Gyles Brandreth: The One to One Show
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Published 12 Aug 2010
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Famed as an after-dinner speaker, Gyles Brandreth certainly gives you that after-dinner feeling – specifically Christmas dinner spent with a sherry-, long-winded uncle.
Essentially, this is a series of tedious anecdotes culminating in a sexual proposition – at least for the lady in the first row. "When I was an MP..." begin most of his stories, before he glazes over at the glamour of it all. It's less a comedy set, more a one-sided interview.
His name-dropping quickly gets old and, tellingly, his best one-liners are in fact Prince Phillip's. Though The One to One Show is not entirely unenjoyable thanks to a precious few moments of genuine humour, this is for fans of Brandreth's broadcast work only.