Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican: Ticking all the wrong boxes

I'm not sure this is the format to take Sarah Millican to the next level. On first viewing it looks like the producers have attempted to cross So Graham Norton with Harry Hill's TV Burp and come up with a mess with no legs.

The Sarah Millican Television Programme review

I suppose it all boils down to whether you think comedy is personal or not, but either way, this just doesn't do it for me.

Sarah Millican Television Programme was hard to dislike

The Sarah Millican Television Programme saw the Geordie comedian do a nice line in filth, though on occasion she plays it a little too safe.

The Sarah Millican Television Show, BBC Two, review

Bernadette McNulty enjoys the opening episode of The Sarah Millican Television Show (BBC Two).

Sarah Millican Television Programme review

Where The Sarah Millican Television Programme trips over its over-intricate petticoats is with the added extras around her own act, which has been mulched into a mixture both oddly mainstream and over-cluttered with half-baked ideas.

Review: Sarah Millican Television Programme

The BBC seem keen to get a female face headlining a lighthearted comedy/chat show of this type. Maybe they've found the right person in Sarah Millican, who carries a certain appeal to both sexes. I'm just not sure the strength of her material's consistent enough.

The Sarah Millican Television Programme, BBC Two

A so-so start to the stand-up's debut series.

How divorce turned Sarah Millican into this funny woman

After the end of her marriage, Sarah Millican left her job and found a talent for bawdy jokes that has led to her own TV show, says Mark Monahan.

There aren't many comedians who could ask their studio ­audience which wild animal they'd most like to have sex with and make it sound cuddly rather than crude, but Geordie comic Sarah Millican is one of them.

You can learn comedy timing or how to write a great gag - and she's an expert at both - but you can't learn warmth.

You've either got it or you haven't, and she is a comedy hot-water bottle.

Millican's series is a mixture of chat and comedy and, while that format might invite comparison with Mrs Merton, her guests aren't just there to be mocked.

Sarah becomes the butt of jokes, but she gets maximum points for asking Chris Packham: "Why do you do Springwatch every year? Isn't it the same?"

Also on tonight's show are sexpert Tracey Cox and Sarah's dad Philip, who shares his own no-nonsense philosophy.

We Recommend: The Sarah Millican Television Programme

There are plenty of good jokes here. Sarah Millican is a very endearing host, and her material is endearingly filthy.