Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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NextUp reveal new shows
Streaming Service NextUp has announced its next batch of releases. There are specials from Casual Violence, Ashley Haden, Njambi McGrath, Lou Conran and Alexander Bennett.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th January 2020TV review: King Gary, BBC One
This is the sort of sitcom that might divide critics and I'm sure it will divide social media, so I'd suggest the cast decide it is pub o'clock when it is on and leave their phones at home.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th January 2020David Baddiel to present Holocaust denial documentary
David Baddiel is to present a documentary about Holocaust denial as part of a BBC season marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th January 2020Documentary film made about Robert White
A feature-length documentary film is being made about Robert White, the comedian who was a runner-up to Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley in the Britain's Got Talent final in June 2018. The film, directed by fellow comedian Joe Bor, is entitled The Autistic Comedian.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th January 2020Hints that Inside No 9 will return soon
Acclaimed anthology series Inside No 9 looks set to return for a fifth series sooner rather than later in 2020. More details have been revealed about two episodes, "The Referee's a W***er" and "The Stakeout".
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd January 2020Daniel Kitson to host benefit gig
Daniel Kitson is to host a special fundraising gig in aid of Social Activism and Stop Food Poverty.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd January 2020TV review: Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration, BBC One
Well why not celebrate your tenth birthday in public? That's how Miranda Hart marked the tenth birthday of her self-named BBC sitcom. In public. At the Palladium. With nibbles. In front of a packed house of screaming fans.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st January 2020Opinion: top comedy gigs of 2019
Here are my top comedy gigs of 2019 very much in no particular order. Impossible to pick one out, but hopefully if you've been reading beyond the joke over the last twelve months some of these are favourites of yours too.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th December 2019TV preview: Gavin And Stacey, BBC One
It's the big Christmas Day comedy for 2019 and it's ten years since it last went out. No pressure then. Actually quite a lot of pressure.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th December 2019TV review: Hugh Grant: A Life On Screen, BBC2
At any other time of the year I might have given this relatively benign Hugh Grant profile a particularly wide berth, but in the run-up to Christmas it seemed to hit the spot. Let's put it another way. I'd rather sit through an hour of Grant clips and self-deprecating quips than sit through the whole of Love, Actually.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th December 2019