REVIEW: THE PIN

The Pin are a sketch double act comprising of Ben Ashenden, a bespectacled live-wire erring on the side of simple and Alexander Owen, the constantly frustrated straight man who believes he is destined… Continue reading →

REVIEW: DANIEL KITSON

I think it’s important to be honest up front. This review won’t do justice to Daniel Kitson. In fact, no review will do justice to him. He’s the comedian’s comedian, revered by most… Continue reading →

TOP 3 SHOWS OF 2012

In these freezing temperatures and dark nights, it might seem like a distant memory to think back to the summer and remember how we became obsessed with the Olympics and Paralympics. From dancing… Continue reading →

CHRISTMAS TELLYBOBS

I can usually call it a successful Christmas if, by 6 o’clock, I am slumped in a turkey haze, picking at a Chocolate Orange, gawking over a new gadget and, finally, weeping merrily… Continue reading →

REVIEW: PAPPY’S

***** The Stand, Edinburgh Sketch comedy is a tricky mistress. Get it wrong and you could be stuck in a grotty room above a pub trying to convince seven angry punters that your… Continue reading →

REVIEW: GIRLS

This year the star and writer of Girls, Lena Dunham, has been littered with award nominations and various accolades. This month she signed a lucrative, and much discussed, book deal rumoured to be… Continue reading →

RADIO ROUNDUP

Podcasts are the underrated second cousin of the radio, the relative that you don’t speak to that often but when you actually listen, they sometime speak a lot of sense. These bite-size chunks… Continue reading →

REVIEW: ANDY ZALTZMAN

              It seems Andy Zaltzman is omnipresent. Even before he steps on to the stage, we are privy to his pre-show rituals and announcements which set the… Continue reading →

Radio Roundup

It has been a rocky few weeks for the old wireless. The ‘saviour’ of Radio 1 left his throne to sing about the Bible as a quiffed Northerner slid in to take over,… Continue reading →

LILYHAMMER

Lilyhammer **** Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt) is a thoroughly New Yoik mobster. There is a shooting in his bar. He snitches information to the FBI, and in return is granted… Continue reading →