Comedy under the lockdown

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I'm a big fan of most topical comedy shows: Now Show, HIGNFY, Last Leg etc. And the panel games stuff (I can listen to any of the R4 regulars).
The only one I've seen/heard that have nailed the current format restrictions is the Mash Report. Massive thumbs-up to them.

(slightly off-topic but R4 Saturday LIve - with the lovely Rev RIchard Coles - has been very good. I think the presenters sit 5m apart in a regular studio, and many of their guests phone-in normally, so they're not having to change their familiar working methods.)


I luuuuurve Graham Norton - last week's was watchable but a pale pale shadow of the normal format. HIGNFY was just painful to watch. News Quiz (r4 now) is ... not great.

i think anyone who has been on a video call with more than 3 people will sympathise with how hard it would be to keep any interaction/banter fresh!
 

Beebo

Firm and Fruity
Location
Hexleybeef
It’s sad to watch HIGNFY. They should just postpone it, it just doesn’t work as a video conference.
i cant see these episodes being repeated on Dave.
 

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
It’s sad to watch HIGNFY. They should just postpone it, it just doesn’t work as a video conference.
i cant see these episodes being repeated on Dave.
I am persevering with HIGNFY, but you can clearly see the team is struggling.
 

srw

It's a bit more complicated than that...
It takes all sorts. I thought HIGNFY was better without the audience, and the Mash Report desperately needed a scriptwriter.
 

twentysix by twentyfive

Clinging on tightly
Location
Over the Hill
News items are in short supply at the moment. It's all Covid related so shows like HIGNFY are going to struggle.
 
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