The rise of the pun comedian has been one of the interesting developments in stand-up in recent years. Tim Vine no longer has the field to himself, there is even a UK Pun Championship to find the... more
Reviews
American comedian Michelle Wolf is clearly a rising star. She has recently become a correspondent on The Daily Show and her Edinburgh Fringe debut marks her out as very talented both as a writer and... more
You have to have a thick skin to be a columnist. I went off the idea of blogging regularly when I published a think-piece about an offhand remark Josie Long made onstage and Jason Manford responded... more
I arrived at the Invisible Dot just as Rory Scovel was doing some loopy dad dancing to Maneater by Hall & Oates and mumbling the words. Or at least making sounds. It was a pretty compelling,... more
There is a hint of some character development towards the end of the third episode of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s excellent series. Jogging through a graveyard Fleabag suddenly seems to see the world in a... more
The spoof documentary format was not invented by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, but with thudding inevitably the spirit of David Brent hangs heavy over Channel 5’s new sitcom set in an airport's... more
I’m not really sure about BBC Three’s identity since it went online. It seems that one of its functions is to test the water to see if programmes are worth broadcasting on old school channels. Cuckoo... more
Apparently 40,000 fans applied for the 400 tickets for this live sitcom broadcast. 40,000 people can’t be wrong can they? Well, 17 million voted for Brexit and we all know what a fecking mess that... more
Dad Martin (Paul Ritter) is a bit stressed, his old friend Tony is coming to dinner. He reconnected via the internet and got the wrong Tony, it’s the one from the old days he didn’t like. “Don’t... more
Jen Kirkman doesn’t seem to like critics very much. Well she certainly doesn’t seem to like the critic from the Guardian who gave this show two stars. If you want to see what she thinks of him have a... more
