Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'
The comedian on friendships with men, the charm of Jeremy Clarkson, and why she's not going to be BrucieWhose idea was this series [Jo Brand's Big Splash]? What prompted someone to say: a programme about water, about swimming and diving and caving and rafting and sewers… it's got to be Jo Brand?I know. Exactly. Jo Brand, ex-Olympic champion, just who you'd go to. But three or four years ago I did a sponsored s…