Preview: Friday Night Live
Friday Night Live returns for a 90-minute comedy variety special that promises to be loud, outrageous, noisy and VERY funny. … [ Read More ]
Ben Elton
Film of the day: All is True
Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in this Ben Elton-scripted vision of the final days of William Shakespeare. The year is … [ Read More ]
Preview – Upstart Crow
While normally Shakespearean, this Christmas special of Ben Elton’s sitcom is taking a Dickensian turn.
Preview: Upstart Crow
More Elizabethan mirth-making from the pen/quill of Ben Elton. The day of Will’s son Hamnet’s (Joe Willis) confirmation is approaching … [ Read More ]
Preview – Upstart Crow
Ben Elton’s sitcom about the life of William Shakespeare (played by David Mitchell) returns for its third series.
Preview – Upstart Crow: a Christmas Crow
Ben Elton’s sitcom following the early years of William Shakespeare sees the Bard moving up in the world.
Ben Elton’s wrong – TV sitcoms aren’t dead, they’ve just changed since his day
In his recent Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture, the comedian and writer Ben Elton lamented that, in the case of the … [ Read More ]
Preview – Upstart Crow
Upstart Crow is a most enjoyable show – just a shame that it every newspaper TV critic will be too … [ Read More ]
