Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Bob Mortimer's Train Guy pulls into the BBC
Bob Mortimer's online character Train Guy is coming to the BBC. He is one of the characters in the new lockdown series Comedians: Home Alone, which starts on BBC Two on June 1 at 10.15pm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th May 2020Isolation Song Contest raises over £38,000
An alternative Eurovision Song Contest, the Isolation Song Contest, has raised £38,452 to help support The Trussell Trust, Crisis and Refuge. The winner has also been revealed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th May 2020TV review: What's The Matter With Tony Slattery?
Slattery today, in this compelling documentary, seems to be a different person. There are still flashes of wit and moments of that mercurial twinkle, but he is not the same as he was. And, as the title says, this programme sets out to work out what happened to him.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st May 2020Book review: Alternative Comedy
When I saw that Oliver Double's new book about Alternative Comedy was £75 I assumed it was a massive doorstep tome that the post person would never be able to carry. So I was surprised when (than you Bloomsbury Press Office) a relatively thin 200-ish page hardback dropped through my letterbox.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th May 2020New arrangements for Daniel Kitson tickets
New timings have been set up for the sale of tickets for Daniel Kitson's forthcoming online shows following issues when the tickets went on sale on Friday.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th May 2020Stewart Lee column causes controversy
A column written by Stewart Lee and published in The Observer on Sunday has prompted members of the UK Jewish community to respond.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th May 2020Comedy Store Players improvised show to stream online
The Comedy Store Players, the UK's longest-running improvisation team, will be putting a show online for the very first time since they started in 1985.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th May 2020Daniel Kitson sets up new ticketing for gigs
Daniel Kitson is to rearrange the sale of tickets for his upcoming online gigs after the ticketing system could not handle the spike in traffic when tickets went on sale on Friday.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th May 2020Myra Dubois gets thumbs up from Britain's Got Talent
The quickfire club regular scored four yeses after a mix of stand-up - comparing Simon Cowell's teeth to a newly fitted kitchen - and a distinctive rendition of the Annie Lennox hit Why.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th May 2020TV 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 2020