Christopher Stevens

The laughs were more strained [compared to Kate & Koji], as though the lines had been rewritten so often that their originality had worn away. But the love affair is sweetly appealing, and there's an undercurrent of heartbreak as we begin to realise that both women are hiding pain in their past. Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe from Friends) had a cameo as Mae's vain, self-obsessed mother who apparently can't bear to see her daughter happy for a moment. More of her, please.

Kate & Koji review

Kate & Koji is funny - and funny enough to make me snort with laughter. The script is well-honed by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, who wrote Outnumbered. But what raises this show far above the ordinary are the performances by Brenda Blethyn and Jimmy Akingbola as the title characters.

Roy Hudd who has died aged 83 was the comedy king

Roy Hudd had been around so long, he used to call himself 'the Anglo-Saxons' favourite comedian'.

The Trouble With Maggie Cole review

If Dawn French gossiped like this in real life, she'd be in big trouble.

Last Tango in Halifax review

What the Dickens! The Artful Dodger's turned up in Halifax.

Home review

Bad comedy on telly is hardly unusual, but it's rare to see something so dreadful it's actually nauseating. The speeches about Britain's asylum laws, not to mention gay rights in Nigeria, came almost as a relief.

Shakespeare & Hathaway review

Turning the drama all the way up to 11, the Spinal Tap sleuths.

Cold Feet's ageing Jack the Lads are creepy

Everything that gets on my wick about Cold Feet (ITV) was summed up in the moment when John Thomson's character, cabbie Pete, arrived at court for jury service in his best suit and tie.

Good Omens review

The story is based on a novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, so it's bursting with daft jokes. Silliest of the lot is the convent for devil-worshipping nuns, the Sisters of the Chattering Order of St Beryl.

By hook or by Crook, Worzel Gummidge is a TV wonder

What greater horror could befall a 21st century child than to be without wi-fi or a phone charger? 'It'll be like the olden days,' gasped Susan to her brother John, cut adrift from technology in Worzel Gummidge (BBC1) - 'like the Nineties or something'. The olden days were director Mackenzie Crook's inspiration as he brought this quick-tempered, slow-witted, muddle-headed scarecrow back to life.