Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala review
Didn't get to the Edinburgh Fringe? Don't worry, the Fringe has come to you, with three galas rotating acts shortlisted for Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 16th October 2019Starstruck picked up by Australia and New Zealand
Starstruck, the new six-part comedy written, created by and starring 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Rose Matafeo has been picked up by ABC and TVNZ following its commission by BBC Three and HBO Max in the USA.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th October 2019Jim Moir to present video art documentary
In BBC Four's Kill Your TV: Jim Moir's Weird World Of Video Art, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations 'hacked' the tools of television to pioneer new ways of creating art that can be beautiful, bewildering and wildly experimental.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th October 2019Theatre review: The Man In The White Suit
We weren't blown away, it has to be admitted, but nor did we take the nuclear option of leaving in the interval.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th October 2019Book Extract: I Carried A Watermelon by Katy Brand
A extract from Brand's book about Dirty Dancing.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th October 2019Rich Hall documentary explores US-Russia relationship
2019 will mark the thirtieth year since the fall of the Berlin Wall and, ostensibly, the end of the Cold War. In light of this, Rich Hall embarks on an examination of the relationship between the West and the East, America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as part of a BBC4 season commemorating the fall of the Wall.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th October 2019TV review: Motherland, BBC2
It was announced just before this second series started that there would be a third series of Motherland. It's be interesting to see how it evolves as there are a few changes in the opening episode of the second run.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th October 2019Audible secures rights for David Mitchell's new title
Audible, the world's leading provider of spoken-word entertainment, has secured worldwide English language audio rights to David Mitchell's new book Dishonesty Is The Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules To Live By, narrated by Mitchell himself.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2019Film review: The Day Shall Come
Maybe Morris is getting more serious as he gets older or maybe we live in more serious times, but there are less laughs here than in Four Lions.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2019Josh Widdicombe's youngest fan?
Josh Widdicombe had an unusually young fan at his Nottingham gig on Saturday night: a one-year-old.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2019