British Comedy Guide

Jasper Rees

  • Writer and journalist

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Misfits - Series 4 preview

A fourth series sees a badger cull of probationers with special powers.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 28th October 2012

Getting On, series 3, BBC Four

The NHS comedy is in rude health as it moves into a smart new hospital.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 17th October 2012

BBC Four's Getting On strikes the funny bone

BBC Four's new hospital comedy Getting On is the first comedy in decades that has got us cackling at the NHS.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 12th October 2012

Q&A: Writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson

Fifty years on, the creators of Steptoe and Son explain its enduring appeal as the classic sitcom is revived onstage.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 8th September 2012

Vexed, Series 2, BBC Two

Second outing for clueless cop comedy on the schedulers' naughty step.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 1st August 2012

Steptoe and Son's guardian angel woman

The writers of the legendary TV series Steptoe and Son tell Jasper Rees of an extraordinary twist in the life of their comedy creation.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 4th July 2012

Armando Iannucci on Veep, interview

Armando Iannucci, creator of The Thick of It, tries to convince Jasper Rees that the female vice president in his new White House satire is not Sarah Palin.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 25th June 2012

Tom Hollander on Rev

The BBC comedy Rev has put the urban vicar on the map. Tom Hollander talks about a heavenly role.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 10th June 2012

Peter Capaldi on Cricklewood Greats, interview

The Thick of It's Peter Capaldi tells Jasper Rees about his spoof documentary for BBC Four on the early British film industry.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 3rd February 2012

The One Griff Rhys Jones review

History, as it often isn't, has not been as kind. Their comedy about ordinary blokes now seems gruellingly ordinary.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 17th January 2012

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