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Documents from Dad's Army film show precision behind on screen chaos
A call sheet, movement order and maps from the first Dad's Army film reveal the slick behind-the-scenes operation that helped the classic BBC comedy become a hit.
Slough Observer, 29th May 2024
Patti Harrison review
It's uncompromising, hilarious, powerfully strange work.
Tim Harding, Chortle, 29th May 2024
My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom review
O'Sullivan has done something really memorable here, breaking down a taboo using humour.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th May 2024
Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening review
If you are over 45 this is a delightfully funny show, with a tinge of nostalgia of a world where there were only four TV channels, a first-class touring cast with well-developed characters (after all there were 65 TV episodes over six series) and a satirical wit that is as sharp as it always was and earns it a four-star review.
Nick Wayne, West End Best Friend, 29th May 2024
Cluedo 2 review
Like the board game itself, Cluedo 2 is a fine way to spend an evening. Just don't expect to remember much about it once the pieces are all back in the box.
Mark Clegg, The Reviews Hub, 29th May 2024
Ricky Gervais has every right to ridicule trans activists
Standing up to orthodoxies is what comedians do best.
Stephen Knight, Spiked, 29th May 2024
The Outlaws Series 3 review
It centres around a dead body, but the final series of Stephen Merchant's Bristol comedy is bursting with life.
Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 29th May 2024
We Are Lady Parts Series 2 review
The Channel 4 comedy about a group of young Muslim women who form a punk band is back with a vengeance!
Rachel Creeger, Funny Women, 29th May 2024
Inside No. 9's CTRL ALT ESC was right to avoid the darkest ending
We can all breathe a sigh of relief.
David Craig, Radio Times, 29th May 2024
Inside No. 9: CTRL/ALT/ESC review
A rare combination of warmth and intensity, CTRL/ALT/ESC is another genre-blending, devastating episode in this final season of Inside No. 9.
Nick Bartlett, Critical Popcorn, 29th May 2024
Inside No. 9: CTRL/ALT/ESC review
How do Jason and his family fare trapped in The Killer's Lair?
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 29th May 2024On the Mic Picks: Nina Gilligan
Nina is sometimes outrageous, always hilarious with a charming, loveable persona and an acerbic wit.
On The Mic, 29th May 2024Videos
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6am30 min
Trying
Series 4, Episode 3 - Murder At Slaughterbridge ManorA family party leads to a life-changing decision for the birthday boy.
9pm60 min
Hold The Front Page
Series 2, Episode 6 - South Wales: The South Wales ArgusReporting for a daily paper, The South Wales Argus, Nish and Josh's journalistic skills will be tested to the max with harsh deadlines and fresh challenges... and trying out their Welsh without offending the whole nation.
9pm60 min
Painting Birds With Jim And Nancy Moir
Series 2, Episode 4 - North Wales: Black GrouseThe couple head to north Wales in search of the black grouse, meeting bird experts, learning the art of lino printing and paint alongside comedian Joe Pasquale.
10pm30 min
Inside No. 9
Series 9, Episode 4 - CTRL, ALT, ESCJason, Lynne and their two teenage daughters try out their local escape room, The Killer's Lair. It's not really the girls' idea of fun, but they love their dad, and he loves following the clues and solving the puzzles. Will they get out before they run out of time?
11:20pm80 min
Jen Brister: Meaningless
Jen Brister performs her critically acclaimed show. She uses her hilarious ranting to rail against period poverty, the perimenopause and why her Mum needs to get out of her bloody house now.