Debrief is available to watch now.The star of The Inbetweeners and Friday Night Dinner, who directed his first film Days Of The Bagnold Summer in 2019, steps into the comedy spotlight with the special airing exclusively on All 4, Channel 4′s streaming service.Debrief was recorded last month to an empty London Boulevard Theatre, with Bird quipping on topics ranging from nationalism and sexism to the environment and the NHS.The stand-up skit was written and produced in the “vacuum” of the coronavirus pandemic, with Bird asking: “Can you even really call yourself a stand-up comedian if you’ve never heard a single person laugh?”In an interview with NME earlier this year Bird spoke of his determination to get beyond people recognising him mainly.
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