The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show
03/04/2020 … With five stand-up specials already available on Netflix, American comic Iliza Shlesinger has branched into sketch – but it doesn’t feel she’s…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 03 April 2020
Thu 02 April 2020
© C4 Maxxx
02/04/2020 … At the start of Maxxx, it’s hard not to have some sympathy for O-T Fagbenle’s title character, a former boy-band star so washed up he’s reduced…
Sat 28 March 2020
© Gartenbaukino/CC BY-SA 3.0 Jock
Preview of Radio 2's latest Funny Fortnight pilot
28/03/2020 … Greg Hemphill’s done all right out of writing about pensioners, given that he first co-created the Still Game characters when he in his late 20s.
Wed 25 March 2020
Hitmen
25/03/2020 … Any Bake Off fan tuning in to Hitmen to see those two nice ladies with the cheeky double entendres will be in for a rude awakening.
© BBC/Colin Hutton Mister Winner Episode 1
25/03/2020 … Spencer Jones is one of the funniest, most inventive comedians to have emerged in recent years – which is why it’s so disappointing to see him in…
Sun 22 March 2020
Explicable Me
Review of Suzi Ruffell and Ahir Shah's entertainment pilot as part of Radio 2's Funny Fortnight
22/03/2020 … With her gregarious, in-control nature, it was probably only a matter of time before Suzi Ruffell landed a presenting slot of her own.
Saturday Night Live at The Stand
Virtual gig review by Steve Bennett
22/03/2020 … Nothing beats a live gig, but if this is to be the new normal of stand-up comedy for a while… well, it’s not too bad.
Always June
Review of Vicki Pepperdine and Morgana Robinson's sitcom pilot as part of Radio 2's Funny Fortnight
22/03/2020 … Funny Fortnight, Radio Two’s annual season of comedy pilots kicked off last night with Ed Patrick’s medical-based talk show, Infectious Personalities,…