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 blame me, blame my brain,” he says when the family hides from Tony in the kitchen. All is set for a cracking first episode in the fourth series.
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 look at her Twitter timeline earlier this week when his review appeared.
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 in C4 houseshare comedy Crashing and now BBC Three’s Fleabag, and while the first one whiffed a bit the latest one is the real deal.
Josie Long has announced a run of shows in London this autumn for her new show, Something Better.
Long will be appearing at the Soho Theatre from September 30 - October 15.
This wil be Long's eighth solo show. It follows the success of her previous show Cara Josephine across the UK, Europe, in Australia and New York and the recent broadcast of her Radio 4 series Romance and Adventure.
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 the comedy tent for Bailey than there were at the entire first few Latitudes a decade ago.
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-up (I’m paraphrasing here, I was there for fun and had put my notebook to bed for the night). I’ve always felt that he was a brilliant performer and he confirmed this on the Sunday afternoon.
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 middle class perspective. Nish Kumar played a trump card. His Brexit routine hinged on an incident when he was on the receiving of post-poll racism.
Comedian Ben Van der Velde is on schedule to complete his walk of London's Underground network in aid of the Refugee Council this Saturday. He aims to be in the Knightsbridge area between 4-5pm. Contact 07764 745261 for more details.
The 330 mile journey will have talen him 26 days, which so far has seen him:
Satirical sitcom Veep has scooped multiple nominations at this year's Emmys. The series is up for Best Comedy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is up fpr Best Actress, Comedy. Tony Hale and Matt Walsh are up for Supporting Actor, Comedy and Anna Chlumsky is up for Supporting Actress, Comedy. Chris Addison is nominated for Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series.
Aziz Ansari's Netflix sitcom Master of None is nominated for Best Comedy and Ansari is nominated for Best Actor in a comedy and Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series.
Comedian Adam Hills will be one of C4's presenting team for the Rio 2016 Paralympics. He will lead the team with Clare Balding. The line-up also includes Ade Adepitan, Arthur Williams, Formula 1 presenter Lee McKenzie, former Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards, plus Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte, broadcaster Sophie Morgan and former marine commando JJ Chalmers. C4 claims their team is the largest number of disabled presenters ever seen on UK television.
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