DVD review: Austentatious
15/01/2015 … Comedy DVDs are usually about capturing a near-perfect rendition of a live show honed from weeks, if not months, on the road.
Latest DVDs
Here are our reviews of comedy DVDs – and the occasional CD. Mainly stand-up, but some sitcoms, sketch shows, documentaries etc too…
Thu 15 January 2015
Fri 02 January 2015
The Complete Radioworks Of Count Arthur Strong
02/01/2015 … Fans of Count Arthur Strong should want for nothing from this comprehensive 26-CD collection featuring almost every 'ermm' of the muddled-minded thespian's radio…
Sun 31 August 2014
Jim Jefferies – Bare
Review of his Netflix special by Steve Bennett
31/08/2014 … Jim Jefferies is the epitome of men’s locker-room comedy, with a crude repertoire of sex and porn and getting wasted – and then a bit more sex.
Thu 01 May 2014
When Jews Were Funny
01/05/2014 … Much of the origins of modern stand-up lay with the immigrant Jewish community of New York in the early part of the last century.
Tue 01 April 2014
Todd Barry: Crowd Work Tour
01/04/2014 … You can almost hear Ross Noble scoffing.
Fri 21 March 2014
DVD: The Very Least Worst Of Robin Ince
21/03/2014 … The Very Least Worst Of Robin Ince is not a conventional stand-up DVD.
Thu 05 December 2013
Simon Amstell: Live At The BBC
05/12/2013 … First shown on BBC4 on New Year's Eve under its original title Numb, this is an audacious, soul-baring piece of confessional stand-up of the type we've come to…
Wed 04 December 2013
Milton Jones On The Road
04/12/2013 … Milton Jones is a overhead projector comedian in a PowerPoint world; charming and quirky, if a little off the pace everyone else.