Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 168
BFI to hold all-day Spike Milligan celebration
The British Film Institute on London's South Bank is to devote a whole day to the work of comedy legend Spike Milligan, marking a century since his birth.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th April 2018TV review: Last Laugh In Vegas, ITV1
Michael Caine used to say that in his world you don't retire, the phone just stops ringing. Well it never seems to stop ringing for old celebrities being offered shows these days.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th April 2018Rachel Parris interview
Rachel Parris talks The Mash Report, Piers Morgan and savaging Donald Trump/
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 3rd April 2018TV review: Dave Allen At Peace, BBC2
An open goal missed by a mile. Watch the documentary instead.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2018The Generation Game review
I probably have seen a worse television programme than The Generation Game but I have to be honest, nothing immediately springs to mind.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd April 2018Cambridge Footlights president Ruby Keane resigns
Footlights President Ruby Keane said that her resignation was a protest against the system for nominating Footlights members and the lack of opportunities for aspiring comedians from non-white backgrounds. Footlights has faced accusations that its committee -- fewer than a dozen people deemed to be official members -- is too white. At present all 11 members are white, while 15 per cent of the student body are from BAME (black and minority ethnic) backgrounds.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd April 2018TV review: Episodes, BBC2
It happens to be quite funny. Not that comedies have to be very funny these days...
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st April 2018TV review: Lee & Dean, C4
I'm not sure if I'd have them round to mine to put up a wall but I'm happy to see them on Friday nights at 10pm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st April 2018TV review: Cunk On Britain, BBC2
The dimwits are taking over. Philomena Cunk, alias Diane Morgan, finally gets a whole series in which she has the chance to look at the entire history of Britain, interview various experts and, while she is at it, get things hopelessly, hilariously wrong.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st March 2018Daniel Kitson pays for fan's MOT
During the gig, however, Kitson was engaging in his traditional banter with the audience and asked one fan, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, about their day after a friend shouted out that it was Morgan's birthday. They explained that they had just taken their car for its annual MOT earlier and than it had failed the test and run up a considerable repair bill. Kitson was so moved by their story that he decided to combine his fee and the fee Tony Law - who was supposed to headline - would have received if he had also done the gig.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th March 2018