Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy review

Some scenes don't work as well as others and if you're not a fan of The Mighty Boosh, this definitely won't be for you. However, if Fielding's aim was to create something in the spirit of the notoriously surreal Spike Milligan, I think he's achieved it.

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy: Charming chaos

Crammed into a short space of time, they sketches provide us with twenty-three minutes and thirty-three seconds of charming and potentially addictive chaos. Those who long for The Boosh to return will be happily sated in the meantime.

There's an intriguing twilight zone between hipster music and comedy in which only a few dare to dwell - Look Around You and Jam belong to this rarefied tradition. Here, Noel Fielding, a jollier but no less effective master of the genre, returns with his latest show, a neo-psychedelic riot of mirth that regurgitates decades of memories of broad, Technicolor TV entertainment from The Banana Splits onwards. Tonight's luridly droll cornucopia sees two French chefs take a trip to the moon, a New York cop going undercover in Miami and Noel attempting to create a felt-tip masterpiece.

Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding: 'I'm a bit like a child'

Noel Fielding talks about his surreal new E4 series Luxury Comedy, the future of The Mighty Boosh, and a baffling box of toast.

I would love to take a holiday in Noel Fielding's imagination - a psychedelic menagerie of custard and spandex, designed by preschoolers on a sugar rush.

His new sketch show sees him cut loose from Mighty Boosh partner Julian Barratt. It's as though someone snapped the string on a helium balloon, leaving him free to bob around in his own little universe.

Part wonky animation, part live action, the first half, which includes a sketch combining Ready Steady Cook and a space launch, is just the wrong side of random to gel.

But in part two, the weirdness pays off when we meet the optimistic Dandelion - a man in a cheap lion suit showing us around his home at the zoo.

Another new character, Roy Circles, comes into his own. Roy is a PE teacher, widow and war hero. He also just happens to be a chocolate finger. Deal with it.

Beyond the Boosh: Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

The Mighty Boosh is on hiatus, and Never Mind The Buzzcocks is hardly ever on. Are you missing your fix of Noel Fielding's bizarre and wonderful comedy? Don't worry E4 are here to sort you out...

Video: Noel Fielding says music tour would be challenge

Noel Fielding has admitted his new comedy show is difficult to describe due to the many different styles in it.

Fielding worked with Sergio Pizzorno from Kasabian on music for the show and together formed a band called The Loose Tapestries.

The band will release an album following the television series but Fielding admits taking the show on tour would be a challenge.

Fans of Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt's The Mighty Boosh will be familiar with the ideas on offer here: cartoonish characters, dream-like scenarios, quirky phrases. Fielding virgins, however, will be utterly confused by this solo sketch outing. The cult comedian takes surrealism to extreme lengths, with costumes, creatures and characters mostly unexplained, but there are some nice ideas: a recurring segment playing up the pretentiousness of art is a particular highlight. Fielding's an impressive character actor too, with a knack for amusing accents. Essentially, though, Luxury Comedy is made for Boosh fans and Boosh fans alone. If the phrase 'I slice bits of rainbow and put them in pitta breads' tickles you, give it a whirl. If not, probably best to stay away from this psychedelic sketch show.

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy review: Poor man's Boosh

This new show may well make all the right noises and pull enough stupid faces to keep the Fielding faithfuls happy, but it will need to contain a little more actual comedy (luxury or otherwise) to hold the attention of a broader audience.

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy review

It's a shame that it wasn't anywhere near as funny as it was colourful.