Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Was the BBC really horrified by Frankie Boyle?
What is weird is the Mirror said he BBC axed the show because 'executives were horrified to find the pilot show included sick jokes about the IRA killing of Lord Mountbatten'.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th January 2015Catastrophe review
Catastrophe got off to a powerful start, cramming a full series-worth of exposition and drama into the first ten minutes.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th January 2015Drunk History review
In execution, the simple idea of drunk storytellers proves more entertaining than it ought to be, although there's probably a question mark over how long the joke will remain funny.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th January 2015Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Preview Show review
The preview show for the Leicester Comedy Festival - Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival as host Alan Davies repeatedly corrected himself - is an interesting litmus test, introducing mainly non-famous comedians to a broadly conservative crowd, albeit one acclimatised to different comedy rhythms, thanks to this annual showcase.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th January 2015Crims review
Based on one episode, which is always tricky for a sitcom where characters are not yet established, Crims feels like a sitcom that doesn't fulfil its potential, but has more positive indicators than negative ones, and will be worth a second look.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th January 2015Piccadilly Comedy Club New Comedian Of 2015 review
Amir Khoshsokhan won. Also featured were Magnus Turner MP, Russ Peers, Laura McClenaghen, Edd Hedges, Archie Maddox, Tom Ward and Ben Clover.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd January 2015The ten most memorable comedy gigs of 2014
Focussing on the positives, here are the ten shows of 2014 that made my entirely subjective cut.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 2014Spike Milligan: Love, Light And Peace review
This is a tender, rounded, and sympathetic portrait that leaves the viewer feeling as if they knew this extraordinary figure and his chaotic mind just a little bit better.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th December 2014Sarah Millican - Home Bird Live: DVD review
As always, she comes across as a heightened, chummy Everywoman, and while not banging the drum of feminism quite so blatantly as some of her contemporaries, uses that liveability to smuggle in some astute points about pernicious women's magazines and Kate Moss's assertion that 'nothing tastes as good as skinny feels'. For any woman - or any man - who knows that's bullshit, Millican's the comic for you.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th November 2014An Evening With Noel Fielding - review
Even in middle-age, Fielding remains ambitious and inventive, creating a world that works on its own logic yet resonates with ours - and includes some gloriously funny moments only he could have designed.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th October 2014