South African Pieter-Dirk Uys has become a regular visitor to the UK over the years, but he usually comes in disguise. If he isn't dressed as his monstrous creation Evita Bezuidenhout he is... more
Reviews
This was the episode of the Urban Myths series that I was both looking forward to the most and dreading the most. The Sex Pistols' infamously sweary appearance on the early evening Today programme... more
Well that was about as soppy as everyone expected Peter Kay's very last Car Share to be.I did wonder for a moment if there was going to be an awful accident because John (Peter Kay) kept glancing at... more
Is it really nearly 40 years since the Young Ones exploded onto BBC2 and gave British comedy a great big kick up the arse? I thought I knew a fair bit about the series, but this in-depth documentary... more
Tim Key – prize-winning comedian, poet, of Mid Morning Matters with Steve Coogan and Detectorists with Mackenzie Crook. If you didn’t know this about the man before Megadate, you will do the end of... more
The Dave channel doesn't do variety shows usually, so it is no surprise that when they do do one they do it unusually. Putting their own distinctive spin on it, much in the same way that Taskmaster... more
A version of this review appeared in the Evening Standard here. You don’t just watch Tom Allen’s latest show Absolutely, you strap in. From the moment he bounces breathlessly... more
A version of this review first appeared in the Evening Standard here.It is often said that a great comedian can make reading the phone directory funny. Bill Bailey has his own... more
There is more of a sitcom feel to this latest Urban Myths instalment, which tells the true story of how in 2015 divorced dad Kev Wells gave a lift to Public Enemy in his Ford Focus so that they could... more
British TV does seem to be having a fair old crack at satire at the moment. As well as The Mash Report, Deborah Frances-White is making a satire pilot for Channel 4 and now Frankie Boyle's series has... more
