Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 203
TV preview: Decline And Fall, BBC1
Well we've gone back to the 1970s this week, we might as well go the whole hog and go back to the 1920s with this three-part television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel. And talking of hogs, we've barely been a minute into the action when the chumps from Oxford's riotous Bollinger Club have lobbed a pig's head out of the window into the quad.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th March 2017Sue Perkins to host British Academy Television Awards
Sue Perkins is to host the British Academy Television Awards this year.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th March 2017Teenage Cancer Trust Comedy Night, review
The evening was a goody bag of talent, brilliantly compered by Romesh Ranganathan.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 30th March 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Tom Walker
You may not know the name of Tom Walker but you should know the name of Jonathan Pie.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th March 2017Opinion: Inside No 9 - the all-time top six episodes
For trainspotters out there what would the dream six-part series be if it was made up of the top six rating episodes on BTJ. You asked? Here is the answer...
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th March 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - David Baddiel
David Baddiel's latest show, My Family: Not The Sitcom returns to the West End for the third and final time from March 29. It is honest, touching, audacious and, of course, very funny.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th March 2017Was this year's Red Nose Day Show a disaster?
What was interesting here was the disconnect between Edinburgh Fringe favourites and a mainstream BBC audience. What the former crowd adores the latter abhores.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th March 2017Simon Munnery, comedy review
Fans of Noel Fielding and Spike Milligan will enjoy Simon Munnery's comedy, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 23rd March 2017Tez Ilyas, comedy review
These topics are well-trod terrain but but Tez Ilyas won round the crowd, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 22nd March 2017Vic & Bob working on new TV show
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are still working on their new sketch show, as reported by Beyond The Joke last year. "We are ready to go," says Mortimer, "but nobody wants to film it."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2017