Michael McIntyre: Showman
Netflix special reviewed by Steve Bennett
15/09/2020 … For a benign observational stand-up, Michael McIntyre can be a surprisingly divisive figure among comedy aficionados.
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Tue 15 September 2020
Fri 11 September 2020
© Netflix The Duchess
Review of Katherine Ryan's new Netflix comedy
11/09/2020 … Katherine Ryan is a smart-mouthed, immature, difficult single mother, whose selfish needs are only trumped by doing all she can for her precious daughter.
Wed 09 September 2020
Phil Ellis Is Trying - series 3
09/09/2020 … Phil Ellis is unlikely to ever become embroiled in a debate about the politics of comedians on the BBC.
Wed 02 September 2020
© Nick Wall Two Weeks To Live
02/09/2020 … ‘Fish out of water’ is a stock comedy premise, and in Two Weeks To Live, Kim is a very strange fish indeed.
Tue 25 August 2020
© UKTV The Lenny Henry Show
25/08/2020 … Considering the writers and cast of The Lenny Henry Show features a lot of up-and-comers, the style of this new Radio 4 series is remarkably old-school, dated, even.
Nathan Cassidy: Observational
Jay Richardson reviews the entire 2020 Edinburgh Fringe
25/08/2020 … As a performer willing to compare himself favourably to Mozart, Nathan Cassidy isn't lacking in chutzpah.
Sun 23 August 2020
© BBC/Nit TV/Ray Burmiston Harry Hill's World Of TV
23/08/2020 … Where have we seen this before? Harry Hill offering his surreal commentary on scenes from television… But Harry Hill’s World Of TV differs from the…
© BBC Famalam Season 3
23/08/2020 … It’s a shame the new series of Famalam has run into a racism storm on its release, as the row over offensive Jamaican stereotypes certainly doesn’t reflect…