Liam Williams

The Guide #19: five under-the-radar TV gems you should catch up on next
In this week’s newsletter: yes, there’s too much to watch at once – but these five stellar shows didn’t deserve to slip through the cracks
Gwilym Mumford
28, Jan, 2022 @11:45 AM

The 50 best TV shows of 2021
The great telly countdown hits the top spot with a furiously joyful, gut-wrenching five-part drama that was funny and full of life
22, Dec, 2021 @6:03 AM

TV tonight: head to Hawaii for a razor-sharp satire of rich Americans
Mike White writes and directs The White Lotus, in which wealthy holiday-makers unravel spectacularly. Plus: the children of 9/11 share their stories. Here’s what to watch
Ammar Kalia, Graeme Virtue, Hannah Verdier, Hannah J Davies and Paul Howlett
16, Aug, 2021 @5:20 AM

Ladhood series two review – Liam Williams muddles through masculinity
The comic’s painfully funny, semi-autobiographial sitcom returns for a second series, balancing crass banter with intelligent insights into emotional inadequacy
Jack Seale
15, Aug, 2021 @7:30 AM

The week in TV: The Syndicate; Pandemic 2020; Storyville: Collective; Pls Like; Unforgotten
The viewers are the real winners as Kay Mellor’s lottery drama returns. Plus, a global history of the pandemic, and an unforgettable Unforgotten
Euan Ferguson
04, Apr, 2021 @8:30 AM

Liam Williams: ‘I like saying poem to rhyme with home’
The comedian, actor, and writer on the things that make him laugh the most
The Guide
29, May, 2020 @1:00 PM

Comedy's coronavirus crisis: 'performers are in deep, deep trouble'
With gigs cancelled and no support given to an art form that Art Council England does not officially recognise, comedians fear the worst
Brian Logan
18, Mar, 2020 @1:00 PM

Ladhood review – boisterous comedy smells like teen spirit ... and Lynx
Based on comic Liam Williams’s adolescence, this Leeds-set series combines nostalgic laughs and Fleabag-style tenderness for the perfect tale of growing up disgracefully
Rebecca Nicholson
24, Nov, 2019 @11:00 AM

Liam Williams: ‘I’m still coated in a residue of laddishness’
Having quit standup due to its bearpit blokeishness, the comic is now mining his Yorkshire upbringing for a comedy on modern masculinity
Rachel Aroesti
23, Nov, 2019 @10:00 AM

Congratulations, you played yourself: comics who fictionalise their lives
Larry David took the role of ‘Larry David’ onscreen. But how close are such characters to real life? Three comics starring as versions of themselves reveal where they draw the line
Rachael Healy
20, Nov, 2019 @5:00 AM

Capital: sharp satire in the vein of The Thick of It - best podcasts of the week
A smart cast of British comedians have turned their attention to the UK’s current political mess, and managed to find something new to say
Hannah Verdier Rowan Slaney
05, Jan, 2018 @2:45 PM

'So the universe implodes – no matter': comedians share their best one-liners
In Steve Best’s new book Joker Face, standups pick some of the funniest gags they’ve told. Here are 10 of our favourites
04, Oct, 2017 @11:03 AM
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