When UK television has tried to do uber-topical comedy in recent times, the tendency has been towards easy jokes rather than tackling the issues, with a much greater emphasis on the 'comedy' bit than the 'topical' (the well-intentioned but ultimately rubbish Tonightly is a good case in point). So … [Read more...]
Germany Season and BBC One comedy: What We’ve Been Watching
Last week, I waxed lyrical about Andrew Graham-Dixon's wonderful Art of Germany series, but it is in fact just one programme in a whole, to use the proper industry word, "strand" about our European near-neighbours currently running on BBC Four. Y'know, this weekend I have slobbed out in front of The … [Read more...]
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