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TV review: The Witchfinder, BBC Two
I've been looking forward to The Witchfinder ever since it was announced. As comedies go you can't get a better pedigree. It is written by Neil and Rob Gibbons, the brothers who write Alan Partridge, and stars Tim Key - Sidekick Simon from Partridge and a million other shows - and Daisy May Cooper from This Country. And I doff my cap to everyone, it's ruddy brilliant.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th March 2022The Witchfinder review
Expectations are high when you have a cast of comedy nobility, led by Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper, and a script from the writers of Alan Partridge. Yet The WitchfinderDaniel Rigby can't quite deliver on that promise, if not for a want of ambition.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th March 2022Chortle Awards 2022 shortlist revealed
The nominees have been announced for the Chortle Awards 2022, with Bob Mortimer, Liz Kingsman and Adam Rowe leading the shortlists, with two nominations apiece.
British Comedy Guide, 8th March 2022The Witchfinder review
A comedy with so much wasted potential it makes you sad.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 8th March 2022The Witchfinder review
Some of the finest comedy talents have produced something strangely mediocre.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 8th March 2022Tim Key channels David Brent in BBC comedy The Witchfinder
The comic stars as a 17th-century sorcery investigator alongside the wonderfully deadpan Daisy May Cooper.
Dan Einav, The Financial Times, 7th March 2022The Witchfinder: Even Daisy May Cooper can't make this bad comedy cast a spell
It has a glorious premise, comedy superstars in every scene, and the writers who reinvented Alan Partridge. This is TV with all the perfect ingredients, but it's missing one thing: jokes.
Joel Golby, The Guardian, 5th March 2022Russell Howard to headline Latitude
Russell Howard is to headline the Comedy Arena at this year's Latitude festival.
Chortle, 1st March 2022Tim Key: life beyond Alan Partridge
The actor and comedian spent years as a foil to Steve Coogan. Now he has a new poetry book, tour and sitcom The Witchfinder.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 19th February 2022Tim Key review
Key swerves Covid cliches by recreating his professional crisis in silly poems, poignant prose and punchlines involving his five-foot teddy bear companion.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 16th February 2022