British Comedy Guide

Jasper Rees

  • Writer and journalist

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Walliams & Friend review

The problem for most of these sketches are so blandly decontextualised they could have been written any time in the past 40 years, and the punchlines tend to be feeble.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 26th November 2016

Andy Hamilton interview

The man behind Outnumbered, Andy Hamilton, tells Jasper Rees how an impostor planted the seed for his first novel.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 15th September 2016

Steptoe and Sons: tears of TV's finest clowns

The story behind the comedy great.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 14th September 2016

Cold Feet episode two review

This comedy drama continues to make us feel warm inside.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 13th September 2016

Cold Feet, ITV, review

Mike Bullen's drama tackles midlife as if it's never been away.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 6th September 2016

King & queen of comedy: Sharon Horgan & Graham Linehan

If they were musicians, they'd be forming a London Irish supergroup. Sharon Horgan is co-creator and star of the savvy, groundbreaking comedies Pulling and Catastrophe. Graham Linehan is the grandmaster of surreal farce, most of all in Father Ted and The IT Crowd. Together they have merged their talents in Motherland, a new comedy pilot directed by Linehan about the horrors of daytime parenting.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 6th September 2016

Fleabag, BBC Three, review

Have you seen Fleabag yet? If not, here's the one-word review: brilliant.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 25th August 2016

It's time for 'Man Down' to grow up - review

Who is Man Down (Channel 4) for? Or rather, who was it for? There's one episode to go in the third series and there's a sense that it is seeing itself out, and perhaps won't be allowed back in through Channel 4's doors.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 10th August 2016

A Granny's Guide to the Modern World review

A photograph of every spirited Methuselah gently reminded us that they haven't always been old, nor have they lost their taste for mischief.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 3rd August 2016

Fleabag: a gloriously rude update of Bridget Jones

Is eye-popping female sex comedy your sort of thing? If not, best look away now.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 21st July 2016

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