Jasper Rees
- Writer and journalist
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Dead Pixels, E4, review - gamers for a laugh
Witty sitcom about videogame addicts pits real life against fantasy
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 29th March 2019White Gold, episode 1 review
A welcome return for the knuckle-gnawing social comedy.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 6th March 2019Catastrophe, Channel 4, series 4 finale review
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney go out on a grief-stricken, hope-filled cliffhanger.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 13th February 2019Cold Feet, Series 8, ITV, review - mortality lite
The cast return once more to pull sad faces and silly faces.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 15th January 2019The first episode of Hold the Sunset was so gruellingly unamusing I was determined to have nothing more to do with it. Then John Cleese objected to my review on Twitter and argued that only people who had TV are qualified to critique it. I did try two more episodes. If anything, the script deteriorated, leaving fine comedians including Rosie Cavaliero and Jason Watkins to overact their socks off. A second series is coming next year. Can an average audience of 4.65 million possibly be wrong? A majority of commenters on The Arts Desk would suggest they might. For a proper depth-charged comedy about an autumn romance thwarted by selfish hangers-on, stick with Mum.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 27th December 2018This odd-couple road trip high-fives Christmas
Click & Collect offered proof that, in certain circumstances, it is possible to have your cake and eat it. It subjected Christmas to a testy satirical buffeting while also smothering it with reverence as an enfolding nationwide group hug.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 24th December 2018The Bisexual: frank dating comedy hits the spot
Is the bisexual a mythical creature, like the unicorn or Nessie or the blast-ended skrewt? LGBQT+ politics being an area of discourse so scarily landmined, it's quite a bold thought bubble to put out there, even in a comedy. On the evidence of The Bisexual (C4), the exploration of the answer will be a lot of fun, if certainly not for all the family.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 10th October 2018Upstart Crow, series 3 episode 1 review
An astute way to reinvent our love for toilet humour.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 29th August 2018Lenny Henry interview
'If Twitter had been around, I'd have been killed'
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 22nd August 2018