If we wanted to get all political about it Funny Women shouldn’t exist. Comedians are comedians, why should gender even enter into it? But it does and the Funny Women organisation is clearly tapping... more
Reviews
Usually when I see a comedy show I write a review by the next morning at the latest. I saw Sam Simmons’ latest show Not A People Person on Friday night and I have been mulling it over ever since,... more
I used to think of podcasts as the kind of thing nerdy spods did in their bedroom for other nerdy spods to listen to in their bedroom, but in recent years they have gone overground. There are... more
After Getting On and Going Forward Damned feels like the third part in a trilogy of gritty state-of-the-nation workplace comedies starring Jo Brand. But in fact this one, set in a childrens social... more
Morgana Robinson definitely has something. She was brilliant in House of Fools when she asked Vic Reeves to buff her Barnaby Rudge and now she has her own vehicle.It’s not her first big break of... more
Vic Reeves has invariably shied away from being serious about his comedy so it is a bit of a scoop getting him to present this grown-up documentary about Dada as part of BBC4’s current conceptual art... more
In the first five minutes of National Treasure there were cameo appearances from Robert Webb, Alan Carr and Frank Skinner. But despite appearances this definitely wasn’t a comedy. They were guests at... more
Josh Widdicombe recently cropped up in a BBC documentary about sitcoms saying how much he loved the genre. And he clearly adores the classics because the second series of his flatshare sitcom seems... more
Matt Forde’s new political series nearly hit the buffers before it had even been recorded. Forde’s first guest was scheduled to be Labour leadership contender Owen Smith, but he pulled out. Forde... more
Following last week’s Hancock the final Lost Sitcom is another Galton and Simpson classic, which just goes to show how important these writers were in setting up the template for the successful... more
