The best sitcoms are always about characters who are trapped – from Hancock and Steptoe, Red Dwarf and Porridge to The Office and beyond the comedy comes from people being unable to leave their... more
Reviews
Diane Morgan returns for another series of Mandy, in which she plays the lazy, useless beehive-haired title role who has more futile attempts at finding suitable employment. This week she has... more
Beth Steel's play first opened at the National Theatre's relatively intimate Dorfman auditorium where it received rave reviews. It has now transferred to the West End. Judging by the trailers... more
Lena Dunham's latest project, Too Much, was not what I expected. The last thing I thought I'd see was Dunham doing her own take on Bridget Jones/Richard Curtis, but to me that's my overriding feeling... more
Some sitcoms build up to a big wedding day, the second series of Such Brave Girls kicks off with one. Albeit after the bride has been abducted from a lecture room by having a hood put over her head.... more
Typical. You wait ages for a gentle comedy about an unlikely drug dealer and then two come along at the same time. No sooner has Rosie Jones’ C4 sitcom Pushers bedded in than Chicken Town is released... more
Transgender comedian Jordan Gray has already made a splash on television, getting her penis out on the revived variety show Friday Night Live. Now Gray brings those comic chops to the world of sitcom... more
It's clear that Pushers is a real passion project for Rosie Jones. She first had the idea for a sitcom about someone on benefits who turns to drug dealing to make ends meet back in 2018 and despite a... more
Meet charmer Pryce Cahill, one-time golf contender who blew it big-style and now works in a golf shop. Until he spots Santi, an angry young golf punk who can hit the ball like its going out of style... more
As if he wasn't busy enough already, touring with Show Pony, guesting in Slow Horses, possibly appearing in the next season of Ted Lasso and definitely appearing in Celebrity Traitors, Nick Mohammed... more
