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The 50 best podcasts of 2018
From Julia Davis's dark comedy Dear Joan to track-by-track teardown Dissect, Marc Maron to Meat and beyond, here are this year's finest audio offerings.
Hannah J Davies, Hannah Verdier and Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 30th June 2018Susan Calman gets "I love Grimsby" tattoo
The comedian and her Strictly dancing partner Kevin Clifton vowed to get matching "I love Grimsby" inkings in honour of Clifton's hometown if they made it to Blackpool Week when they competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017.
Ellie Harrison, Radio Times, 29th May 2018Home From Home, BBC1, review
Old-school sitcom should focus on characters, not contrived plots.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 28th April 2018Susan Calman to be honoured by Glasgow University
Susan Calman and broadcaster Andrew Neil will receive honorary doctorates from the University of Glasgow this summer.
The Scotsman, 26th April 2018TV: Home From Home, BBC One
If Vegas he has to be in the mainstream I'd rather see him in this than in Benidorm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th April 2018Susan Calman explores depression in new BBC podcast
The BBC has announced that Susan Calman is to host a new podcast series about depression. Susan Calman's Mrs Brightside: A Cheerful Look At Depression will launch in May.
British Comedy Guide, 9th April 2018Preview - QI: Origins and Openings
Of all the episodes in Series O, this one raises the most important question: why wasn't this one shown first?
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 5th January 2018Miranda Hart's clumsy, excitable persona with her foghorn laugh is a welcome antidote to the current convention that all women are superior beings. But since quitting Call The Midwife and ending her self-titled sitcom, her TV appearances have been hit-and-miss.
She shone as the compere of the Royal Variety Performance. But in Miranda Does Christmas (C4), a one-off chatshow with Prue Leith, Susan Calman and David Tennant, she was all over the place -- and several days too late.
We had Christmas quizzes, and banter about favourite carols, and every guest was treated to a silly gift. Prue got a painting by a David Hockney (not the artist, just a bloke with the same name). David got a Doctor Who doll.
A choir delivered a medley of Christmas Number Ones, and Miranda led everyone in a conga. 'Such fun,' she shrieked. No, it wasn't. It was the TV equivalent of a three-day-old turkey sandwich.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 28th December 2017Miranda Does Christmas review: the jollity felt forced
The worst moment was probably the outbreak of festive dancing at the front of the stage, which was about as embarrassing as a disco with your relatives in the living room.
Chris Harvey, The Telegraph, 27th December 2017Comedy books of the year
Funny tomes for not-so funny times including books by Robert Webb, Joan Rivers and Eddie Izzard.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 15th December 2017