This week we review Only Murders In The Building (Series 2 Episode 1)Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realise a killer might be living among them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it's too late.Created by Steve Martin & John HoffmanProduced by Thembi Banks, Jane Raab, Nick Pavonetti, Kristin BernsteinRhode Island Productions / Another Hoffman Story Productions / 40 Share for 20th Television.Only Murders In The Building is available here: https://bit.ly/3OgjkFdThe Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.
This week we review Henry IX (Series 1 Episode 1)Set in the fictitious, contemporary court of Henry IX, King of the United Kingdom, this is the almost universal story of a forty-something man going through a mid-life crisis, except this one just happens to be the reigning monarch, King of Great Britain and the Commonwealth.This three part sitcom has been penned by the legendary, multi award-winning comedy writing team behind Porridge, The Likely Lads and Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.The series sees Henry struggle to make changes to his life in the face of centuries of tradition and a Royal household who are fairly sure they have his - and if not, certainly their own - best interests at heart.Written by Dick Clement and Ian La FrenaisProduced by Pete Thornton, Jon Rolph, Tarquin Gotch, Tanya Qureshi and Simon LuptonDirected By Vadim JeanA Retort in association with Serious Comedy Production for Gold.Henry IX is available here: https://bit.ly/3RokqBwThe Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.
This week we review Benidorm (Series 1 Episode 1)The Solana holiday resort in Spain welcomes a regular group of British holiday makers each year.There are sex-mad swingers; OAPs; young families; singletons; dodgy dealers; couples; flamboyant homosexuals; pub quiz champions; dysfunctional families and everything in between. And they're just the guests!A similarly wild array of both Spanish and British staff members complete the line-up at Benidorm's all-inclusive Solana, where disaster never seems to be far down the road.Written by Derren LittenProduced by Geoffrey PerkinsDirected By Kevin AllenA Tiger Aspect Production.Benidorm is available here: https://bit.ly/3OGcavhThe Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.
This week we review The Music Teacher (Series 1 Episode 1 & 2)The Music Teacher is a musical comedy written by and starring 2009 Writers' Guild award winner Richie Webb as music teacher Nigel Penny.Shut away in a windowless practice room in a regional arts centre, Nigel endures a succession of pupils. The middle-aged bachelor with his homemade Moog; the six-year-old trombonist whose arms aren't quite long enough; and the female student who is forever in a state of tearful crisis and never gets her oboe out are just some of the people who enter Nigel's airless little room.Written by Richie WebbProduced by Richie WebbDirected By Nick WalkerA Top Dog Production fro BBC Radio 4.The Music Teacher is available here: https://bbc.in/3OP5Kt4The Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.
This week we review Superstore (Series 2 Episode 1)Starring America Ferrera and Ben Feldman (who both also serve as executive producers), Superstore follows a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box chain store in St. Louis, Missouri.Written by Justin SpitzerProduced by America Ferrera, Harry J. Lange Jr, Eric Ledgin, Sierra Teller Ornelas, Ben FeldmanA Pitzer Holding Company / The District / Universal Production.Superstore is available here: https://bit.ly/3tNgkJiThe Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.
This week we review Here We Go (Series 1 Episode 1)Here We Go follows the highs and lows of the Jessop family as they navigate a combination of life's everyday challenges - changing careers, keeping the romance alive within a marriage, adopting a healthier lifestyle, kidnapping a dog, destroying a swimming pool and sabotaging a wedding.Youngest son Sam documents the family across the year using his camera. Moving back and forward in time, each episode offers an intimate, observed and absurd exposé of a modern British family doing its best to support each other, if accidentally annoying everyone else in the process.Written by Tom BasdenProduced by Tom Jordan, Josh Cole & Tom Basden.Directed by Will SinclairA BBC Studios Production.Here We Go is available here: https://bbc.in/3x1kXjyThe Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.
This week we review Monty Python’s Flying Circus (Series 1 Episode 1)Surrealist, observational and curiously subversive, Monty Python's Flying Circus is a sketch show not quite like any other.Mixing off-the-wall animated sequences, observational humour, innuendo and plain silliness, it often shines an inquisitive and mocking light on the established conventions and idiosyncrasies of British life, and accepted ideas and norms.Some of the most celebrated and memorable Monty Python sketches include: "The Parrot Sketch", "The Spanish Inquisition", “The Artful Nudger“, "The Lumberjack Song", "The Ministry of Silly Walks" and "The Cheese Shop". Written by The Cast & Carol ClevelandProduced by John Howard Davies and Ian MacNaughtonDirected by John Howard Davies and Ian MacNaughtonA BBC Production.Monty Python’s Flying Circus available here: https://bit.ly/38wIe4GThe Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.
This week we review The Secret World (Series 2 Episode 1)The Secret World allows listeners to eavesdrop on the bizarre, surprising and very secret lives of public people who have been caught unaware by the microphone.Parallel stories unfold from morning until night as the great and good become embroiled in the most unlikely situations. Although not topical or political, The Secret World is a surreal twist on the familiar "impression show" without parody, pastiche or the usual characterising.Written by Bill Dare, Julian Dutton and Duncan WisbeyProduced by Bill DareA BBC Production.The Secret World is available here: https://bbc.in/38VU092The Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.
This week we review Modern Toss (Pilot)Modern Toss is a couple of cack handed trouble-makers thinking up jokes and drawing them up for comics, greetings cards, books and animation. Prized by connoisseurs and collectors, their laugh out loud prints and artwork decorate toilet walls throughout the country. They made two TV series for Channel 4 along with an impressive stack of other short animations for the telly. Written by Jon Link & Mick BunnageProduced by Rebecca FerrandDirected by Joe CornishA Channel X Production for Channel 4.Modern Toss clips are available here: https://bit.ly/3FBQSLyThe Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.
This week we review Peter Kay’s Car Share (Series 1 Episode 3)Car Share is written, directed by and stars Peter Kay.The sitcom follows John and Kayleigh who have been thrown together in a company car share scheme, forcing their paths to cross as they journey to their respective jobs at a major out-of-town supermarket.Each journey brings fresh insight into John and Kayleigh's lives, with twists and turns in their unlikely relationship.Written by Paul Coleman, Peter Kay, Sian Gibson and Tim ReidProduced by Gill Isles & Margaret MubarakA Goodnight Vienna Production.Peter Kay’s Car Share is available here: https://amzn.to/3yq5U5BThe Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.