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Roisin Conaty gets full series of sitcom GameFace
GameFace, a sitcom in which Roisin Conaty plays a hapless woman muddling through life, is to get a full series on E4.
British Comedy Guide, 1st October 2015Great comedians can make anything funny. Eric Morecambe bleeding a radiator or Les Dawson reading out AutoTrader would be hilarious by default, but could modern standups work that same magic when, say, eating an entire watermelon or emptying a bathtub? Dave's new panel show hinges precariously on that premise, with a quintet of comics - this week including Frank Skinner, Tim Key and Roisin Conaty - performing acts at the behest of titular taskmaster Greg Davies. In practice, a premise unlikely to tickle the titter glands of many.
Mark Jones, The Guardian, 28th July 2015Radio Times review
As a civilisation, we're starting to realise that asking questions about news or trivia from behind a desk isn't the best way to wring semi-improvised laughs out of moderately popular comedians. Far wiser to make them do something less restrictive, where the thing itself is funny before anyone starts. So we come to this fun new jolly, where titular Taskmaster Greg Davies - flanked by the show's creator Alex Horne - awards comics marks for eating as much watermelon as they can in a minute, emptying a bathtub without pulling the plug out, or painting a horse while riding a horse.
The comfortingly familiar guests are Frank Skinner, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan and Tim Key. Skinner is a good weathervane, since he's been around far too long to bother laughing politely at unfunny jokes. Here, he laughs a lot.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 28th July 2015The second series of Greg Davies's crude, clever comedy continues to deliver, despite the hole left by Rik Mayall. This week, Davies's world-worn protagonist Dan is horrified to discover that his former school bully has the lead role in a play that he is attending with his students. Cue group therapy and a lesson in resilience from Aunt Nesta (Stephanie Cole). As per, disaster-prone pals Jo (Roisin Conaty) and Brian (Mike Wozniak) get into a variety of scrapes, too.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 22nd June 2015Greg Davies and Roisin Conaty interview
Before the press launch for the new series I caught up with Greg Davies and Roisin Conaty to find out more about what's in store. Here's what they had to say...
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 27th May 2015Seven questions with... Roisin Conaty
An interview with stand-up Roisin Conaty.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 20th March 2015Conaty, Pascoe & more added to Raise a Laugh for Refuge
Roisin Conaty, Sara Pascoe, Gabby Best and Jayde Adam have been added to Raise a Laugh for Refuge.
Jamie Harris, Digital Spy, 7th January 2015Radio Times review
At last, Buzzcocks has a permanent host. For too long we've been adrift on a choppy sea of guest hosts where for every swell like Terry Wogan or Adam Buxton who could make the show their own, there have been troughs of forgettable faces.
One of the more memorable is voluble Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert, who finally takes on the mantle of hosting duties left by Mark Lamarr and Simon Amstell. He's not as acerbic or waspish as either of those two, so expect more surreal anarchy than vicious putdowns. Guests Professor Green, Roisin Conaty, Gabby Logan and the 1975's Matt Healy will do their best to keep up.
David Crawford, Radio Times, 29th September 2014Latitude review: Roisin Conaty
Perhaps her mouthy, soldiering-on outlook is a little wasted on such a largely affluent, middle-class crowd, which is a shame.
Nic Wright, Giggle Beats, 19th July 2014Interview: Hayley Ellis
Loser at life and winner at losing Hayley Ellis presents her debut hour of stand-up about love, loss and a little Lhasa Apso dog called Kevin. Fresh from supporting Roisin Conaty on tour, award-winning Ellis lets you in on her loves, losses and life-lessons learnt from a little Lhasa Apso dog.
The New Current, 8th July 2014