© BBC Inside No 9: Last Night Of The Proms
14/06/2021 … This series of Inside No 9 ends with probably its weakest link, even though it’s always fascinating to see what Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith…
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Mon 14 June 2021
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© BBC Stewart Lee: Unreliable Narrator
13/06/2021 … To research this Radio 4 essay about the role of the unreliable narrator, Stewart Lee spent almost three weeks with the Inrravat people of northern Canada, who believe…
Tue 08 June 2021
© Netflix Bo Burnham: Inside
Netflix special reviewed by Steve Bennett
08/06/2021 … Bo Burnham became famous on YouTube, sitting alone in his teenage bedroom writing comedy songs for his audience down the internet.
Mon 07 June 2021
© BBC Inside No 9: How Do You Plead?
07/06/2021 … Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton - or rather their director Guillem Morales - have given new meaning to dark comedy in this episode of Inside No 9, with its…
Fella: Give Me Some Credit
07/06/2021 … Fella is a chaotic, under-rehearsed stand-up with the comic sensibilities of a 13-year-old boy, her material full of gags about knobs and fannies and pubic hair…
Pete Wells Does Not Exist
07/06/2021 … It has been a while since anyone was consistently on stage, so we can perhaps forgive some lack of fluidity, but Pete Wells’ take on big tech is, to use the…
Mon 31 May 2021
© BBC Inside No 9: Hurry Up And Wait
31/05/2021 … This week’s episode of Inside No 9 hit that sweet spot between spookiness and humour that Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are so good at finding.
Fri 28 May 2021
Jessie Cave: Sunrise - Soho Theatre On Demand
28/05/2021 … I hope this isn’t a sign of how slowly we’re opening up.