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TV Review: David Walliams & Friend

It would be easy to mock the easy game show spoofs and the repetitive one-note Middle Class Jeremy Kyle gag but there is actually a lot to like here.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th December 2016

Preview - Walliams and Friend

The David Walliams comedy vehicle continues apace this week dragging Harry Enfield along for the ride.

Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 2nd December 2016

Walliams & Friend review

Walliams & Friend was a reminder of how good Harry Enfield's Nineties sketch shows were.

Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 2nd December 2016

Preview: Walliams & Friend with Harry Enfield, BBC1

After last week's edition in which David Walliams teamed up with youngish turk Jack Whitehall this week he teams up with oldish master Harry Enfield. And not surprisingly, given Enfield's sketch comedy pedigree the result is very good indeed and at some points positively brilliant.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st December 2016

Walliams & Friend review

The problem for most of these sketches are so blandly decontextualised they could have been written any time in the past 40 years, and the punchlines tend to be feeble.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 26th November 2016

Friends, family and fans bid farewell to Jimmy Perry

There were glowing tributes and warm memories as friends and loved ones said their final farewells to a giant of British sitcom.

Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 7th November 2016

Alan Carr to marry long-time boyfriend Paul Drayton

Alan Carr is engaged to marry his long-term actor boyfriend - and best friend Adele is going to be the bridesmaid.

The Sun, 29th September 2016

Ricky Tomlinson remembers dear friend Caroline Aherne

The outspoken funnyman asked "why didn't she have a state funeral like Margaret Thatcher?"

The Sun, 28th September 2016

Graham Norton: I'm not friends with anybody famous

Talk turns to the government's continual calling for the Beeb to publish the salary details of its best-paid stars. "It will happen and I won't be pleased," sighs Graham. "And also, it isn't going to be that accurate, because a lot of people are on company payrolls, others are freelance and others are half and half. I'm not sure how I'm paid."

Vicki Power, The Daily Express, 24th September 2016

Video: Kerry Godliman: 'Isn't friendship wonderful'

Being mates these days demands endless admin. Who has time for a decent chat? Still, you can say so much with an aubergine emoji. Kerry Godliman weighs up the different expectations of male and female friendships in the modern world.

Kerry Godliman, The Guardian, 15th September 2016

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