You have to have a thick skin to be a columnist. I went off the idea of blogging regularly when I published a think-piece about an offhand remark Josie Long made onstage and Jason Manford responded... more
Reviews
I arrived at the Invisible Dot just as Rory Scovel was doing some loopy dad dancing to Maneater by Hall & Oates and mumbling the words. Or at least making sounds. It was a pretty compelling,... more
There is a hint of some character development towards the end of the third episode of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s excellent series. Jogging through a graveyard Fleabag suddenly seems to see the world in a... more
The spoof documentary format was not invented by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, but with thudding inevitably the spirit of David Brent hangs heavy over Channel 5’s new sitcom set in an airport's... more
I’m not really sure about BBC Three’s identity since it went online. It seems that one of its functions is to test the water to see if programmes are worth broadcasting on old school channels. Cuckoo... more
Apparently 40,000 fans applied for the 400 tickets for this live sitcom broadcast. 40,000 people can’t be wrong can they? Well, 17 million voted for Brexit and we all know what a fecking mess that... more
Dad Martin (Paul Ritter) is a bit stressed, his old friend Tony is coming to dinner. He reconnected via the internet and got the wrong Tony, it’s the one from the old days he didn’t like. “Don’t... more
Jen Kirkman doesn’t seem to like critics very much. Well she certainly doesn’t seem to like the critic from the Guardian who gave this show two stars. If you want to see what she thinks of him have a... more
Why do some TV comedies work while others fail to hit the mark? Don’t ask me. If I knew I’d have a better job than this. Is it the writing? Is it the casting? Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote and starred... more
Before the final headliner Bill Bailey came on on Sunday evening the compere David Morgan asked everyone to stand up so that more people could get into the tent. There were probably more people in... more
