Press clippings
Daniel Kitson's Edinburgh Fringe show goes on sale
And The Stand expands its programme... including another controversial booking.
Chortle, 8th May 2023Comedians provide jokes for charity Christmas card range
Alex Horne, Angela Barnes, Josh Widdicombe, Josie Long and Sara Pascoe are amongst the comedians who have contributed jokes to a range of Christmas cards raising funds for the charity shelter.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2017Porridge: The Go-Between preview
The new Porridge certainly feels comfortable and familiar, but also does enough not to be a shameless counterfeit, even if it clearly exists in the shadow of its forebear.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th October 2017Porridge reboot shows that past is best left alone
Watching the new Porridge is like visiting a favourite old café only to find that its best bits have been jettisoned: the tomato-shaped ketchup bottles have been replaced by sachets, the Formica tables by stripped pine. Sometimes the past is best left alone.
Ben Lawrence, The Telegraph, 6th October 2017TV review: Porridge, BBC1
Over the weekend I posted a small preview of this new series on Facebook and very quickly got an unusually large number of comments. Let's put it this way. The only person who said something nice about the reboot of the regularly repeated classic prison sitcom was a mate of one of the cast.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd October 2017BBC One orders six more episodes of Porridge
BBC One has ordered a full series of the new version of Porridge, starring Kevin Bishop as Fletch's grandson.
British Comedy Guide, 6th October 2016Landmark comedy season: Porridge gets an update
The depth of the night-time conversations between Old Fletch and Godber, in particular, to a great extent laid in what was not said. When Richard Beckinsale's Godber asks: 'Fletch, are you awake?' Barker - after a beat - replies 'No'. A whole world of pain existed within that silence, and this was missing.
Deborah Shrewsbury, The Custard TV, 28th August 2016Dave Hill: my Brexit zinger
Attention People of the United Kingdom: As you have no doubt already read about in the papers, heard about on the news, or overheard someone mumbling about in your local sexual health clinic waiting room, I have decided to come to London for seven magical days and nights (August 1-7, to be exact) as part of the Camden Fringe. Yeah, I know, I'm pretty excited about it too.
Dave Hill, Chortle, 31st July 2016Cast confirmed for new version of Porridge
Kevin Bishop has been confirmed as the lead actor in the new version of Porridge. The cast list also includes Mark Bonnar, Ralph Ineson and Dave Hill.
British Comedy Guide, 31st March 2016Preview: Is it comedy or art or both?
I've always been partial to a bit of art, I've always been partial to a bit of comedy and I've always been partial to a freebie, so Fancy Meeting You Here is right up my street. This is a free roving comedy show, hosted by Americans Dave Hill (not the one from Slade) and Carl Arnheiter, which takes audiences on idiosyncratic tours of cultural landmarks.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th April 2014