Al Campbell
- Actor, director and producer
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TV review: Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe, BBC Two
Well at least one good thing has come out of this bloody pandemic. We've got another Wipe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th May 2020Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe review
There's no surer sign that the hairline cracks in the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' all-in-this-together, good-old British pluck response to Covid-19 has fissured into more open derision of government failures than having cynic-in-chief Charlie Brooker return to our screens.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th May 2020Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe, review
Brilliant, topical comedy that burns with a necessary rage.
Adam White, The Independent, 14th May 2020Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe review
Brooker is never better than when at home, shouting at the TV, so perhaps it's little wonder the lockdown finds him on his best-ever form.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 14th May 2020Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe, BBC2, review
A bullet train of sarcasm through two months of coronavirus.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 14th May 2020Antiviral Wipe, review
Charlie Brooker takes no prisoners but this format is old hat.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 14th May 2020TV review: Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
This was fantastic stuff then, both fascinating and funny, and it deserves a huge amount of credit for dealing with a topic that many are sick to death off in an original, honest and consistently hilarious manner.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 14th May 2020Review: Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
"Antiviral Wipe should be considered an essential service."
Chris Edwards, Digital Spy, 14th May 2020Review: Antiviral Wipe
The quick-paced satirical special makes Brooker's return to our screens well worth the wait, says Lauren Morris.
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 14th May 2020Line of Duty alumni, Stephen Graham and Daniel Mays, star in the comedy-drama Code 404, written by Daniel Peak, directed by Al Campbell. They play detective partners, one of whom, John Major (Mays) was killed in action, but then resurrected by artificial intelligence. It emerges that not only has DI Roy Carver (Graham) been involved with Major's wife (Anna Maxwell Martin), but now, if his revitalised partner makes too many mistakes, he can be "switched off".
As these are the kinds of roles that Mays and Graham excel in playing straight, it took a while to adjust my perceptions. It was delivered as a classic funny/straight double act, with May hurling himself into the comedy and Graham anxiously trying to contain the fallout. While Code 404 didn't always hit the mark in this opener, the energy and enthusiasm were infectious, and with this level of talent on board I will be sticking with it.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 3rd May 2020