Geoffrey McGivern
- English
- Actor
Press clippings Page 2
Semi-Detached review
Promising concept and cast let down by shortage of laughs.
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 6th August 2020All-star sitcom The Jewish Enquirer launches on Amazon
A new British sitcom, The Jewish Enquirer, has today launched on Amazon Prime Video, with an all-star comedy cast.
British Comedy Guide, 28th February 2020TV: Semi-Detached, BBC2
After his foray into live sitcom with Not Going Out just before Christmas Lee Mack is back in sitcomland with this all-star fast-paced one-off pilot in which the twist is that everything happens in real time.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th January 2019Semi-Detached review
The first sitcom pilot of the year stars Lee Mack in this real-time story set over one man's terrible half-hour (although the pilot's only 20 minutes long).
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 6th January 2019Semi-Detached review
There may be questions over whether the furious pace can be sustained for the extra 50 per cent running time required for the traditional BBC sitcom half-hour. Or indeed whether such maelstroms of mayhem can be conjured up week after week. But this is a promising germ for that holy grail of comedy commissioners everywhere: a mainstream suburban sitcom that doesn't suck.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th January 2019Don't panic! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is back
It's the biggest thing to happen to the universe since the Vogons blew up Earth. Our writer grabs a babelfish and goes behind the scenes as the space satire returns.
Stephen Moss, The Guardian, 27th February 2018Back review
David Mitchell, Robert Webb, and writer Simon Blackwell are back with more caustic comedy, but the true joy of this show is imagining what happens next.
Steve Greene, IndieWire, 16th November 2017The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to return in 2018
Radio 4 has confirmed classic radio show The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is to return in 2018 with a new series, The Hexagonal Phase.
British Comedy Guide, 12th October 2017Back, episode 6 review: deserves a second series
Even if you like your comedy dark, Back (Channel 4) can still leave you reeling. Starring Peep Show's David Mitchell and Robert Webb, the six-part series has explored childhood trauma, jealousy, small-town anxiety and, above all, self-loathing. Fortunately, it is also very, very funny.
Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph, 11th October 2017Back, review: the chemistry's still there
Back is far less claustrophobic and far more of an ensemble piece than Peep Show, though some of the acting in the first episode felt a bit too broad.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 7th September 2017