comedy
Never mind the global systemic catastrophe
Look, I probably ought to put up something about Credit Default Swaps or LIBOR or something but, honestly, I just can’t. So—by way of light relief—here’s this week’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Laugh? You’ll probably find yourself unwinding your long-term leverage or increasing your tier 1 capital. Sarcastic grammar school charmer Simon Amstell is outstanding: [...]
Sorry, I’ve got no head
The CBBC comedy series, Sorry, I’ve Got No Head is almost at the end of its first series so catch it while you can. It’s become the highlight of our telly week. Seeing as most adult comedy isn’t funny these days, it’s okay to watch the kids’ stuff. This has a great cast, with a [...]
Hedz
In long summer days when good telly is thin on the ground Hedz is a great pick-me-up. It gently takes the piss out of celebrities through daft sketches where they have giant cardboard cut-outs for faces (in the style of Reeves & Mortimer’s George Michael). It’s on CBBC so is for kids really, but that [...]
Summer Heights High
We don’t get much Australian TV on the beeb do we? I was pleased to bump into this ABC comedy ‘Summer Heights High‘ on iPlayer. It’s a slightly dark, slightly edgy, very funny mockumentary. Here’s episode two. Episode one is still up, so you can start there, but you’ll have to be very quick.
Delta Forever
I must confess that I plucked this at random out of the ‘sitcoms‘ section on iPlayer, not having seen or heard anything about it, so I wasn’t expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised by it though. It sort of crept up on me and by the end I was really impressed with the cast and [...]
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