When double act Tom Clarkson and Owen Visser answered our recent Rarely Asked Questions they spoke enthusiastically about their love of Vic and Bob. They didn't really need to spell it out though.... more
Reviews
Writer (with Paul Doolan) and star of Mammoth Mike Bubbins was clearly born in the wrong decade. From his luxuriant Magnum moustache to his python skin boots he's the 1970s unreconstructed male... more
On TV Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have made an art of the small but beautifully put together comic-horror story in the anthology series Inside No 9. At the Southwark Playhouse The Grim does... more
The Alexandra Palace Theatre is a beautiful, apt venue for A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Grand, but also slightly decaying around the edges. It’s a big space to fill but one that makes this... more
Nina Conti is having a bit of a moment. She has just appeared in the long-awaited Spinal Tap sequel and now here's Sunlight, which she wrote, directed and co-stars in. Though you won't see much of... more
On the opening night of the second Brighton Dome Comedy Festival Rob Newman is in a pseudo forest, five green lights striking up high towards the rafters, giving the impression of a woodland that... more
Last month when David Mitchell and Robert Webb returned to Channel 4 with a new series, there was a lot of talk about the return of sketch comedy after a long absence. Then a few weeks later Alan... more
Bryony Kimmings starts her latest show Bog Witch by explaining that she has a big hole to fill. It gets an easy laugh but also goes deeper. She has reached the age where she is yearning for something... more
I'm starting to think that Steve Coogan will still be doing Alan Partridge when he's on his deathbed. It's a character that he keeps returning to and keeps finding different angles on him as he –... more
I wasn’t going to review Mae Martin’s new series Wayward for a number of reasons. Firstly it is not a comedy, it’s a thriller. Secondly it had me so on the edge of my seat I didn’t know how I could... more
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