Debra-Jane Appelby – Original Review
04/07/2005 … Funny Women winner Debra Appelby’s a no-nonsense Yorkshire lass, blunt and sarcastic in a take-it-or-leave-it kind of way.
Mon 04 July 2005
The full Monte
Whitehouse wins in Monte Carlo
04/07/2005 … Paul Whitehouse’s comedy Help has scooped two awards at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
Fri 01 July 2005
Drew Cameron – Original Review
01/07/2005 … Cameron’s a Brighton-based impressionist firmly rooted in the old school of Seventies seaside spectaculars.
Stephen Grant – Original Review
01/07/2005 … Grant’s an unstoppable, ebullient motormouth – gabbling away 12 to the dozen as he distributes his easy mix of anecdotes, observations and gags.
Ruth Bratt – Original Review
01/07/2005 … Bratt has a joke about making a bad first impression, and while she doesn’t fall into that trap, her opening lines about stalkers are a little underwhelming.
Lee Mack – Original Review
01/07/2005 … There was a time, you suspect, when all comics were like Lee Mack.
Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue – Original Review
01/07/2005 … Ever seen Catchphrase? Well this manically silly pair are the embodiment of that game show – with a few added E-numbers for extra hyperactivity.
Ricky Grover – Original Review
01/07/2005 … Grover creeps menacingly onto the stage like some gothic disfigured freak, cloaked and masked to hide his hideous form.