Stewart Lee has said that nobody is competent to review him. It’s a sentiment he echoes early on in the first episode of his new six-part BBC2 series. So after thinking about doing something more... more
Reviews
I don’t really need to tell you much about comedy chiller Stag. The cast should be enough of a selling point. Jim Howick, Reece Shearsmith, Rufus Jones and Tim Key as well as Stephen Campbell Moore,... more
A new series of pilots kicks off with a medical comedy as sharp as a scalpel, brutally putting Jeremy Hunt and the NHS under the microscope. Actually no. Hospital People is more Carry On Nurse... more
The Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition has had a good run when picking winners recently. As well as spotting the likes of Josh Widdicombe and Jason Manford, Romesh Ranganathan only... more
So welcome to the brave new world of BBC Three online. Except that maybe it is not quite as brave or new as expected. Hit sitcom Cuckoo is back for a third series of comic family chaos in Lichfield... more
I was a little disappointed at first when I watched Alan Partridge's new series on Sky Atlantic, but for a while I couldn't work out why. Everything seemed to be in place, from the foot-in-mouth... more
Robin Ince and Josie Long must be the two most enthusiastic people in comedy. I’m not sure why they even need a guest on their literary podcast Book Shambles as they can pretty much talk the hind... more
Richard Herring has been developing his new show, Happy Now? for a while. An embryonic version of it was performed last summer when he did all of his past shows in one epic run at the Leicester... more
Is stand-up comedy hoping to become an Olympic event? The first-ever UK Punday concluded with an event that at times felt closer to a sport than a gig. Albeit with its own on-the-hoof rules. The... more
Appearances can be deceptive. The picture of Nick Thune here suggests that he is a Victorian time traveller or some smart hipster who can’t leave the house until he has waxed his moustache. But look... more
