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Bruce Dessau
Bruce Dessau

Bruce Dessau

  • Journalist and reviewer

Press clippings Page 181

TV 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 2017

Michael 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 2017

Review: 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 2017

TV 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 2017

Jon 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 2017

John Bishop review

He may be Winging It, but the laughs are effortless.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 4th November 2017

John 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 2017

Backlash 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

Comedians team up to help the hungry

Comedians Sean Lock, Bill Bailey and Lee Mack are teaming up to help to launch nextmeal.co.uk - a new website designed to help homeless people find out where their nearest hot meal is in one click.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th October 2017

Matt Lucas to turn on Christmas lights in Hay-On-Wye

Matt Lucas is to turn on the festive lights in Hay-On-Wye on November 24.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th October 2017

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