DVDs

23/04/2013 … Robin Ince gives himself 75 minutes to cover everything in the whole universe.

20/12/2012 … If there’s a single watchword for post-millennia comedy, it has to be ‘awkward’ – from The Office to Louis CK, big broad jokes are out and the squirming embarrassment of social clumsiness is in.

07/12/2012 … Frankie Boyle’s new DVD - his last if his claims to be retiring from stand-up are sincere - is as brutal and as unforgiving as you might expect.

05/12/2012 … Some people might this DVD and think this was another live stand-up show from Peter Kay.

04/12/2012 … Showmanship has largely fallen out of favour in comedy, with stand-ups preferring to look and act if they are merely having a chat, rather than putting any effort into their performance.

03/12/2012 … The linguistically tricksy title of Glenn Wool’s title refers to the nomadic lifestyle of an international comedian, who currently finds himself homeless in Britain on his return from an ill-fated excursion to become a star in Los Angeles.

30/11/2012 … What About Dick? certainly boasts the cast from heaven.

29/11/2012 … If they gave out Nobel Prizes for breakthroughs in comedy – and it’s a travesty that they don’t – Danny Bhoy would never be among the laureates.