With all the Netflix traffic seeming to go to Black Mirror at the moment it will be a shame if this first TV series for Miranda Sings, Haters Back Off, gets overlooked. It is utterly nuts, but in a good way.
There was a bit of a Facebook hoo-ha about my review of the first instalment of Charlie Brooker's new Netflix series because I said it wasn't funny enough. Maybe the comments had a point. While there were a few warped witticisms in the first tale Nosedive, the next self-contained story, Playtest, is truly the stuff of dystopian nightmares.
Charlie Brooker has done pretty well for himself. His latest series of Black Mirror has been made for Netflix and the first episode of six all simultaneously released is directed by Joe ‘Atonement’ Wright and has all the gloss of a Hollywood production. It’s not laugh-out loud funny. In fact it feels so accurate it is more scary than satirical.
The first image has been released from We're Going on a Bear Hunt, the new animated film set to air on Channel 4 this Christmas; The half hour film will expand the universe of the much-loved Michael Rosen book illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Olivia Colman (Broadchurch, Peep Show, Fleabag, The Night Manager), Pam Ferris (Matilda, Call the Midwife) and Mark Williams (Harry Potter, The Fast Show, Father Brown) will bring the brand new characters of Mum, Grandma and Dad to life.
Could Richard Ayoade be in the frame to join Paul Hollywood when Channel 4 takes over broadcasting the cookery show?
According to stories in various tabloids the host of Travel Man and star of The IT Crowd is being considered at the channel.
According to reports 200 people walked out of Amy Schumer's gig at the Amalie Arena in Tampa on Sunday night after she called Donald Trump an “orange, sexual-assaulting, fake-college-starting monster.”
When she talked about politics there were boos from some members of the audience. The Tampa Bay Times said that comedian invited a Trump supporter to join her onstage to explain his voting decision. He said it was because he felt safer if the country was in Trump's hands.
This review first appeared in the London Evening Standard here on 5/9/16.
The gig of the film of the TV sitcom...Ricky Gervais just can't shake off David Brent. He has announced more dates since this show but they sold out immediately. It wouldn't surprise me if there are even more but Gervais is also working on a new stand-up show called Humanity. Take your pick...
Josie Long finishes her run at the Soho Theatre on October 15. Tickets here. She performs the show in New York from November 19. Keep an eye out for more UK dates here. She is at the Duchess Theatre on March 20. Tickets here.
For those of you that miss TV Burp you are going to have to make sure you have Sky. Harry’s Hill’s new series is definitely not a TV Burp clone, but to this fan who mourned the passing of his ITV1 clipfest it does feel like the nearest thing you’ll see in both spirit and execution. And judging by the first episode it could evolve to be just as funny.
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