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Greg Davies leads a dark and curious comedy
The Cleaner (BBC One) is a strange creation, and - while intriguing - it may turn out to be an acquired taste.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 10th September 2021The Cleaner review
Greg Davies is brilliantly funny in intriguing crime scene sitcom.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 10th September 2021The Cleaner review
The series isn't quite dark or comic enough to go down as an unqualified success.
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 7th September 2021David Mitchell, columnist of this parish, has a new Radio 4 series, Mitchell On Meetings. Mitchell doesn't like them. Mitchell, whose witty, slightly embittered articulacy makes him the ideal Radio 4 personality, has avoided meetings for years. But during this programme, the first of three, he realises that the comedy panel shows that make up much of his professional life are, in fact, quite like meetings: "There are the ones where no one's listening, and people have gone in with 10 things they want to say, and there are the ones where it's actually a conversation..."
This was such a delicious show, so cleverly hosted that interesting information just slid down, medicine sugared by fun. As with the 606-ers, disappointment and irritation are Mitchell's default moods, but, God, he makes them hilarious. On learning that introverts think before they speak, whereas extroverts just start chatting: "Look, while I'm thinking, I'm making a noise, why can't introverts learn that?"
Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian, 26th June 2021David Mitchell hosts challenge show Outsiders
David Mitchell will host Outsiders, a comedy entertainment series for channel Dave in which a group of comedians are challenged with outdoor tasks.
British Comedy Guide, 5th May 2021BAFTA TV Awards 2021 nominations
Ghosts, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees in the BAFTA TV Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 28th April 2021Olivia Colman needed hypnotherapy after wetting herself
Olivia Colman has revealed that she saw a hypnotherapist for stage fright after once 'wetting herself' on stage laughing with David Mitchell.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 23rd April 2021Comfort classic: Peep Show
Steve Clarke can't get enough of this missing link between Men Behaving Badly and Fleabag.
Steve Clarke, Royal Television Society, 8th April 202120 names we'd like to see on Taskmaster
Which comics would you like to see on the show? Here are some name we think would make excellent competitors.
Chortle, 3rd March 2021Review: Stand Up And Deliver
The news that celebrities would be trying their hand at stand-up on TV was initially greeted with rumblings of discontent among some comedians. Why should these famous amateurs be given air time when established practitioners can barely work, was their understandable complaint.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th February 2021