Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
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TV review: Back, Series Two, C4
Now this is more like it. At the risk of sounding like a fogeyish version of the David Mitchell character in Peep Show/real life this is a proper good old grown up comedy. Not really a sitcom at all though judging by the first episode of the second series, but hang around, there is definitely humour to be sniffed out here.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st January 2021New Dave Cohen book about writing released
Veteran comedian Dave Cohen has written an ebook during lockdown offering writing advice and more, If Only I Had The Time: How To Keep Writing When The World Stops Moving.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th January 2021Alan Carr launches travel podcast
Life's A Beach sees Alan giving Judith Chalmers and Michael Palin a run for their money, as he invites a famous guest each week to discuss their favourite places in the world.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th January 2021Twitter suspends Ricky Gervais's cat
Following the suspension of Donald Trump's Twitter account the social media giant last night suspended the account of Pickle, the cat belonging to Ricky Gervais.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th January 2021Bamous review
The sketches between Baptiste's straight-to-camera routines expand on the idea that the media has continuously marginalised or misunderstood black talent, either ignoring it completely or scheduling it after most people have gone to bed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th January 2021W1A cast mocks BBC's new tagging device on Twitter
Cast members of BBC media satire W1A have reconvened on Twitter to mock the recent news that BBC staff at New Broadcasting House have to wear "social distance proximity devices" to ensure social distancing that beeps if they come too close to their colleagues.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th January 2021Nick Helm cancels Phoenix From The Flames tour
Helm had extended the tour into 2020 due to demand but having moved the dates to 2021 he has now cancelled them
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th January 2021Review: Staged
Back in mid-December when the launch date for the second series of Staged was announced I jokingly tweeted: "So clever of BBC to schedule it to coincide with new lockdown". Little did I know how accurate that tweet would be.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th January 2021Opinion: my talking head comeback
If you tune into Five on Friday, January 1 from 9pm you will definitely see Michael McIntyre in their documentary, Michael McIntyre: In His Own Words. You might also see some of me if I've made the edit.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st January 2021Opinion: the comedy week I will never forget
2020 might be a year we want to forget, but there is one week that I will never forget. Maybe it was a premonition and like a squirrel storing up nuts I wanted to get some comedy in the bank, but the week before Covid-19 really hit the UK I saw many more live shows than I usually see in a week in London.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st January 2021