© BBC Pandemonium
30/12/2020 … As what’s hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime disruptor, the coronavirus pandemic is an unusual hook for a sitcom’s pilot episode.
2020 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 30 December 2020
© BBC Tue 29 December 2020
© ITV Billy Connolly: It’s Been A Pleasure
29/12/2020 … Advance press coverage of ITV’s Billy Connolly retrospective portrayed it as an emotional milestone marking the end of his career, cut short by the cruelties…
Sun 27 December 2020
© Netflix Death To 2020
Review of Charlie Brooker's end-of-year round-up for Netflix
27/12/2020 … It fast became a cliché to say that the spiralling dystopia of 2020 was like an out-of-control episode of Black Mirror.
Wed 23 December 2020
© BBC/Merman Previews of BBC Christmas comedy specials
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Ghosts, Motherland, QI and King Gary
23/12/2020 … The BBC has been slammed for a Christmas schedule that’s heavy on animated films, reruns and Mrs Brown’s Boys – criticism which seems a bit…
Tue 22 December 2020
© Netflix London Hughes: To Catch A D*ck, Netflix special
22/12/2020 … London Hughes is just a teensy bit less coy than the semi-censored title of her show suggests.
Mon 21 December 2020
Rhys Nicholson: Live at the Athenaeum
Netflix special reviewed by Steve Bennett
21/12/2020 … Rhys Nicholson’s first Netflix special starts with melancholic monochrome shots of the deserted streets of Melbourne, the camera swooping into the Atheneum…
Mon 14 December 2020
The Comeback with Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen
Theatre review by Steve Bennett
14/12/2020 … No sooner has The Comeback hit the West End stage than it will be forced to close, as London goes into Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday.
Mon 07 December 2020
© BBC The Vicar of Dibley in Lockdown
07/12/2020 … With Christmas being one of the few times a family sits down to watch TV together, broadcasters tend to turn to much-loved sitcoms: comforting, amusing programmes…