Jasper Rees
- Writer and journalist
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The 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 2018Hang Ups, episode 1 review
Real therapists will roll their eyes but this comedy is a wonderfully ribald treat.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 9th August 2018Swimming with Men review - Rob Brydon and co sink
The result, despite the best efforts of a crack cast of pedigree actors, is Sinking with Men.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 6th July 2018Peter Kay's Car Share: The Finale, BBC Two review
Take that! John and Kayleigh get it together in a wonderful last road trip.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 28th May 2018The Windsors: Royal Wedding Special review
On-the-nose spoof of Harry and Meghan's nuptials that pops with one-liners.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 16th May 2018Friday Night Dinner, review
This gentle sitcom should be required viewing for anti-Semitic trolls.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 5th May 2018Mum, BBC Two, series 2 finale review
Lesley Manville and co should quit their unimprovable sitcom while they are ahead.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 28th March 2018Still Game, series 8 episode 1 review
In the golden age of the sitcom, some shows were recorded in front of a studio audience and the others had canned laughter superimposed. The former now costs too much and the latter, in which producers decided where the laughs are placed in post-production, has long been thought too tacky. But there is a third way. When Still Game (BBC One) was recording its seventh series two years ago, an audience attended a screening and supplied the laughter track.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 8th March 2018