If you want to get ahead in stand-up get a beard. Not very fair on female comedians, but that seemed to be the message during the first comedy final of 2016. Facial hair dominated the competition,... more
Reviews
And so Matt Berry starts 2016 in typically vociferous style with his, sob, final Matt Berry Does…And appropriately he is looking at seasonal excess in Happy New You as the nation lets out an almighty... more
Charlie Brooker’s end-of-the-year Wipes have become essential viewing. They are the best way of making some kind of sense of the mess the world is in today. And this year’s edition was no exception.... more
It’s about time David Walliams got round to doing some proper comedy. He has been so busy in recent years with so many different diverse projects from children’s books to charity work to camping it... more
Not much in the way of tinsel in this seasonal special, but there is definitely something shiny. It’s the Anglo-Saxon treasure that Lance has unearthed. At the start of this welcome extra episode it... more
It was about twenty minutes into this comedy-drama about the making of Dad’s Army that I realised who was playing Arthur Lowe. I thought the makers had found an unknown actor and cast him because of... more
The beauty of the internet is that anyone can go out there and make their own programmes. As Richard Herring often says, it’s a joy not to have to compromise and edit your artistic vision to please a... more
Can this really be the end for Mark and Jeremy? I wondered how they were going to do it and for a while when I was watching the final episode I thought that the writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong... more
A version of this review appeared in the Evening Standard here.Countless comedians discuss their anxieties on stage, but if oversharing was an Olympic event Jessie Cave would be a multiple gold... more
A version of this review first appeared in the Evening Standard here.Derren Brown’s latest show is called Miracle and for me the opening miracle was finding a parking space within walking distance of... more
