© BBC / Expectation Alma's Not Normal
07/04/2020 … For a pilot episode, Alma’s Not Normal easily achieves what it’s meant to do and introduces a cast of intriguing, sympathetic characters we’d like…
2020 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 07 April 2020
© BBC / Expectation Sun 05 April 2020
Sincerely Louis CK
Review of the stand-up special he unexpectedly released last night
05/04/2020 … Last night, while much of America’s comedy industry was staging a marathon virtual fundraiser for colleagues left high and dry by the lockdown, its pariah,…
Sat 04 April 2020
Have I Got News For You and The Mash Report
Review of the topical TV shows in lockdown
04/04/2020 … Many people have had to get used to working from home in recent weeks, and purveyors of topical quips are not exempt, with both Have I Got News For You and The Mash…
Fri 03 April 2020
The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show
03/04/2020 … With five stand-up specials already available on Netflix, American comic Iliza Shlesinger has branched into sketch – but it doesn’t feel she’s…
Thu 02 April 2020
© C4 Maxxx
02/04/2020 … At the start of Maxxx, it’s hard not to have some sympathy for O-T Fagbenle’s title character, a former boy-band star so washed up he’s reduced…
Sat 28 March 2020
© Gartenbaukino/CC BY-SA 3.0 Jock
Preview of Radio 2's latest Funny Fortnight pilot
28/03/2020 … Greg Hemphill’s done all right out of writing about pensioners, given that he first co-created the Still Game characters when he in his late 20s.
Wed 25 March 2020
Hitmen
25/03/2020 … Any Bake Off fan tuning in to Hitmen to see those two nice ladies with the cheeky double entendres will be in for a rude awakening.
© BBC/Colin Hutton Mister Winner Episode 1
25/03/2020 … Spencer Jones is one of the funniest, most inventive comedians to have emerged in recent years – which is why it’s so disappointing to see him in…