© BBC This Time With Alan Partridge
14/02/2019 … With a couple of notable exceptions, BBC One has tended to look backwards for its sitcoms, from the revival of Open All Hours to the retro feel of Mrs Brown’s…
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Thu 14 February 2019
© BBC Wed 13 February 2019
© C4 Catastrophe: the final episode
13/02/2019 … WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS The last ever scene of Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s Catastrophe - like so much of what had gone before - was just perfect.
Thu 07 February 2019
Young Corbyn: An Origin Story
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vault Festival, London
07/02/2019 … This is a great idea, which could have come straight out of the Comic Strip Presents stable.
Wed 06 February 2019
© UKTV Hypothetical
06/02/2019 … The Dave channel has its biggest hit with Taskmaster, with comedians challenged to figure their way around bizarre challenges.
Mon 04 February 2019
Abigoliah Schamaun: Do You Know Who I Think I Am?
Gig review by Steve Bennett at 2Northdown, London
04/02/2019 … Abigoliah Schamaun brings a lot of swagger to her latest stand-up show, as its title surely suggests.
Russian Doll
Netflix review by Steve Bennett
04/02/2019 … Talk about deja vu… The obvious comment on Russian Doll is that it’s a contemporary take on Groundhog Day.
Mon 28 January 2019
© ITV The Stand Up Sketch Show
28/01/2019 … Oddly, ITV2’s new way of presenting stand-up appears to have come from someone with no faith in stand-up at all.
Sun 27 January 2019
Fool Britanna
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vault Festival, London
27/01/2019 … The upper-class twits formerly known as The Establishment are now called Fool Britannia, and running an anarchic school not far from the Bash Street Kids.