Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
© John Manktelow/Plum Pictures 05/05/2021 … You might not think you care much about the structural integrity of the panelling on a knackered old bus… but thanks to Johnny Vegas’s enthusiasm,…
TV review of Sky's new comedy with Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks
05/05/2021 … For a show that features crack addicts, multi-vehicle pile-ups and a cardiac arrest, Bloods is surprisingly silly.
© Baby Cow 30/04/2021 … Without getting too political about it, Alan Partridge is the epitome of the white guy whose career success exceeds his mediocrity… and who might just now…
© Karla Gowett 29/04/2021 … Explaining the not-so elegant title of his new Radio 4 special, the pro-Tory, pro-Brexit comedian Geoff Norcott says the last turbulent year has caused him to reassess…
Review of Tez Ilyas's teenage diaries
26/04/2021 … ‘I wish there had been a book like this for me growing up,’ stand-up Tez Ilyas comments in the foreword to his newly published teenage diaries.
© Avalon Review of Rose Matafeo's new BBC romcom
25/04/2021 … The elevator pitch for Starstruck might well be a gender-reversed Notting Hill: a romcom in which a tongue-tied ‘civilian’ falls for a Hollywood…
© Avalon/BBC Ciaran Dowd’s swashbuckler comes to BBC Two
22/04/2021 … It’s a big week for 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners.
© Big Deal Films Review of BBC Three's latest comedy pilot
19/04/2021 … The BBC’s iPlayer blurb for Dreaming Whilst Black manages not to mention the entire reason the show exists – or what makes it so funny.
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