Bruce Dessau

Bruce Dessau has been watching television for as long as he can remember and has been reviewing television for almost as long. He has covered a wide range of genres from documentaries to dramas but his special area of interest is comedy. He has written about humour onscreen for publications including The Guardian, The Times, The Standard and Time Out and is the author of a number of books, including in-depth biographies of Reeves and Mortimer (his all-time favourite double act), Rowan Atkinson and Billy Connolly. He is also the author of "Beyond A Joke", which explored the minds and motivations of comedians and the darker side of stand-up. He is currently the editor of comedy news and reviews website Beyond The Joke (the domain Beyond A Joke was already taken). When not laughing at something on his laptop he can usually be found laughing in sweaty, subterranean comedy clubs.