Christopher Stevens
- Writer and reviewer
Press clippings Page 22
Detectorists: Go digging for this treasure hunt comedy
This is what TV looks like when the volume isn't turned up to 11. It's a rarity nowadays, but a refreshing one.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th October 2014Who do they think they are kidding?
A glance at the names will tell you that this wrong-headed remake by Universal Pictures is certain to fail, because of their very celebrity. Egos will clash; instead of chemistry there will be only friction.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th October 2014Stephen Fry: What a conceited coke head
Stephen Fry's latest book reads (amid the crass name-dropping) like a love letter to a class A drug. Why is such a talented man such a lout?
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 1st October 2014James Corden's biggest gamble
A good woman's love pulled him back from yobbery. Now is this talented but fragile star risking all by taking on the toughest job in US TV?
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 7th August 2014Episodes review
It's a banal relationship comedy, with no special ingredient at all. Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig are a geeky, immature couple, trying to write a hit show but out of their depth among the U.S. has-beens and permatanned executives. It might as well be called Californian Luvvies.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 28th May 2014It's criminal to keep these comedy gems locked away
It is criminal that the BBC has been sitting on thousands of hours of historic material for decades, letting the cannisters disappear under layers of dust and never publishing a catalogue of what's actually in their film warehouses -let alone reshowing them.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 12th May 2014Miller's Mountain: No one's cracking a smile
The one-off Miller's Mountain (BBC One) was quite literally as funny as a broken leg.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 7th May 2014Gervais is just a sniggering playground bully
This show is the most rancid dollop of insincere gloop ever served up on telly.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 24th April 2014Rev turns failure into divine comedy
Rev takes failure to the limit. Comedy this bitter is an acquired taste, which might be why professional comics are queuing up for cameos.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 24th March 2014Is this proof the TV chat show is dead?
It takes experience and steel nerves to control a difficult interviewee. The problem is, Michael McIntyre is not a journalist. He's a family comedian, as abrasive as a butterball.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 21st March 2014