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
Reviews
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
And so the second series of Am I Being Unreasonable? comes to an end. In all my many years of TV reviewing I'm not sure if something so eagerly anticipated has ever turned out to be so disappointing... more
In recent weeks Wednesday evening between 9pm and 10pm has been a tale of two BBC sitcoms. First up is Amanadaland, which has done so well that it has recently been confirmed that it will return for... more
If you want to write a funny play why not write one that features three real-life comedy greats delivering some of their classic lines? It may not be the case but that feels like part of the thinking... more
I sneaked a peek at a couple of reviews of Jordan Brookes' latest show last night and could not believe what I was reading. It seems that some critics didn't quite appreciate what the 2019 Edinburgh... more
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