I was talking to a friend recently about how American comedies used to come in pairs. There was the Addams Family and The Munsters, I Dream of Genie and Bewitched. I don't know which came first and I... more
Reviews
During the interval the man in the seat next to me asked me about the story of J Edgar Hoover, the despotic FBI Director from 1924 to 1972 who, according to this musical, was secretly gay and had a... more
I certainly wouldn't mess with Hannah Waddingham, would you? She is tough enough as the Richmond AFC owner in Ted Lasso but that's nothing compared to her character in Ride Or Die. Before the opening... more
Is BBC comedy getting a bit soft? Following in the slipstream if the winning sentimentality of Small Prophets comes Ann Droid, in which a lonely widow played by Sue Johnston forms an unlikely... more
Well let's get the elephant in the room out of the room quickly. On my well-worn DVD boxed set is says that The Office is written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. If Stephen... more
I wasn't sure if I was in the mood for a tragicomedy about a continent slipping inexorably into war but I was quickly pulled in by Archduke, writer Rajiv Joseph's satirical imagining of what went on... more
You know how you've played that party game-slash-thought experiment, would you rather? Comedian Richard Herring has even put a particular poser to interviewees on his podcast - would you rather have... more
I've always felt that there was something music hall about Suzi Ruffell. Chaplinesque even. So it made a lot of sense to me that she chose original music hall venue Wilton's to film her latest show... more
I’m not gonna lie. I didn’t have Brett Goldstein down as Future Hollywood Romantic Lead on my stand-up bingo card. But here he is, starring opposite Jennifer Lopez in Office Romance, which ticks all... more
Life is never dull with Australian comedian Sam Campbell. At the press launch of his new comedy Make That Movie he explained that following Sam Mendes who was making biopics about all four Beatles,... more
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