© BBC Inside No 9: Wuthering Heist
Review of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's latest
11/05/2021 … Six series in, and Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have lost none of their ability to surprise with Inside No 9.
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Tue 11 May 2021
© BBC Wed 05 May 2021
© John Manktelow/Plum Pictures Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping
05/05/2021 … You might not think you care much about the structural integrity of the panelling on a knackered old bus… but thanks to Johnny Vegas’s enthusiasm,…
Bloods
TV review of Sky's new comedy with Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks
05/05/2021 … For a show that features crack addicts, multi-vehicle pile-ups and a cardiac arrest, Bloods is surprisingly silly.
Fri 30 April 2021
© Baby Cow This Time With Alan Partridge series two
30/04/2021 … Without getting too political about it, Alan Partridge is the epitome of the white guy whose career success exceeds his mediocrity… and who might just now…
Thu 29 April 2021
© Karla Gowett Geoff Norcott: It’s OK To Change Your Mind
29/04/2021 … Explaining the not-so elegant title of his new Radio 4 special, the pro-Tory, pro-Brexit comedian Geoff Norcott says the last turbulent year has caused him to reassess…
Mon 26 April 2021
The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13¾
Review of Tez Ilyas's teenage diaries
26/04/2021 … ‘I wish there had been a book like this for me growing up,’ stand-up Tez Ilyas comments in the foreword to his newly published teenage diaries.
Sun 25 April 2021
© Avalon Starstruck
Review of Rose Matafeo's new BBC romcom
25/04/2021 … The elevator pitch for Starstruck might well be a gender-reversed Notting Hill: a romcom in which a tongue-tied ‘civilian’ falls for a Hollywood…
Thu 22 April 2021
© Avalon/BBC Don Rodolfo
Ciaran Dowd’s swashbuckler comes to BBC Two
22/04/2021 … It’s a big week for 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners.