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Chortling boob McIntyre is joined this week by former Saturday Rochelle Humes and her fella, Marvin. They hand over their phones for the weekly Send to All skit, while Jason Manford turns in a quick snippet of standup and another man, coincidentally also called Marvin - this one's a horse trainer - becomes the "unexpected star of the show", a hidden camera palaver worthy of Noel Edmonds's heyday. Make of that what you will.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 9th December 2017Our pick of the best Christmas comedy DVDs
Need a bit of ho, ho, ho this Christmas? These stand-up comedy DVDs might help. Kathryn Knight picks her favourites...
Kathryn Knight, Daily Mail, 1st December 2017This week on McIntyre's Big Show, Danny "197th in line to the throne" Dyer allows the liberal use of his phone in the Send to All segment, while Gary Barlow - having chosen a truly unforgivable suit jacket for the occasion - takes to the stage to publicly embarrass a group of unsuspecting folk with a Take That karaoke skit that goes on for just a bit too long. If all that wasn't sufficient deterrent, there's Russell Kane.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 25th November 2017Michael McIntyre's Big Show review
Bursting into bedrooms and sending texts from the former shadow chancellor's phone ... The comedian's show is back - and hard to dislike.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 20th November 2017TV review: Michael McIntyre's Big Show, BBC1
This is a show that wants to be everything for everyone. It even harked back to McIntyre's Live at the Apollo roots with a stand-up set from special guest Joe Lycett, who did a winning routine about scamming a scammer who was trying to get him to pay a deposit on a possibly non-existent flat. I'd heard him do that gag so long ago it harked back to those happy carefree days before Brexit. But then in that way this is a show all about nostalgia. Apart from Send To All there is nothing truly new in it. But do you know what the weirdest thing is about it? It all happened so fast I was too busy enjoying it at the time to notice.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th November 2017Michael McIntyre's Big Show, BBC1, review
A pleasantly silly Saturday night winner.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 19th November 2017A third run of McIntyre's amiable funfest introduces a benign nightmare called The Midnight Gameshow: the host bursts into a sleeping fan's bedroom and stages a quiz, complete with celebrity guests. Back at the theatre, Emeli Sandé and Joe Lycett are the turns, while Ed Balls plays Celebrity Send to All. Before sending an awkward text, McIntyre has a peek at the intimidatingly extravagant Balls/Cooper Ocado order.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 18th November 2017Michael McIntyre's Charity Show review
The comic is all laughs with a touch of Kim Jong-un about him...
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th November 2017How Edinburgh changed British comedy
Comedy did not feature at all when the Edinburgh Fringe began but over the past three decades it has become the "spiritual home" of Britain's funny folk.
Steven Brocklehurst, BBC, 6th August 2017Why I avoid the Edinburgh International Festival
Stick to the Edinburgh Fringe, which continues to get bigger - if not exactly better - at 70.
Lloyd Evans, The Spectator, 27th July 2017