Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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Stand Up And Deliver, C4 review
I don't know if the best celeb comic gets a prize, but Jason Manford deserves an award for patience above and beyond the call of duty.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th February 2021Richard Herring has operation to remove testicle
The current Taskmaster champion had the operation under general anaesthetic early on Wednesday morning at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th February 2021Tips for attending the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
At the time of writing it has not been confirmed whether the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will take place this year. After a lot of people hoped that it would happen in 2020 but almost all of the shows were cancelled. Although I did go up there to see an open air comedy gig, which was the only actual gig that took place in the city during August 2020.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd February 2021Rose Matafeo to edit edition of Radio 3's In Concert
Rose Matafeo is one of the celebrities who will curate an edition of Radio 3's In Concert series in March.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd February 2021Kemps doc sequel scuppered by Covid - temporarily?
Filmmaker Rhys Thomas has revealed that following the success of The Kemps: All True there were plans for a sequel, but then Covid came along.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th February 2021Edinburgh TV Festival nods for Gleadow and Smurthwaite
Jack Gleadow is one of the names picked out in the shortlist for Future TV Presenter in the Edinburgh TV Festival's New Voice Awards, while Kate Smurthwaite is nominated for the Test Card Award.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th February 2021Venues & comics finding ways to fight against covid
The industry has always trodden its own path, but now it needs support.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 11th February 2021Julian Lee wins UK Pun Off
Julian Lee has been crowned winner of the UK Pun Off at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th February 2021Lenny Henry is The Blob on The Masked Singer
As had been widely suggested on social media, Lenny Henry has been revealed as the star who was The Blob on ITV1's The Masked Singer.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th January 2021New report says diversity in TV has gone backwards
Deadline says that the report found that the representation of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic people (the report's terminology) went backwards both on and off screen. Behind the screen it went down to 11.8% from 12.3%. London Hughes, who has spoken out about how she decided to base herself in America, where her career has taken off tweeted: "Wow! BAME representation actually went backwards in UK television last year!!!.... THIS is why I've been so loud about my career move to the US! I honestly felt like I had no choice, and this report shows that not many of us do!!! SORT IT OUT BRITAIN!"
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th January 2021