Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Kate & Koji review
Whisper it, but ITV could just have created that rarest of creatures - a mainstream sitcom that's constantly funny; deserving of critical praise as well as strong audiences.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th March 2020Sketch Off! Final 2020 review
For a sketch comedy competition, there weren't a lot of sketch groups. Instead, the Leicester Square Theatre's Sketch Off! final last night was dominated by solo character acts - either wise to the fact that they won't have to share the usually meagre financial rewards of the genre by going it alone - or taking no chances by not performing within two metres of anyone else.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th March 2020Review - Willis & Vere: Genius
Genius is an odd beast: designed to show the improvisational skills of double act Willis and Vere, even though their strengths lie in an entirely different direction. For it turns out that their greatest skill is in the precision and detail required to create slick parody videos, while their attempts to work in the moment prove pretty basic.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th March 2020Breeders review
Martin Freeman is the perennially good-natured screen everyman. But in the new Sky comedy Breeders, which he co-created, his character Paul is forced to concede: "I'm not a nice man."
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th March 2020Inside No 9: The Stakeout review
The fifth series of Inside No 9 goes out on a high tonight - though that's a position it's rarely left. No wonder two more seasons have been ordered already.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th March 2020Jacob Hawley: Faliraki review
It's easy to envisage a TV career for this sharp. savvy and affable comic.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th March 2020Review: Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes
It is, of course, Hardy's own words that make the most convincing case for his talents.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd March 2020Meet The Richardsons review
If you were looking for a British answer to Larry David, you could do worse than set-in-his-ways curmudgeon Jon Richardson.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th February 2020David Baddiel: Trolls (Not The Dolls) review
This show is so funny that, for all the effluent that swills around the Twitter cesspit, it could encourage even the most reluctant among us to sign up. Like!
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th February 2020Intelligence review
The wait for TV to use Nick Mohammed to his full comic potential is finally over, thanks to Sky One's new sitcom, Intelligence. And all it took was him to write it himself and get David Schwimmer to agree to co-star.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st February 2020