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All-star cast revealed for Roald & Beatrix
Dawn French, Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nick Mohammed, Nina Sosanya and Bill Bailey will star in Sky's comedy drama Roald & Beatrix.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2020The best blissfully silly comedy for lockdown
Looking for some escapist laughs? Here are a few tips, from John-Luke Roberts' chaotic sketches to Flight of the Conchords' smile-guaranteed songs.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th June 2020Stand-up special review: Mr Swallow - Houdini
Teething problems aside, it's really heartening that this show gets a second life through Soho Theatre On Demand, and brilliant that we finally have a permanent document of the stage material of Nick Mohammed - an underappreciated master of his craft.
Tim Harding, Comedy To Watch, 8th May 2020Nick Mohammed interview
"I was chomping at the bit to do something hair-raising"
Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard, 28th April 2020Lockdown Comedy 1: where to get your laughs this week
Live stand-up, podcasts and not the Eurovision Song Contest.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 27th April 2020Hitmen review
The well-loved duo Mel and Sue bring much-needed laughter as incompetent assassins in this slightly plotted but enjoyable sitcom.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 25th March 2020Intelligence is a new dark UK/US comedy about the intelligence services, starring David Schwimmer as a decidedly "Not Ross from Friends" type - brash, pompous, NSA agent Jerry Bernstein. Bernstein (who boasts having predicted 9/11) is transferred to our own cybercrime-tackling GCHQ in Cheltenham, only to find it peopled by a bunch of misfits, led by Chris (Sylvestra Le Touzel) and including over-friendly Joseph (Nick Mohammed, who also wrote the show).
A lot of the comedy in Intelligence comes from supposedly hyper-contrasting US and UK characteristics, which at first made it feel stiff and dated. The funniest moments came from Bernstein lording it over the Brits: "There's still this sense that I've wandered on to an abandoned farm." By the end of the double-episode opener, Intelligence (already commissioned for a second series) had warmed up considerably as a horror show of office dynamics.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 23rd February 2020Intelligence review
If Intelligence is ever going to be more than vaguely watchable they need to ramp up the suggestion that Jerry suffers many a crisis of confidence quickly then, as right now it's a little bland.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 22nd February 2020Intelligence, review
Like all good workplace sitcoms, the devil is in the details - and the best moments here recalled The Office.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 21st February 2020Intelligence, review
David Schwimmer's amiable spy comedy is more Carry On than Le Carré.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 21st February 2020