Russell Brand

Radio Times review

Whatever horrors the world has endured over the past 12 months - war, pestilence, terrorism and Piers Morgan's new presenting gig on Good Morning Britain (only kidding, Piers), then we can always be sure of some traditional comforts. One is that Charlie Brooker and friends will extract some comic mileage in his now-traditional end-of-year round-up.

Joined by contributors Doug Stanhope, Morgana Robinson (complete with her extraordinary Russell Brand impersonation) and Diane Morgan as the fabulously vacuous pundit Philomena Cunk, laughter appears guaranteed. Page Three and Cecil the Lion may all have died this year, but smart, sassy satire is alive and well on BBC Two.

Comedy in 2015: laughing in the face of adversity

A review of comedy over the course of the year, including Russell Brand interviewing Ed Miliband, Simon Brodkin pranking Sepp Blatter, and the return of Harry and Paul to the stage.

It's enough to make you more conducive than usual to the antics of Russell Brand, though the comic-turned-social-commentator is still pretty overbearing company in Brand: A Second Coming, a slick documentary portrait by Ondi Timoner that nonetheless misses a trick by largely taking its subject at his big-mouthed word, rarely needling him into argument or revelation.

In Conversation: Ondi Timoner

With Brand: A Second Coming, Ondi Timoner sets her sights on an intriguing subject - comedian turned revolutionary activist Russell Brand.

'Brand: The Second Coming' review

It's the establishment who are ultimately left laughing in this thoughtful Russell Brand documentary.

Russell Brand in Australia: don't underestimate him

Russell Brand's comedy has become a satire of his political reputation. In Australia, yet to produce its Corbyn or Sanders, he was a warm-up act for change.

Russell Brand Brisbane review

If the revolution is, indeed, going to be televised, Russell Brand will likely be its host.

Review - Brand: A Second Coming

Excess has been a recurring feature in Russell Brand's life. Yet so soon after Michael Winterbottom's The Emperor's New Clothes, is the world crying out for another documentary about the comedian-turned-political activist?

Review - Brand: A Second Coming

Is Russell Brand sturdy enough to take on the political world? The film leaves this tantalisingly unanswered, nor does it proffer any opinion as to whether Brand can be taken seriously.

Brand: A Second Coming review

In Ondi Timoner's documentary portrait, comedian/political agitator Russell Brand emerges as unembarrassable, uninterruptible and impervious to mockery.