Richard Herring is filming his latest show, Oh Fr*g, I'm 50, when he plays the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on May 4 and is raising the money for this via a Kickstarter campaign. To thank his... more
Previews
It's funny how sitcom plots have a habit of overlapping. Last week in Mum there was a sixtieth birthday celebration, this week in Hold The Sunset there's a seventieth birthday celebration. Both... more
It's the nature of the beast that with the best sitcoms, from Steptoe & Son to The Office, that as hard as the characters try things never change. And so it is with the second series of This... more
The first series of Mum found saintly Cathy (Lesley Manville) mourning the death of her husband and dealing with her, erm, colourful family. The second series starts with a marginally lighter issue.... more
It is pretty big news that John Cleese has returned to the BBC to star in a new sitcom for the first time since Fawlty Towers. So it's a relief to say that Hold The Sunset is not a painful attempt to... more
The current fourth series of Inside No. 9 has probably been the most consistently brilliant series yet, delivering different, distinctive and unforgettable episodes each time. And it goes out in... more
Inside No. 9 creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have assembled a starry cast for the penultimate episode of their current series, entitled And The Winner Is...It is a subject that is... more
Comedian Rob Beckett's new competition show, All Together Now, comes to BBC One on Saturday, January 27 at 7.15pm. A range of talented singers will take to the stage to perform in front of The... more
Firstly an apology. I got into a tiny puddle of hot water after giving away a little too much of last week's Inside No. 9 plot in my write-up so I'm going to tread very delicately here and steer... more
It is one of those odd coincidences that this new Irish sitcom featured the music of the Cranberries – not heard in a while – on the soundtrack shortly before singer Dolores O Riordan died. People of... more
