Jasper Rees
- Writer and journalist
Press clippings Page 7
Hang 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 2018Mum, BBC Two, series 2 review
Lesley Manville is a discreet delight.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 21st February 2018Hold the Sunset, BBC One, review - this is an ex-sitcom
John Cleese and Alison Steadman star in the exhumation of long-lost genre.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 18th February 2018Derry Girls, episode six review
Comedy makes room for tragedy with finale plea for love and tolerance.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 9th February 2018