I wouldn't say I was there right at the start of Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt journey, but I did review his show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival in 2017 where he talked about his... more
Reviews
Typical. You wait ages for a series called Starstruck and then two come along in the same week. On Saturday Jason Manford hosts a new ITV entertainment show which has been described as a rebooted... more
I really hope the BBC recommissions Toast of Tinseltown. I know it's only February but I'm pretty sure it will rank as one of my TV highlights of the year when I get to do a round up in eleven months... more
There aren't that many TV comedies that I make a point of watching old school when they go out but Toast of Tinseltown is one of them. And that's despite the fact that I've already binged on it on... more
Lots of delicious television comedy intertextuality for long-time fans of Matt Berry tonight as he lands an unexpected role in a trashy TV soap.After going on an acting course in LA run by Richard... more
I think Toast of Tinseltown is my favourite comedy on television at the moment. Each episode is packed with so much comic detail and so much lunacy what's not to like? Oh, and Matt Berry's... more
Barry Cryer's son Bob messaged me about their new comedy chat podcast just before Christmas so not surprisingly it got lost between the pigs in blankets, the pudding and the hangover.In the last few... more
There's been a bit of chat on social media that Toast of Tinseltown is not quite as good as the old C4 Toast of London and that it tails off a bit after the first episode. Well, that's not my... more
Diane Morgan is set to have another big year with a new series of Philomena Cunk in the pipeline, but it's Mandy that feels like her real passion project – she stars, writes and directs here. And now... more
After his successful run on C4 it's a new channel for Matt Berry's hapless, deluded actor Steven Toast and a location change afoot, hence the title. But first there's some housekeeping to do with... more
