Josh Widdicombe

Sue Perkins hosts a new panel show with team captains Richard Osman and Josh Widdicombe. Flanked by fellow funny types and a pair of historians, they argue in favour of notable people, all of whom share a name (who is the best George: Saint, Clooney or from Rainbow?). The panel show genre shows no signs of slowing, but there are positive developments here: a female host; the inclusion of people who know what they're on about; and a format based on a party game that you had forgotten is actually fun.

Josh Widdicombe, comedy review

Widdicombe had a withering whine for all occasions. says Bruce Dessau, and his minor irritations certainly struck a major chord.

Radio Times review

A lightly sparkling edition of the stand-up showcase, although without too much disrespect to the comics on the bill, a Christmas Apollo doesn't mean a host of bigger names. Josh Widdicombe, after a year of ubiquity that's included sitcom and topical comedy as well as stage work, gets a very warm welcome for a decent observational routine about going home for Christmas to a single bed. Before him are the ribald Tanyalee Davis and Hal Cruttenden, who's always a little edgier than his camp, cuddly persona suggests.

The host is ventriloquist Nina Conti, doing her now-familiar improvisation using audience members as dummies.

Josh: episode 6 - Suited & Booted review

It has to be said that personally the final episode of Josh Widdicombe's sitcom was not the greatest of the bunch, not so much for a lack of comedic material, but more for what is worn on screen.

Josh Widdicombe is the latest TV personality to develop a sitcom that mines a less well-adjusted version of themselves for comic effect. Josh features Widdicombe as a cheerfully inept stand-up, living with uni pals and undergoing all the trials of twentysomething urban life. It's anything but groundbreaking but is amiable enough and features decent turns from Jack Dee and Beattie Edmondson as his landlord and flatmate respectively.

Penultimate episode of the sitcom starring self-deprecating comic Josh Widdicombe as a fictive version of himself. Despite a shaky start, it has slowly moved away from sub-Peep Show flatshare gags, and tonight's outing is its funniest yet. Landlord Geoff (Jack Dee) has let out his flat for London fashion week, and packed Josh, Kate and Owen off to Clacton. Unfortunately for the friends, he's tagging along, too, with an awkward nephew and an unlikely proposition for Josh. The Chuckle Brothers and Romesh Ranganathan guest star.

Review - Josh Widdicombe: What Do I Do Now

This was a fun well-crafted show. Good natured, and inoffensive, you can't help but be bowled over by Widdicombe's charm and mock annoyance with the world. Maybe one day he will find 'peace' with the world, but I really hope he doesn't!

Josh: episode 5 - Homme & Away review

This episode of Josh Widdicombe's sitcom certain had the best opening scene of them all so far, with Jack Dee as Josh's landlord Geoff criticising Josh's stand-up because: "There's nothing funny about a grumpy man."

Josh Widdicombe: in praise of landlords

To some they're the bane of modern renting, but for me landlords are just great. For serving up comic material, at least.