© BBC Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Infertility
25/01/2021 … This might be the first BBC medical documentary to contain the phrase: ‘There’s some contentious shit right there.
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 25 January 2021
© BBC Thu 21 January 2021
© C4 Back series two
Review of David Mitchell and Robert Webb's returning comedy
21/01/2021 … To judge the new series of Back on the strength of its first episode would be like ruling on a movie on the first 20 minutes.
Baby Done, with Rose Matafeo
21/01/2021 … What a difference three years can make.
Tue 12 January 2021
© BBC / Spirit Media Bamous
Review of Dane Baptiste's BBC Three pilot
12/01/2021 … It’s long been a running joke that British TV operates a ‘one-in one-out’ policy when it comes to allowing black comedians to become famous.
Mon 11 January 2021
© BBC/Bethany Hobbs Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema: British Comedy
11/01/2021 … It will come as little surprise to anyone who’s encountered Mark Kermode’s film criticism on the radio or in print that his TV essay on British comedy…
Tue 05 January 2021
Robin's Wish
Review of a new documentary about the death of Robin Williams
05/01/2021 … The shocking suicide of Robin Williams in August 2014, aged just 63, fulfilled a tears-of-a-clown narrative that’s hardwired into the collective psyche.
Wed 30 December 2020
© BBC Pandemonium
30/12/2020 … As what’s hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime disruptor, the coronavirus pandemic is an unusual hook for a sitcom’s pilot episode.
Tue 29 December 2020
© ITV Billy Connolly: It’s Been A Pleasure
29/12/2020 … Advance press coverage of ITV’s Billy Connolly retrospective portrayed it as an emotional milestone marking the end of his career, cut short by the cruelties…