the comic, in his self-appointed role as the second city’s ambassador and with the blessing of the actual Lord Mayor of Birmingham, embarks on a mission to put Birmingham firmly back on the map – in fact, all over the map.

To do that, he headed to North America, home to no fewer than eighteen Birminghams – stretching from Canada’s Saskatchewan province, down the East Coast, through the Midwest and into the Deep South, exploring their history, their collective Brummie cultural commonalities and forming official ‘Friendship Agreements’ with as many Birminghams as he could.

Joe Lycett said: ‘I can’t be at the Brum Hole as that day I’m doing a needlework course with Adrian Chiles, but I’m delighted Sky are producing this unique opportunity to speak with other Brummies around the world. In my experience they are kind, charming and interesting folk, unless they’re called ‘Alison Hammond’. I was not responsible for the title ‘Brum Hole’ and do not enjoy saying things like ‘have a look in my Brum Hole’.

Watch take on Sky TV’s ‘the Wheel of Chaos’ below.