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TV review: The Witchfinder, BBC Two

I've been looking forward to The Witchfinder ever since it was announced. As comedies go you can't get a better pedigree. It is written by Neil and Rob Gibbons, the brothers who write Alan Partridge, and stars Tim Key - Sidekick Simon from Partridge and a million other shows - and Daisy May Cooper from This Country. And I doff my cap to everyone, it's ruddy brilliant.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th March 2022

The Witchfinder review

Expectations are high when you have a cast of comedy nobility, led by Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper, and a script from the writers of Alan Partridge. Yet The WitchfinderDaniel Rigby can't quite deliver on that promise, if not for a want of ambition.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th March 2022

Chortle Awards 2022 shortlist revealed

The nominees have been announced for the Chortle Awards 2022, with Bob Mortimer, Liz Kingsman and Adam Rowe leading the shortlists, with two nominations apiece.

British Comedy Guide, 8th March 2022

The Witchfinder review

A comedy with so much wasted potential it makes you sad.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 8th March 2022

The Witchfinder review

Some of the finest comedy talents have produced something strangely mediocre.

Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 8th March 2022

Tim Key channels David Brent in BBC comedy The Witchfinder

The comic stars as a 17th-century sorcery investigator alongside the wonderfully deadpan Daisy May Cooper.

Dan Einav, The Financial Times, 7th March 2022

Daisy May Cooper finds love with chef Ryan Weymouth

Daisy May Cooper has found the recipe for love again . . .  in the arms of a private chef.

Simon Boyle, The Sun, 7th March 2022

The Witchfinder: Even Daisy May Cooper can't make this bad comedy cast a spell

It has a glorious premise, comedy superstars in every scene, and the writers who reinvented Alan Partridge. This is TV with all the perfect ingredients, but it's missing one thing: jokes.

Joel Golby, The Guardian, 5th March 2022

The Witchfinder cast revealed

BBC Two sitcom The Witchfinder starts on 8th March, with Jessica Hynes, Daniel Rigby and Reece Shearsmith amongst the cast joining lead actors Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper.

British Comedy Guide, 16th February 2022

21 of the funniest women in Britain

Podcasters, journalists, comics, writers... The British women who know how to have a laugh.

Dominic Maxwell , Ben Dowell , Jane Mulkerrins, Monique Rivalland, The Times, 6th February 2022

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