Death Valley is billed as a new comedy in some BBC places and it is easy to see why, even though it is a one hour drama-length and in a drama slot. This light-hearted new Sunday night detective drama... more
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The London stage has been peppered with Hollywood stars in recent months, but here are two bona fide homegrown talents. Martin Freeman has been a star ever since he played Tim in The Office a quarter... more
Paul F Taylor has questions. So many questions. But then he has answers, and they’re coming from all directions in all colours, thick and fast, and could be anything at all – including more questions... more
Scott Bennett has been highly rated on the comedy club circuit for a number of years now, but it finally looks like he is building up a much-deserved head of career steam. He has made a splash on... more
Like everybody else who writes about Silence Is Golden I'm going to have to mention Last One Laughing UK. Like Prime's recent all-star hit, U&Dave's new show is all about comedians not making... more
Just before he brought on the first act, compere Sam Nicoresti jokingly described the sketch comedy coming up as "essentially mucking about". At times over the next two hours it felt as if he had a... more
Austin isn't the first comedy about a father connecting with his long lost son. Scrolling through the higher numbers on the EPG the other day I came across the antique comedy Home To Roost starring... more
If I hadn't known that the second series of The Change was directed by MacKenzie Crook I wonder if I would have guessed. There is a definite vibe of his Detectorists series here, from the choice of... more
Dr Feelgood was one of the great pub rock bands on the mid-seventies. And the beating heart of the band was guitarist Wilko Johnson. He was no ordinary guitarist and he led a pretty extraordinary... more
Let's be honest, if you can't make a funny programme out of a cast that features Rob Beckett, Daisy May Cooper, Richard Ayoade, Sara Pascoe, Joe Wilkinson, Harriet Kemsley, Judi Love, Joe Lycett, Lou... more
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