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Comic Strip Presents ... Red Top review
Great turns from Maxine Peake as Rebekah Brooks, Nigel Planer as Rupert Murdoch and others provide lots of lols - especially the scene set in our offices.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 21st January 2016Comic Strip Presents... Red Top, review: 'lacked bite'
This satirical take on the tabloid phone hacking scandal felt like yesterday's news, says Rupert Hawksley.
Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph, 21st January 2016The Rack Pack: why we all loved snooker
The arrival of new drama The Rack Pack on the iPlayer prompted much discussion at Standard Issue. It turns out, everyone used to love a bit of Golden Age snooker. No really.
Sophie Scott, Sally-Anne Hayward, Ruth Bratt & Mickey Noonan, Standard Issue, 21st January 2016Red Dwarf 12 starts filming before we've seen Series 11
Ah, smug mode. Shooting has commenced for Red Dwarf XII, and we haven't even seen XI yet. How spoilt are we?
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 21st January 2016Satirical Jeremy Corbyn musical to be staged in London
In what may be the first stage show written about a leader of the opposition, a Jeremy Corbyn musical is coming to a London theatre.
BBC News, 21st January 2016Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure Reloaded review
This magpie tour of human history yields vintage Izzard moments of delightful silliness, yet lacks in jeopardy over two-and-a-half hours.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 21st January 2016Eddie Izzard's Force Majeure Reloaded, review
It sounds, as Eddie Izzard concedes, like the most insanely extreme out-of-town try-out in the history of theatre.
Paul Taylor, The Independent, 21st January 2016Ed Byrne: Munro-bagging puts a bounce in my step!
Ed Byrne on his love of climbing Munros - Scottish peaks above 3,000 feet - whether alone, or with other comedians.
Ed Byrne, The Big Issue, 21st January 2016Beardyman - The Lowry, Salford review
Beardyman is not a sedate musical evening, and being mostly electronic music and sound it wouldn't be to everyone's taste, but it is a noisy, interactive and downright fun night out.
Helen Jones, The Reviews Hub, 21st January 2016Eddie Izzard Reloaded: the trans-Jedi of comedy returns
Eddie Izzard's Force Majeure Reloaded at the Palace Theatre, aka the most extensive comedy tour ever, continues on its 28 country circuit in four different languages. And Izzard's intellectual humour is indeed a force to be reckoned with.
Sophia Shluger, Londonist, 21st January 2016Eddie Izzard, Force Majeure Reloaded, comedy review
If the first half was Simon Schama with added surrealism, the stronger, shorter second half was more personal and funnier as Izzard touched on his youth, dreaming of joining the SAS while shoplifting make-up from Bexhill Boots, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 21st January 2016Morgan & West: Parlour Tricks
Their maths addiction reaches an apex when West's astounds with his mental gymnastics on a randomly-generated 40-digit number he commits to memory. This is the one time we do need some modern technology to check that the complex arithmetic is correct. And it's an impressive feat of brainpower when it is revealed to be so.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st January 2016Could Ben Elton's Upstart Crow be the new Blackadder?
Written by Elton, set in Tudor England, with witty and knowing nods to English cultural and political history, you say? Could this BBC Two show starring David Mitchell be another historical hit?
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 21st January 2016Review: Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Preview Show
The evening's entertainment was consistently good throughout. It provided a feel for what may come from the festival in February.
Peter Dixon, Giggle Beats, 21st January 2016Videos
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6:30pm30 min
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
Series 5, Episode 3A look back at a career in accounting and an overrated experience, and Patsy Straightwoman returns with an interview sketch.
8:30pm30 min
Room 101
Series 5, Episode 2 - Noel Fielding, Joanna Scanlan, Ian WrightSurreal comic Noel Fielding, actress Joanna Scanlan and football pundit Ian Wright attempt to get rid of spiders, the film Grease and stinky cheese.
8:30pm30 min
Birds Of A Feather
Series 12, Episode 3 - Tombstone BluesSharon's disapproval of Tracey dating policeman Barry and apparently overlooking Garth's feelings for his dad lead to a major quarrel between the sisters. Is it one that Dorien, in her new role as Agony Aunt for Get-A-Life Magazine, can solve?
9pm60 min
A League Of Their Own
Series 10, Episode 3It's Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Sky Sports presenter Kate Abdo's turn to get in on the laughs. This time, a crazy line-up of challenges sees the teams attempt to pull a victory bus.
10pm30 min
Brian Pern
Brian Pern: 45 Years Of Prog And Roll, Episode 2Director Rhys Thomas explores how Brian broke America with the success of his classic album Shelf Life.