Louisa Mellor Jan 2, 2018
This comedy farce written in verse shows that custom cannot stale Inside No. 9’s infinite variety. Spoilers…
This review contains spoilers.
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4.1 Zanzibar
In series one’s The Understudy, Inside No. 9 gave us an updated take on Macbeth. Here, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton put their own twist on Shakespearean comedy with an episode set entirely in a hotel corridor and written entirely in iambic pentameter, the clever sods. Regular brilliance clearly wasn’t presenting these two enough of a challenge.
It’s a challenge they pull off with relish. The writing’s smart and self-aware (“Like this iambic foot, I’m stressed, you’re not”) while the gags are a bawdy delight. Shakespeare never rhymed ‘bum’ with ‘Magnus Magnusson’, but you know he would have done,...
This comedy farce written in verse shows that custom cannot stale Inside No. 9’s infinite variety. Spoilers…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Vikings season 5 episode 6 review: The Messenger Vikings season 5 episode 5 review: The Prisoner Vikings season 5 episode 4 review: The Plan
4.1 Zanzibar
In series one’s The Understudy, Inside No. 9 gave us an updated take on Macbeth. Here, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton put their own twist on Shakespearean comedy with an episode set entirely in a hotel corridor and written entirely in iambic pentameter, the clever sods. Regular brilliance clearly wasn’t presenting these two enough of a challenge.
It’s a challenge they pull off with relish. The writing’s smart and self-aware (“Like this iambic foot, I’m stressed, you’re not”) while the gags are a bawdy delight. Shakespeare never rhymed ‘bum’ with ‘Magnus Magnusson’, but you know he would have done,...
- 1/2/2018
- Den of Geek
John Humphrys is expected to sign a new deal to continue hosting BBC Two's Mastermind.
The broadcaster has been offered a deal to present the long-running quiz show, after taking over from Magnus Magnusson on its return to the channel in 2003.
Meanwhile, Humphrys will also host another one-off mash-up edition with BBC Radio 1Xtra.
Last year, Humphrys surprised audiences by taking part in a hip-hop version featuring Semtex, DJ Target, Lethal Bizzle and Amplify Dot, which was available on iPlayer and 1Xtra.
BBC entertainment north managing editor Kieron Collins told The Guardian: "We're going to do another collaboration with Radio 1Xtra later this year. It's another radio and iPlayer crossover, which will take John Humphrys and the Mastermind format and put it in a surprising environment.
"I think John is fantastic. He was cautious about doing hip-hop Mastermind, he knows nothing about hip-hop. By the end of it – it's...
The broadcaster has been offered a deal to present the long-running quiz show, after taking over from Magnus Magnusson on its return to the channel in 2003.
Meanwhile, Humphrys will also host another one-off mash-up edition with BBC Radio 1Xtra.
Last year, Humphrys surprised audiences by taking part in a hip-hop version featuring Semtex, DJ Target, Lethal Bizzle and Amplify Dot, which was available on iPlayer and 1Xtra.
BBC entertainment north managing editor Kieron Collins told The Guardian: "We're going to do another collaboration with Radio 1Xtra later this year. It's another radio and iPlayer crossover, which will take John Humphrys and the Mastermind format and put it in a surprising environment.
"I think John is fantastic. He was cautious about doing hip-hop Mastermind, he knows nothing about hip-hop. By the end of it – it's...
- 5/18/2015
- Digital Spy
Veteran British TV presenter Magnus Magnusson has died. He was 77. Magnusson, who was best known for presenting BBC television show Mastermind for 25 years beginning in 1972, announced in October that he had been diagnosed with cancer. BBC director general Mark Thompson says, "For millions of viewers Magnus Magnusson was one of the defining faces and voices of the BBC. To the contestants of Mastermind, he was a tough but always fair question master, but behind this screen persona there was a family man of tremendous warmth and humanity. All our thoughts are with his family at this very sad time, and everyone at the BBC will share their tremendous sense of loss." Magnusson was born in Iceland in 1929, before moving to Scotland as a one-year-old. He was awarded an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 1989 and is survived by his wife and four children.
- 1/8/2007
- WENN
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