Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Review - Alan Partridge: Why When Where How and Whom?
Steve Coogan's monstrous comic icon is all set to return to the BBC next year with a new Brexit-related show, so as a nice curtain-raiser this documentary about Alan Partridge works as both a laugh-packed clips show and a history of the spoof celebrity who put Norwich on the map.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th December 2017TV preview: Vic & Bob's Big Night Out, BBC2
I still love Vic and Bob and there are some deliciously odd moments here which I won't reveal. Maybe it's just hard to same the same gobsmacking impact the second time around. Particularly if it is more than a quarter of a century on.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th December 2017Mo Gilligan wins at Black British Entertainment Awards
Mo Gilligan has won the Best Comedian title at the Black British Entertainment Awards.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th December 2017Opinion: Inside No 9, the all-time top six episodes
The new series of Inside No 9 starts on BBC2 on January 2 at 10pm. But what is your favourite episode out of the ones that have been broadcast so far?
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd December 2017The League Of Gentlemen, Episode 2, BBC2
Among the other highlights in part two, unlikely kidnappers Edward And Tubbs offer some thrills and chills and there is some real horror at the end.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th December 2017Preview: The League Of Gentlemen, Episode 1, BBC2
he result is a clever blend of mainly familiar and briefly unfamiliar, which makes you feel as if the programme has never been away. Maybe it has evolved but not very far. "The world's moved on," we are told at one point. Not that much for Royston Vasey though. In a Good Way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th December 2017Piers Morgan in trouble for comments about Nish Kumar
Piers Morgan has incurred the wrath of a number of comedians following his provocative tweet about Nish Kumar earlier today.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th December 2017Theatre Review: Thirty Christmases
Thirty Christmases is flawed, but then aren't we all? It certainly puts a different spin on festive theatre.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th December 2017Review: The Celebrity Voicemail Show, BBC3
The result is a show that is cleverer than it initially seems and another great showcase for Kayvan Novak. Whether they could make a full TV series out of it I don't know. I'm not sure if the BBC could afford that much rubber.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th December 2017Preview: Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How & Whom?
This richly textured account of the craft involved in that early development and the ongoing story of how, through Coogan's virtuoso performance, Alan remains one of the most beloved comic creations of the last few decades.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th December 2017