Zoe Williams (I)
- Journalist
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Radio review: Showstoppers
This 'improvised musical' had plenty of energy, but the music was a mess, the plot was non-existent and the comedy was weak.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 20th January 2011Radio review: My Teenage Diary
Diarrhoea, sprained ankles and collecting celebrity autographs: an insightful return to those teenage years.
Zoe Williams, The Telegraph, 13th January 2011Eddie Izzard: straight but not linear
He's a transvestite, heterosexual standup comic and actor who ran 43 marathons in 51 days - as a new DVD documentary makes clear, Eddie Izzard's life has been far from predictable.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 20th November 2010What Went Wrong With the Olympics? - review
The Radio 4 schedule at the moment is an even split between documentary and spoof documentary.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 28th October 2010Radio review: Beautiful Dreamers
A spoof documentary about the world's first animal orchestra was brilliant and funny in an anti-laugh-out-loud way.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 27th October 2010Jonathan Ross bids farewell to the BBC
David Beckham is among the guests as controversial chatshow host bows out with final show.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 17th July 2010Radio review: The Castle
This series about a lord and his lady-daughters is a bit funny, a bit peculiar and very enjoyable, writes Zoe Williams.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 15th July 2010These are my final radio thoughts, and I've decided to mark the occasion with a round-up of all the things I've got wrong in the period between now and the last time I did a round-up of everything I'd got wrong.
Just a Minim is not a dark new round of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, invented with the sick-minded genius of grief to give the show some pzazz after Humphrey Lyttelton died. In fact, it has run since the early 80s. One reader claimed the late 70s. Nobody truly knows.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 15th July 2009Radio Head: I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
"They must have had two choices," I thought, for the first half. "They could either rip the whole thing up and start again. Or do the whole thing as an homage to the way it was ... "
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 17th June 2009Radio Head: David Mitchell
And David Mitchell's periodic clashes with Paul Merton have to stop. They meet on Just a Minute: the incumbent ruler (Paul) sees that he is being challenged by a younger chimp (David).
The challenge is unworthy of his mighty chimp rule; rather than rising to it, he just becomes grumpy. Nicholas Parsons is powerless to leaven the atmosphere. It is ruining everything. I think the short answer is a leave of absence for David Mitchell. Or maybe start him somewhere he can't do so much damage, like The Archers, or From Our Own Correspondent.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 25th March 2009