BCG Daily Sunday 23rd November 2014
Press clippings
Michael Palin on performing in a drama
The Monty Python star hasn't appeared in a TV drama role since GBH more than two decades ago but says he couldn't turn down the BBC's chilling new series.
Neil Batey, The Mirror, 23rd November 2014An Evening with Noel Fielding review
Although Fielding seems slightly directionless without his Mighty Boosh partner, there's plenty of madcap whimsy and wit.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 23rd November 2014Stewart Lee: you ask the questions
As the comedian and occasional Observer columnist Stewart Lee prepares to tour his show A Room With a Stew, here's your chance to ask him anything you like.
Kathryn Bromwich, The Observer, 23rd November 2014Paddy McGuinness coy about Phoenix Nights rumours
Paddy McGuinness has remained coy on rumours about Phoenix Nights making a comeback.
Frances Taylor, Digital Spy, 23rd November 2014Caroline Catz donates Doc Martin wedding dress
A wedding dress worn in hit TV series Doc Martin is to be auctioned to raise money for a southeast Cornwall children's charity.
Western Morning News, 23rd November 2014Keith Carter: A comedian's guide to cheating death
Some gigs you just are not going to win. Some gigs are built on ancient cursed burial grounds where the lost spirits of comics haunt the stage in bitterness, where humour has died and any unfortunate soul that thinks they can tell a few jokes and get a laugh will have misfortune bestowed upon them.
Keith Carter, Liverpool Echo, 23rd November 2014Vikki Stone interview
The death of her father from alcoholism doesn't immediately sound like the best subject for a comedy show. It's hardly a barrel of laughs, yet Vikki Stone insists it is funny as well as poignant.
The Birmingham Mail, 23rd November 2014Chris O'Dowd: I don't know how prepared I'm to be a dad
Chris O'Dowd is in town with his long-time friend and co-writer, Nick Vincent Murphy, to promote their first Moone Boy book.
The Irish Times, 23rd November 2014Morgana Robinson interview
As the all-star sketch show Psychobitches' returns, Morgana Robinson talks about her extraordinary rise from London hot-spot 'door whore' to TV's top female impressionist - and why white men still rule comedy.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 23rd November 2014Review: An evening with Noel Fielding
It's the way he sets up the way more far out second half that's cleverest of all, drip feeding us the bizarre cast we'll encounter from Luxury Comedy.
Sarah Walters, Manchester Evening News, 23rd November 2014Sharon Horgan interview
'These days female comedy sells, and people want to watch it'
Sinead Gleeson, The Irish Times, 23rd November 2014David Walliams is filming Agatha Christie drama
Filming had to be halted while the emergency services were summoned after smoke machines set off fire alarms in nearby buildings.
Kara O'Neill, The Mirror, 23rd November 2014DVD review: Sarah Millican - Home Bird Live
Some live DVDs look suspiciously like the cut-aways to the crowd laughing have been bought as a job lot or found in a skip. Not here. I don't usually comment on the editing in live DVDs but the shots of the Newcastle audience in stitches really show just how funny Millican is and how well she touches a nerve with her fans. Definitely one for your mam this Christmas, whether she gets claggy or not.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd November 2014Videos
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Hal
Series 1, Episode 2 - DeathHal faces a stark health problem, but salvation comes in the form of a charity race.