Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 179
Controversy over cancelled Jim Davidson gig
Jim Davidson has gone onto Facebook to explain why his show last night in Exeter did not happen.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th November 2017O'Carroll up in arms over BBC "ambushing" his daughter
Brendan O'Carroll, who plays Mrs Brown in the BBC sitcom, has hit back at the BBC over the way they have investigated the tax affairs of his real-life daughter, Fiona Delaney.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th November 2017TV preview: Detectorists, BBC4
Writer, director and star Mackenzie Crook has said that this is the last series of Detectorists. If that's the case it will be a great shame.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th November 2017Michael McIntyre's Charity Show review
The comic is all laughs with a touch of Kim Jong-un about him...
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th November 2017TV preview: Motherland, BBC2
The pilot of Motherland went out last year and was one of the best pilots I've seen in recent memory. But then that's no surprise.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th November 2017Jon Richardson, review: pedant's well worth the fuss
Richardson clearly exhibits signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder, writes Bruce Dessau, and is perfectly placed to find humour in it.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 6th November 2017Review: Pascoe, Brookes, Ilyas, Pritchard-McLean
If you like your comedy to make you think as well as laugh then this is definitely a welcome addition to the stand-up world.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th November 2017John Bishop review
He may be Winging It, but the laughs are effortless.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 4th November 2017John Cleese recreates Class Sketch for Hacked Off
In this reworking below, written and directed by filmmaker and former journalist Richard Peppiatt, the three performers (Cleese, Ian Stone and John Alford) play a wealthy man, a newspaper editor and an average joe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd November 2017Backlash over David Walliams' Halloween outfit
David Walliams has caused a kerfuffle by posting a photo of himself dressed as Kim Jong-un.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st November 2017