Rhod Gilbert And The Award-Winning Mince Pie
27/11/2009 … Even now, 15 months after Rhod Gilbert unveiled this show at the Edinburgh Fringe, it still seems a travesty that a festive pastry-based service-station snack should…
2009 DVDs
Here are our reviews of comedy DVDs – and the occasional CD. Mainly stand-up, but some sitcoms, sketch shows, documentaries etc too…
Fri 27 November 2009
Thu 26 November 2009
Dylan Moran: What It Is
26/11/2009 … The most surprising thing about Dylan Moran’s DVD is where he chose to record it: not in Britain or Ireland where he might find an audience of likeminded curmudgeons,…
Wed 25 November 2009
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra
25/11/2009 … Comedians and orchestras don’t always mix, as Barry Humphries’s recent abomination at the Royal Albert Hall conclusively proved.
Mon 23 November 2009
Omid Djalili Live In London
23/11/2009 … There are some gags in Omid Djalili’s latest DVD that are so dodgy that few stand-ups would dare approach them.
John Hegley DVD review
23/11/2009 … With all the big-budget DVDs out this Christmas, John Hegley has gone for a more back-to-basics approach, recording his on the makeshift stage at Cardiff’s intimate…
Fri 20 November 2009
Neil Delamere Live: Creme Delamere
20/11/2009 … Neil Delamere is an affable comic, with an easygoing, mischievous style that gets the best out of his slightly laddish anecdotes.
The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour
20/11/2009 … The Mighty Boosh’s Future Sailors tour isn’t so much a comedy show as a twisted take on an old-fashioned variety line-up.
Wed 18 November 2009
Lee Evans: Access All Arenas
18/11/2009 … This is another in what can only be seen as an increasingly cynical commercial trend of repackaging bits of earlier DVD releases to cash in on the lucrative Christmas…