So-called experts are always saying that the situation is crucial to the success of a situation comedy. So why is one sitcom about a subject a hit and not another? Back in the mists of time there was a BBC comedy about people who worked in a dreary office, but it didn’t take off. This wasn’t the Ricky Gervais classic, this was another desk-based series that pre-dated it, Nice Day At The Office. The script was good, it starred Tim Spall, but who remembers it? Just me.
Update 11/7: Russell Kane has added a major London date to his tour., He will be performing at the Eventim Apollo on Friday 31st March 2017. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday 15th July, with a venue presale starting on Wednesday 13th July at 10am.
A new online chat show has been launched in which Jack Whitehall interviews major celebrities over drinks in a swanky bar.
The first episode ‘Two Whiskies with Jack Whitehall and David Beckham’ launches on the GQ Video channel today.
London is to have its own Clown Festival. And we are promised "barely a red nose in sight".
If your Facebook feed is anything like mine you’ll have spent the last few days reading about how good Dave Johns is in the new Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake. It’s a serious role for the seasoned stand-up generating a big buzz at the Cannes Film Festival and one that could make Johns a bigger movie star than stand-up. And this is a man who has sold out the Hyena Club in Newcastle. More than once.
Jack Whitehall has announced a major arena tour for 2017.
Jack Whitehall At Large will start in Northampton on January 5 and will end in Peterborough on February 28. First London dates will be at Wembley Arena on February 11 - 13.
Tickets on sale here.
It’s great to report that the first episode of Upstart Crow was not a fluke. Writer Ben Elton repeats the trick again in the second episode. In fact if there is a problem here it isn't so much that this week’s episode is like Blackadder, it’s more a case that it is too much like last week’s episode.
Update: More than 30 new dates have been added. The tour now ends in Birmingham on May 22, 2017. All dates here.
Al Murray's Pub Landlord is touring again in 2016 and 2017. The Let's Go Backwards Together tour starts in Monmouth on September 9. He plays the Royal Albert Hall on October 11.
One of BBC3’s epic fails was axing the relationship sitcom Him & Her. Now at least BBC2 has gone some way towards making amends by commissioning writer Stefan Golaszewski to pen a new comedy, Mum. It’s in the same chatty, conversational vein but much more mature. Imagine Him & Her 30 years on with ‘Him’ dead and this could be the result.
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