© BBC Tracey Ullman's Show, BBC One
11/01/2016 … The BBC were rightly chuffed to have signed Tracey Ullman for her return to the British TV after 30 years: she's a brilliant comic actress, as evidenced in every…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 11 January 2016
© BBC Sat 09 January 2016
Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Preview Show 2016
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the De Montfort Hall
09/01/2016 … The most memorable moment of the Leicester Comedy Festival preview show might have been a cock-up, but that doesn't mean the show was a flop.
Fri 01 January 2016
Ricky Gervais: Animals
01/01/2016 … It's difficult to believe that Ricky Gervais has never applied himself to stand-up comedy before.
Richard Pryor: Live In Concert
01/01/2016 … The single most significant thing to note about this seminal Richard Pryor film is the year of its first release - 1979.
Thu 31 December 2015
Carey Marx: Intensive Carey
Radio preview by Steve Bennett
31/12/2015 … Carey Marx finally gets his own Radio 4 show – and all it took is a heart attack.
Thu 24 December 2015
© BBC/King Bert Walliams And Friend
24/12/2015 … If you are going to emulate a mainstream Christmas show of a former era, you may as well go for one of the biggest.
Tue 22 December 2015
© BBC/Endemol Shine UK We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
22/12/2015 … This is W1A, 1967-style… in which a fearful BBC, riven by internal divisions, doesn't quite put its faith in the talent – and only narrowly avoided killing…
Trevor Noah: Lost In Translation
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hammersmith Apollo
22/12/2015 … Trevor Noah is the guy who has made The Daily Show– like The Simpsons and Viz – officially ‘not as good as it used to be’.