Jasper Rees
- Writer and journalist
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10 Questions for Ventriloquist Nina Conti
Can you go on holiday without Monkey and not miss him? Yes, I could but now my three-year-old son won't let me.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 8th April 2014Review: The Trip to Italy, BBC Two
The Trip is a hall of mirrors put together with the help of Heath Robinson. It's a comedy vehicle in which pretty much the only thing that's real is the actual vehicle.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 5th April 2014The Life of Rock with Brian Pern, BBC Four
Move over Spinal Tap, Simon Day updates the mockumentary genre.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 11th February 201410 Questions for Harry Shearer
He's been Montgomery Burns and Derek Smalls. Stand back for his President Nixon.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 26th January 2014Tidy: In praise of Ruth Jones MBE
The late rise of Ruth Jones, who has been made an MBE, is a blessed relief. According to the prevailing rules of ageism and lookism, Jones should still be plugging away in supporting roles, typically as the large gobby sidekick which for years looked like the outer limit of her casting range.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 1st January 2014Today's BBC would have rejected Morecambe & Wise
The rise of the managerial class is killing off mainstream BBC television comedy.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 25th November 201310 questions for Count Arthur Strong
Old-school variety act shamelessly plugs half-baked memoir.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 11th November 2013Review: Sarah Millican, Hammersmith Apollo
Potty time as divorcee sets up home in the toilet.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 9th November 2013Review: Ambassadors, BBC Two
Should Ambassadors pack its bags and be recalled home? Far from it. Carry on, ambassador.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 24th October 2013Jason Byrne interview
The comedian talks to Jasper Rees about his new BBC One sitcom, Father Figure, and his addiction to doing stand-up gigs.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 4th September 2013