Michael Hogan
- Reviewer
Press clippings Page 15
Inside No 9 Live, review
A prank pulled off with aplomb, this was a televisual trick and treat.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 28th October 2018No Offence: a distasteful end to a promising series
Far too many films and TV shows exploit rape as a dramatic device. Anarchic police procedural No Offence (Channel 4) concluded with not one but two such sexual violence storylines in a confused and misfiring finale.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 18th October 2018Upstart Crow, episode 6 review
Farcically funny, but with a bittersweet twist.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 3rd October 2018No Offence, series 3 episode 1 review
A bizarrely similar plot to Bodyguard only the cops are Northern and swear more.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 13th September 2018The Lenny Henry Birthday Show, review
A 60th birthday bash I was delighted to be invited to.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 23rd August 2018Barry Chuckle leaves half a century of laughter
To me. To you. And now to a better place. Another piece of many TV viewers' childhoods has vanished with the sad news that Barry Chuckle, half of comedy duo the Chuckle Brothers, has died aged 73.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 5th August 2018Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, episode 4, review
One of summer's surprise TV treats.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 11th July 2018James Acaster interview
'Brexiteers get amazingly angry about my tea joke'
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 1st July 2018Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, review
Nothing fishy about this warm portrait of friendship.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 20th June 2018Why we should rejoice at return of the Chuckle Brothers
To you. To me. And now back on TV. Nostalgists have been rejoicing at news that the Chuckle Brothers will soon be making their triumphant return after a decade off our screens.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 28th April 2018