I’m not really sure about BBC Three’s identity since it went online. It seems that one of its functions is to test the water to see if programmes are worth broadcasting on old school channels. Cuckoo... more
Reviews
Apparently 40,000 fans applied for the 400 tickets for this live sitcom broadcast. 40,000 people can’t be wrong can they? Well, 17 million voted for Brexit and we all know what a fecking mess that... more
Dad Martin (Paul Ritter) is a bit stressed, his old friend Tony is coming to dinner. He reconnected via the internet and got the wrong Tony, it’s the one from the old days he didn’t like. “Don’t... more
Jen Kirkman doesn’t seem to like critics very much. Well she certainly doesn’t seem to like the critic from the Guardian who gave this show two stars. If you want to see what she thinks of him have a... more
Why do some TV comedies work while others fail to hit the mark? Don’t ask me. If I knew I’d have a better job than this. Is it the writing? Is it the casting? Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote and starred... more
Before the final headliner Bill Bailey came on on Sunday evening the compere David Morgan asked everyone to stand up so that more people could get into the tent. There were probably more people in... more
On Saturday night I caught Mark Watson doing a Q&A to promote his new novel in the Literature tent. I was surprised to hear that he considered his proper job to be a novelist rather than a stand-... more
The inevitable running gag at Latitude was Brexit. Numerous comedians had hastily fashioned routines out of the horror show of the referendum fallout. Most were clever from a cushioned, cosy white... more
….No pressure on Widdicombe then, who thanks to being landed in it by James Acaster was clearly prepared to finish the comedy for the day by kissing a man with a burnt foot. Luckily for Widdicombe it... more
James Acaster’s Latitude set should have been an easy one. A chance to run through his forthcoming Edinburgh show, Reset, about how wouldn’t it be great if one could hit s reset button in one’s life... more
