© ITV Deep Heat
Review of ITV2's new wrestling comedy from Max & Ivan
28/03/2022 … They had comedians taking swings at each other on stage long before the Oscars made it mainstream.
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 28 March 2022
© ITV 
© UKTV Newark, Newark
Review of Gold's new three-part comedy
28/03/2022 … There’s one big problem with this delightful portrait of a relationship between an oddball son and his recently divorced mum: three episodes just isn’t…
Wed 23 March 2022
© UKTV The Island
Review of Dave's new format hosted by Tom Allen
23/03/2022 … I watched Dave’s new comedy format The Island, not knowing it had been devised by stand-ups James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Lloyd Langford and John…
Tue 22 March 2022
Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off 2022
22/03/2022 … The year has rolled around to the Leicester Square Sketch Off final, this year streamed by NextUp for an online audience as well as the theatre crowd, although it…
Mon 21 March 2022
Standing Up
21/03/2022 … Following the huge global success of Call My Agent!, its creator Fanny Herrero has now turned her attention to the nascent French stand-up scene.
Fri 18 March 2022
© Netflix Catherine Cohen: The Twist Is… She’s Gorgeous
Review of the new Netflix version of the comedian's Edinburgh award-winning show
18/03/2022 … Has anyone quite so perfectly parodied a personality type – very possibly her own – as Catherine Cohen? In The Twist Is… She’s…
Sun 13 March 2022
Sideshow
Review of a new comedy film starring Les Dennis as a washed-up psychic
13/03/2022 … This is what Inside No 9 could have been, had it not for the genius of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith: a plodding, cliche-ridden adventure short of both surprises…
Thu 10 March 2022
© Ben King Hannah Gadsby: Body Of Work
Review of her new stand-up tour, spurning the big issues of the past
10/03/2022 … This, Hannah Gadsby insists, is a ‘feelgood show’.