Well you certainly can’t say it was not quick off the mark. Last week I was critical of ITV1’s new satire Newzoids for not being very topical. Ballot Monkeys featured gags about news stories I’d not... more
Reviews
Too many tossers on Top Gear? Not much of a surprise there. The first episode of the new series of W1A finds itself in a veritable art-imitating-life scenario when they have to do a damage limitation... more
The fire at Battersea Arts Centre on Friday, March 13 may have been devastating, but you can rely on comedians to find the funny side. Last night’s sold out benefit at the Royal Festival Hall kicked... more
The Soho Theatre has established itself as London’s go-to venue for both hilarious stand-up comedy and exciting theatre. So it makes perfect sense to stage Owen McCafferty’s play about stand-up... more
ITV in Funny Sitcom Shock. That’s the verdict on The Delivery Man, which hit the ground running last night. Darren Boyd plays ex-copper Matthew Bunting who swaps the constabulary for midwifery... more
The easiest way of describing Newzoids is to say that it is probably quietly hoping to be the new Spitting Image. Or at least have some of that show's acclaim. The trouble is that Spitting Image is... more
Holly Walsh’s show is called Never Had it, in honour of the fact that while some people – from Desmond Tutu to Barack Obama – have ‘it’, that special, cool X Factor, Walsh thinks she is seriously... more
When I first saw Jack Dee’s Help Desk onstage in Edinburgh last summer I wrote that this comedy agony uncle format was clearly a TV show-in-waiting. The surprising thing is that the BBC is trying it... more
James Freedman’s pitch is pretty straightforward. He surely has his eye on becoming the Derren Brown of showbiz pickpockets. His performance in Man of Steal is a showcase for some pretty amazing... more
The Musical Comedy Awards Final always throws up an interesting line-up and this year’s final was no exception. After silver-quiffed compere Rob Deering’s high-energy warm-up - I love his acid house-... more
