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Still Open All Hours Series 5 confirmed
Still Open All Hours will return to BBC One for a fifth series later in 2018. The recommission means that the sequel has now accumulated more episodes, and more series, than the original hit show.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd May 2018Home From Home, BBC1, review
Old-school sitcom should focus on characters, not contrived plots.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 28th April 2018Johnny Vegas as everyman hero
Gentle class-divide sitcom.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 21st April 2018The class-divide comedy set in the Lake District gets a series. When salt-of-the-earth Neil (Johnny Vegas) and family secure their decrepit holiday home, they feel as if they have made it - until they meet their posh neighbours. Tonight, Neil's problems are compounded by an ambiguous text and an unsightly wifi mast.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 20th April 2018TV: Home From Home, BBC One
If Vegas he has to be in the mainstream I'd rather see him in this than in Benidorm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th April 2018Johnny Vegas: 'Home From Home is a class comedy'
Johnny Vegas tells TV Times about his new holiday park comedy Home From Home...
What's On TV, 10th April 2018The Generation Game, BBC1, review
Latest reboot lacked Brucie's genius for the impromptu.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 1st April 2018Radio 2 announces Comedy Showcase 2018 line-up
Radio 2 has announced its 2018 Comedy Showcase pilot line-up. The 12 shows feature stars including Johnny Vegas, Joe Thomas, Rosie Cavaliero, Tim Key, Pippa Evans, Julian Clary and Josh Widdicombe.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd March 2018In praise of Benidorm, the UK's most under-rated sitcom
It's a funny old game, comedy. Steve Pemberton's critical accolades for The League of Gentleman, and BBC2's late night cult hit, Inside No 9, are legion. But you'll be hard pressed to read glowing reviews of his eight years starring in the ITV comedy Benidorm. In fact you'll be hard pressed to read anything glowing from sniffy critics about the hit sitcom, despite its millions of viewers, longevity and viewer-voted National Television Awards. In fact, one critic went so far as to describe the viewing public a "disgrace" for voting for it.
Andrew Johnson, i Newspaper, 20th February 2018Frank Sidebottom film gets world premiere next month
The Frank Sidebottom documentary Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, will be released in UK cinemas later this year after its world premiere at next month's South By Southwest Film Festival in Texas, Chortle can reveal.
Chortle, 9th February 2018