BCG Daily Tuesday 24th March 2015
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League duo open door to Inside No 9
League of Gentleman and Psychoville duo Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are looking relaxed ahead of the second series of their dark comedy Inside No 9.
Emma Saunders, BBC News, 24th March 2015Raised by Wolves episode 2, TV review
Caitlin Moran's sitcom has got joie de vivre to spare.
Chris Bennion, The Independent, 24th March 2015James Corden's 'Late Late Show' debut gets thumbs up
Even James Corden didn't have high hopes ahead of his eagerly anticipated US TV presenting debut on The Late Late Show, but it appears he had nothing to worry about after the first show got the thumbs up from viewers and those notoriously hard-to-please US TV critics.
Matt Bagwell, The Huffington Post, 24th March 2015James Corden on US TV review: witty, inspired...
Though unknown in America, James Corden tore down talkshow conventions and performed admirably, especially in a retrospective of Tom Hanks's career.
Brian Moylan, The Guardian, 24th March 2015Les Dennis wants to head back to stand-up
Coronation Street star Les Dennis has revealed that he would love to make a return to stand-up comedy.
Hampshire Chronicle, 24th March 2015Review: Suzi Ruffell & Romesh Ranganathan, Southsea
Of all the comedy shows I've been to, and that's a lot, I can't honestly recall an occasion when I have laughed so much.
Kayleigh Millen, Portsmouth News, 24th March 2015Radio Times review
Paul Whitehouse and David Cummings's funny, moving and meaningful comedy about Esther Coles's community psychiatric nurse Liz allows some flashes of optimism in a most unexpected quarter this week: morbidly obese Graham appears to have found a girlfriend.
Of course everything remains trying for poor Liz in an episode that considers the scarcity of resources for the vital service she provides. We also meet a soldier with post-traumatic stress in scenes that are incredibly affecting - but also eerily plausible.
The techniques Liz uses are based on actual remedies and approaches that are being used right now.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 24th March 2015Tommy Tiernan on fame, fortune, family and controversy
"Ireland is - and I mean this in the most positive sense - we're peasants," says Tommy Tiernan. "Even rich people in Ireland are peasants - rich peasants - and you can tell this from how they spend their money."
R. Garratt, The National (Scotland), 24th March 2015Richard Curtis interview
Notting Hill director fears he helped gentrify London.
Helen Nianias, The Independent, 24th March 2015John Robins picks his fantasy comedy night
Most comics just pick Richard Pryor and Bill Hicks and be done with it. Not Robins. Read on!
John Robins, London Is Funny, 24th March 2015Charlie Brooker: why tug our forelocks to Richard III?
For somebody who did less for Britain than, say, Olly Murs, we're making a dreadful fuss of our late monarch.
Charlie Brooker, The Guardian, 24th March 2015Comedy Q&A: Ellie Taylor
An interview with stand-up Ellie Taylor.
Simon Wilson, Nottingham Post, 24th March 2015Video: the comedians who invade your personal space
What would you do if somebody in the street came to you and touched your beard, took off your hat or even handcuffed you? How would you react?
More to the point, how would you react when you found out they were videoing the whole encounter, to post for other people to laugh at?
A new generation of YouTubers are taking comedy to the extreme by invading people's personal space during street pranks.
But while some think strangers can handle it, others believe everyone has the right to walk down the street unmolested.
Alvaro A. Ricciardelli, BBC News, 24th March 2015Ash Atalla: my career journey
The Roughcut founder Ash Atalla gave an insight into how he broke into TV and revealed The Office may never have been made if his maths ability was better.
Broadcast, 24th March 2015James Corden's TV show could learn from Simon Amstell
Corden's US TV debut is a success, but the mutual back-slappery of such chatshows is almost unwatchable - all the more so when the hosts are comedians.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 24th March 2015Noel Fielding helps Amused Moose comedy club launch
Like the Centre Pompidou and roadkill, new material comedy nights are fun because you get to see all the guts on the outside. Comedians have to test out new jokes somewhere and yesterday the Amused Moose comedy club chose to inaugurate its cosy new venue above the Arts Theatre near Leicester Square with a packed night -- 12 comics including surrealist superstar Noel Fielding -- offering up freshly-minted gags for a lively and (mostly) sympathetic young crowd.
Stu Black, Londonist, 24th March 2015Les Dennis: It would be nice to get back to stand-up
Coronation Street star and comedian Les Dennis says he'd love the chance to return to his comedy roots.
Emma Flanagan, Manchester Evening News, 24th March 2015Mike & Bernie Winters: from city market to TV stardom
They were loved by millions. After Morecambe and Wise these boys were the top double act in the land... and to think were once selling clothes on Norwich Market.
Derek James, The Eastern Daily Press, 24th March 2015Inside No. 9 - La Couchette preview
It is not just the dramatic elements that work, but also the comedy. Anyone familiar with Shearsmith and Pemberton's work will already be familiar with their dark comic tone.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 24th March 2015TV review: Ross Noble: Freewheeling, Dave
Every comedian gets the TV series they deserve. Grumpy stand-ups get sitcoms in which they play grumpy versions of themselves. Snappy stand-ups get shiny floor comedies. And so master improvisor Ross Noble, who goes onstage not really knowing what is going to happen, gets Freewheeling, literally a comedy roadshow - he hits the tarmac on his motorbike in search of fun, with fans on Twitter pointing him in various unexpected directions.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2015Mrs. Brown's Boys: How Now Mrs Brown Cow, review
'I've seen a couple of these touring vehicles now and this is by far the lamest of the bunch, a case of milking the whole thing to within an inch of its life', says Dominic Cavendish.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 24th March 2015The day I met Caitlin Moran
I squealed in Morrisons when the confirmation came through I'd be interviewing Caitlin Moran on my radio show.
Sarah Powell, The Huffington Post, 24th March 2015Dylan Moran interview
Dylan Moran, creator and star of cult favourite Black Books, film actor, writer and stand-up comedian, is in town with his new show Off The Hook.
Victoria Nangle, The Latest, 24th March 2015Videos
TV & radio
How Does That Make You Feel?
Series 5, Episode 2Restaurant owner Tony appears in Martha's office. His wife thinks he needs therapy, though he has no idea why.
Roy
Series 4, Episode 10 - Fright Of A LifetimeRoy and Becky want to put a stop to Bill and Maura's embarrassing obsession with Halloween. But when they lure Deco into the O'Briens' haunted house to get even with him for tricking Roy, they are genuinely freaked out when things seem to go bump in the night for real.
Ross Noble Freewheeling
Series 2, Episode 1Ross Noble enlists Billy Ocean's help in a quest for justice and is deluged by cheese!
Nurse
Episode 3Graham's mood has lifted as he tells Liz about his new girlfriend, but his mother disapproves of the new love interest - especially when items start to go missing.