Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 183
TV review: Man Down, C4
Greg Davies returns for a fourth series of Man Down and I sense a bit of a theme emerging. He has previously had a run-in with a turkey and in the first episode of the new run of this tragic, anarchic sitcom he has an oversized chicken thrown at him. But that is just a small indignity compared to some of his other issues in this opening instalment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th October 2017Review: Trigger Happy TV, All4
Is there still a place for Dom Joly in 2017? After returning with a first All4 series of Trigger Happy TV he is now back with a second series and I'm not so sure.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th October 2017Matt Parker makes petition to change road sign shape
Mathematician Matt Parker, part of the Festival Of The Spoken Nerd science/comedy group, has set up a petition to "Update the UK Traffic Signs Regulations to a geometrically correct football." It has reached 18,243 signatures meaning it will receive a response from government (at 100,000 signatures petitions are considered for debate in parliament).
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th October 2017Grant awarded for Malcolm Hardee film-maker
Jody VandenBurg, the Director/Filmmaker who is making a film about comic legend Malcolm Hardee entitled All The Way From Over There, is one of the recipients of a £5000 award.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th October 2017Tim Key review
Charismatic oddball revels in his tantalisingly clever show.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 17th October 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - John Hegley
Stand-up poet John Hegley is something of a legend.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th October 2017Live review: Young Frankenstein, Garrick Theatre, WC2
If you are going to see Young Frankenstein please leave your political correctness antennae in the cloakroom. I counted three gags about breasts in the first fifteen minutes and the rest of the show is positively peppered with the kind of smutty humour that makes the Carry On films seems like Chekhov. And yet somehow this doesn't matter. In this age of triggers and safe spaces it feels a bit old school to say this, but you'll probably be laughing too much to care.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th October 2017TV review: Porridge, Episode 2, The Cake, BBC1
You know what? I still think it's an odd decision to reboot this classic, but this second episode isn't too bad at all.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th October 2017TV review: GameFace, E4, Episode 2
By one of those quirks of scheduling one of the storylines in the second episode of GameFace is very similar to a subplot in the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode which just went out.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th October 2017Interview, Nick Helm
I interviewed Nick Helm this summer for the London Evening Standard in the run-up to his new tour and new Dave TV series Eat Your Heart Out. You can read the original interview there but he said so much that I couldn't fit in that I've posted the interview transcript below.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th October 2017