The pace is hotting up in the current series of Taskmaster with the relative competitive edges of the contestants – Fern Brady, Darsa O Briain, John Kearns, Sarah Millican and Munya Chawawa –... more
Reviews
This year's So You Think You're Funny? final in Edinburgh in August had an international flavour to it and so did the latest Funny Women Stage Award final. As comedy continues to thrive it is... more
If it ain't broke don't fix it. that seems to have been the mantra when it came to remaking Fantasy Football League for the 21st Century. My memory could be playing tricks but watching the first... more
Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit, aka Sh!t Theatre, always create funny, quirky, punky theatre and with Evita Too they have done it again. Only this time with the added bonus feature of catchy... more
Hannah Einbinder's run at the Soho Theatre pretty much sold out before she had uttered a single word. Presumably on the basis of her fame as co-star of Hacks, the odd couple comedy about the comedy... more
Some people have been devouring the entire boxed set of this new Daisy May Cooper series since the first episode went out, but I enjoyed the first episode last week so much I want to make it last as... more
There is usually one household name in the Taskmaster line-up but this fourteenth, yes, fourteenth, series has really pulled out the big guns, with two genuine TV stars. There is Sarah Millican and... more
For a series featuring a lot of historical characters Ghosts doesn't half have a lot of topical references. Particularly this week. I'd barely settled down to watch it when there was a discussion... more
Slightly awkward exchange early on in the first episode of the fourth series of Ghosts. The spooky residents of Button Hall are boasting about famous people they've met in the past and while most of... more
Preview links for upcoming TV programmes often ping in with requests not to reveal spoilers these days but Am I Being Unreasonable? must break some kind of record. Previewers are requested not to... more