Rory Bremner
01/01/2002 … Satire must be in a pretty sorry state if Rory Bremner is its leading exponent.
Tue 01 January 2002
Gavin and Gavin: Full English Breakfast
01/01/2002 … There's little more to this than a couple of drama school girls showing off what accents they can do in the pretence of character comedy.
Trevor and Simon: Unwigged
01/01/2002 … Trev and Simon trade in puerile schoolboy humour, atrociously low-grade puns and childishly basic insults - and well they know it, revelling in the very stupidity…
Charlie Chuck Is Scrooge
01/01/2002 … With his fragmented manner, Tourette-ish outbursts and compelling physical tics, Charlie Chuck's inspired lunacy is a welcome novelty - but is it enough to sustain…
Deaf In The Afternoon
01/01/2002 … With his debut one-man show, Steve Day seems to be staking his claim for one of the most lucrative prizes in comedy.
Phil Kay: Branding The Ass Of A Heckler
01/01/2002 … Phil Kay used to have an air of excitement around him - a genuinely unpredictable comic who would spin brilliant improvised riffs from absolutely nothing.
Men In Coats
01/01/2002 … When Men In Coats burst onto the comedy circuit a little over a year ago, their inventive visual clowning was like a breath of fresh air.
John Laurie, Frazer & I
01/01/2002 … Many a comic hero has been the subject of a fringe play, and now Dad's Army star John Laurie joins the ranks of Kenneth Williams, Tommy Cooper and alike.