Reviews

Streaming: A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou, Netflix
Jamie Demetriou already has his place in the comedy pantheon of greats with three series of the Bafta-winning Stath Lets Flats under his belt. He now gets his own sketch show special on Netflix which... more
TV: Funny Woman, Sky Max – Interview With Gemma Arterton
When I first read that Sky was making a series about a woman fighting sexism in the world of comedy, I expected to see an English version of the award-winning The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, which charted... more
TV Review: Deep Fake: Neighbour Wars, ITVX
There has been a lot of talk lately about AI deep fakes making us wonder if the news is real so it was only a matter of time before someone came up with a comedic use for the new technology. For... more
TV Review: Everyone Else Burns, C4
I'd only recently watched post-apocalyptic drama The Last Of Us when I watched Everyone Else Burns and my first thought was, here we go again, you wait ages for something about the destruction of... more
Theatre Review: The Unfriend, Criterion Theatre
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have talked recently of putting their TV series Inside No 9 onstage. And in a way they've done it here, if they decided to do their own take on the classic... more
Review: A Christmas Carol-ish...By Mr Swallow, Soho Theatre
Nick Mohammed is best known these days as Nate in the award-garlanded soccer comedy Ted Lasso. But before his football fame kicked off he regularly performed in comic plays as Mr Swallow, a dweeby,... more
Inside No 9 Christmas Special
It's that time again when the challenge is to write about an episode of Inside No 9 without giving away any spoilers. The Bones of St Nicholas is a Christmas one-off, although a recent interview with... more
 The Horne Section TV Show
Does The Horne Section TV Show count as a Taskmaster spin-off? After the books and interactive online games comes Taskmaster: The Sitcom? Well, not quite, I think the go-to term is 'semi-canonical'.... more
TV: Am I Being Unreasonable? BBC One
But first a word or two of warning...The review below contains some spoilers but not the main ones so don't come crying to me if...Well, that was a heck of a ride. The full series of Am I Being... more
Early Footage Of Dara O Briain Emerges Taking Part In Human Centipede Record Attempt
Dara O Briain hits the ground running in his latest show, So...Where Were We? Or maybe that should be limping. He arrives onstage brandishing a stick which helps to illustrate a story about his... more
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