Revolver
- TV sketch show
- BBC One / BBC Choice
- 2001 - 2004
- 12 episodes (2 series)
BBC Scotland sketch show starring some of the biggest names of British comedy from the 1970s to 1990s. Stars John Inman, Leslie Phillips, Julie Goodyear and Gorden Kaye.
Press clippings
In the final analysis Revolver isn't challenging stuff, with the humour on offer often becoming quite comic strip. Nevertheless, there is a fascination in seeing old familiar faces back on television, who - it has to be said - do give it their all.
Chris Orton, Off The Telly, 13th January 2004Victor Lewis-Smith on Revolver
That's a pity, because although the scripts are atrocious and misguided, the idea behind Revolver is inspired. Grouping mature comedy actors [...] in a sort of "pensioners behaving badly" format has great comedic potential, and [...] should theoretically make this a must-see series. But the production has been led astray by a desire to bathe every sketch in League of Gentlemen-style darkness, a fetish for mini-cameras with wide-angle lenses, and an unfunny obsession with elderly lust for young flesh.
Victor Lewis-Smith, Evening Standard, 17th August 2001