Steve Bennett (I)

Live review: Fleabag

As calling cards go, Fleabag is attention-grabbing: an audacious, hilarious, candid, compelling and heartbreaking look at the life of a very modern 'hot mess'.

Review - Tom Allen: Indeed

Drenched, as always, in arch camp, Tom Allen's eighth solo show gives the clearest picture yet of the environment which forged him.

Stewart Lee: Content Provider - Review

In a typical slice of iconoclastic pedestal-shaking, Lee offers a devastatingly dismissive attack on box-set favourite Game Of Thrones, without the fag of actually having seen it, of course.

Catherine Tate Show Live review

While the characters themselves are funny, big punchlines can be something of a problem, and rather too many skits end on a needlessly brutal line just to get them finished.

Sunny D review

These four episodes show a lot of promise. It's been launched as part of the BBC's 'Black and British' season, but the 'black' tag seems like marginalisation, on top of the online-only release, as with a bit of finesse Sunny D has potential to be a series worthy of primetime.

Beat The Frog World Series 2016 Final review

Last night's Beat The Frog 'world series' final was an even playing field, with no clear cut between an elite and no-hopers - a double-sided state of affairs that means no duds, but also no stand-out stars.

Hot Water comedian of 2016 final review

Josh Pugh made the most of his sweet spot after the interval, with a set jam-packed full of offbeat jokes, with barely a word wasted.

Review: Al Murray: Let's Go Backwards Together

Flourishes of great writing elevate many pieces, but they also serve to show up failings when he seems to have more straightforward content.

Dead Funny review

It's not clear why Dead Funny has remained dormant for so long, for this revival, directed by Terry Johnson, hits all the marks with strong actors, great characters, and a bitingly funny script than conspire to make a show as funny as any of the comedy greats it celebrates.

What's The Facts? sets out to be a different sort of mockumentary - not the hidden-camera type that's so prevalent but a spoof of more tabloidy popular factual shows in which comedian Jason Lewis tries to draw links with all sorts of odd things. It's a real mash-up - a stream of consciousness mixing surreal observations with odd real-life clips from the news and the nether reaches of the internet. There are some sketches in there too, but they're taken from YouTube, not generated by this show's writers.

Clip shows are ten-a-penny of course, and this may be an attempt to do something different with the format. But it doesn't essentially change what it is - while the random nature of the narrative makes it hard to invest since so little of it makes sense. It doesn't add much to the footage anyway. You'd probably be better off disappearing down your own YouTube hole for half an hour.