Press clippings Page 19
It's all happening for Inbetweeners fans - this week sees three of the four lads debuting their latest forays into TV comedy.
Tomorrow, Simon Bird and Joe Thomas pop up in Chickens but first, here's Neil, sorry Blake Harrison, playing the slightly less gormless Ben in a show that breaks new ground in sitcoms - it's set in Great Yarmouth, dog-eared jewel of the Norfolk coast.
Ben's got an MA in Norse poetry but amazingly, he's not been snapped up by the job market. So he's back in his home town, tail between his legs, and face to face with his ex, who's now dating the local copper. Ouch. Seann Walsh co-stars.
Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 21st August 2013This eight-part comedy cunningly taps into the ever-expanding demographic of the rudderless graduate, straight out of uni and forced to return to the fold. Ben, played by Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners' Neil) is our delusional hero, struggling to find work and stifled by life in his seaside hometown.
Right now that premise isn't translating to comedy gold, but that's not to say that it won't. The opener is rescued by a surreally tacky marriage proposal and Seann Walsh as Ben's unhygienic pal. Caroline Quentin and James Fleet milk it for all it's worth as Ben's embarrassing parents.
Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 21st August 2013The Foster's Comedy Award shortlist: From O2 to Fringe?
Interesting Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist just announced. Bridget Christie, Carl Donnelly, James Acaster, Max & Ivan, Mike Wozniak, Nick Helm and Seann Walsh are all in the running for the £10,000 prize to be handed out by Steve Coogan on Saturday. I love the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards and this year's panel decision looks like being an intriguing one.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st August 2013Chris and Carl's Edinburgh Hangout: Episode 2 - video
Comedians Chris Martin and Carl Donnelly link up with performers across Edinburgh for an insiders' view of the festival fringe. In this episode, Seann Walsh, Zoe Lyons and Stephen K Amos debate such hot topics as vomiting audience members and the most ridiculous claims on show posters. Plus: Abandoman freestyle with Edinburgh show titles - and Seann Walsh gets told off by a complete stranger.
Chris Martin and Carl Donnelly, The Guardian, 15th August 2013Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol & stand-up
Comedy and booze go together, says stand-up Seann Walsh. Good gig? Celebrate with a drink. Bad gig? Consolation tipple. The trouble is stopping at just the one - he once drank so much he collapsed on stage. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
Seann Walsh, The Independent, 4th August 2013Living in Seann Walsh World means having it both ways
The Brighton stand-up has weaved his boozy lifestyle into his act. "Some other comics are a lot worse than me," he tells us.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 2nd August 2013Seann Walsh interview
In his usual habitat of the live stand-up circuit, it's a push to still call Seann Walsh a newbie: his first gig was seven years ago and he has since won a smattering of awards and performed at Live At The Apollo.
Sharon Lougher, Metro, 26th July 2013Seann Walsh Q&A
Seann Walsh invites us into his World and shares his mission to spread happiness to everyone (except men in smart suits).
Steven MacKenzie, The Big Issue, 24th July 2013Latitude review: Seann Walsh
Like all observational comedy, the joy is when he exposes, in perfect detail, a universal human foible that had perviously escaped us all, such as spotting yourself on CCTV camera, or using your phone to record video, and he lands several of these.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th July 2013Seann Walsh World review
Thankfully, both Seann Walsh and the clips in this show are brilliant, ranging from the cute to the painful and the generally odd.
Matthew McLane, UK TV Reviewer, 16th July 2013