Victor Lewis-Smith
- Writer, executive producer and journalist
Press clippings Page 3
Friday Night Dinner (C4, 10.30pm) features a fictional Jewish family from North London, and I'm still not sure whether the programme is comedy or tragedy. Either way though, it's increasingly watchable.
Victor Lewis-Smith, The Independent, 24th December 2012A new episode of The Royle Family (BBC1, 9.45pm) reminds me that, according to the BBC's website, "In 2001 Caroline Aherne announced her retirement from TV." Like Frank Sinatra before her, she then discovered that the only thing a celebrity can do after announcing their retirement is to make a comeback. I'm glad she did, though.
Victor Lewis-Smith, The Independent, 24th December 2012Victor Lewis-Smith: How the BBC has killed TV comedy
The organisation that once produced so much original comedy is now a timid place, where the bland lead the bland.
Victor Lewis-Smith, Daily Mail, 28th September 2012