Start spreading the news. Gold has a great new sitcom. Newark, Newark, set in the East Midlands town that is so drab they didn't name it twice, stars Morgana Robinson as stressed out mum Maxine who... more
Reviews
During various lockdowns I've got used to watching ITV dramas at 9pm so I assumed that Holding was going to follow the same formulaic gritty, dark format. Either that or be a documentary about... more
Tactless, middle-class dad Martin Fishback wants to become a crime-writer...This is a small modest pilot, which is apt, because Fishback is a small, modest man. In the most boring suburban clothes in... more
I wouldn't say I was there right at the start of Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt journey, but I did review his show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival in 2017 where he talked about his... more
Typical. You wait ages for a series called Starstruck and then two come along in the same week. On Saturday Jason Manford hosts a new ITV entertainment show which has been described as a rebooted... more
I really hope the BBC recommissions Toast of Tinseltown. I know it's only February but I'm pretty sure it will rank as one of my TV highlights of the year when I get to do a round up in eleven months... more
There aren't that many TV comedies that I make a point of watching old school when they go out but Toast of Tinseltown is one of them. And that's despite the fact that I've already binged on it on... more
Lots of delicious television comedy intertextuality for long-time fans of Matt Berry tonight as he lands an unexpected role in a trashy TV soap.After going on an acting course in LA run by Richard... more
I think Toast of Tinseltown is my favourite comedy on television at the moment. Each episode is packed with so much comic detail and so much lunacy what's not to like? Oh, and Matt Berry's... more
Barry Cryer's son Bob messaged me about their new comedy chat podcast just before Christmas so not surprisingly it got lost between the pigs in blankets, the pudding and the hangover.In the last few... more
