BCG Daily Monday 25th May 2015

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Press clippings

Cowgatehead chaos: Free Fringe rejections start

Continuing on from yesterday's blog about the still unresolved chaos surrounding the Cowgatehead venue at this year's Edinburgh Fringe ...

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 25th May 2015

Review: Still Open All Hours

Far better to get Open All Hours on DVD and watch the real thing.

Ben Pobjie, Sydney Morning Herald, 25th May 2015

The top ten comedy accidents

The infamous Only Fools and Horses scene where Del Boy utters the immortal words: "Play it nice and cool, son. Nice and cool, you know what I mean", to Trigger before falling through the bar, won 54% of the votes in a poll of comedy TV or film accidents.

MK Web, 25th May 2015

Radio Times review

Matt's money worries come to a head and you don't need to be a committed LeBlanc watcher to know that he will probably live to regret his unusual solution. Sean and Beverly face problems of their own when Sean's ex-writing partner comes to town and (in a departure from David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik's usually deft plotting) delivers a somewhat implausible missile that may sink them yet.

But perhaps the biggest bombshell concerns Carol (Kathleen Rose Perkins), who discovers that her rackety love life cannot be blamed on father issues alone. As with previous series, there is mounting mayhem amid the phoniness and frivolity. And it's great fun.

Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 25th May 2015

Man proposes marriage in front of comedy gig audience

When comedy fans John Oliver and Claire Merriman walked through the doors of Malvern theatres for a comedy gig on Friday night, little did they imagine they would come out engaged to be married.

Robert Hale, Worcester News, 25th May 2015

Ken Dodd: Coming to Southport is like coming home

As he prepares to return this weekend, Ken Dodd looks back on his 80-year love affair with Southport.

Kate Lally, Soutport Visiter, 25th May 2015

Man Up movie review

Man Up is for the most part a charming romantic comedy. The performances from the two leads are so convincing that one wants to spend more time on their date.

Georgia Mizen, The Upcoming, 25th May 2015

Cowgatehead Update - 1403 Monday 25th May

Freestival board member Jools Constant met with the licensee of Cowgatehead, Kenny Waugh, this afternoon and has hammered out a compromise agreement under which Freestival would retain the lower 3 floors which are already booked in.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 25th May 2015

Will Hay: Britain's bumbling star of the screen & skies

It's 80 years since Gainsborough Pictures released the comedy Boys Will Be Boys, the movie that finally established ex-music hall performer Will Hay as a British film name - during that same year of 1935 he also published an accomplished astronomy book Through My Telescope. Hay was now a rising star in both senses of the word and in 1936 film exhibitors would vote him one of the UK's Top Ten film performers.

Phil Strongman, The Register, 25th May 2015

Fringe freeasco: Rescue deal torpedoed

The PBH Free Fringe has apparently ruled out a compromise to resolve the 'free-asco' over the Cowgatehead venue at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Chortle, 25th May 2015

Rob Delaney: 'I am very good at sitting in a Jacuzzi'

He's been sober for 13 years after almost dying in a drunken car crash. But Rob Delaney can still be savage on stage. The standup and star of Catastrophe talks about jail, rehab and the joys of causing offence.

Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 25th May 2015

Brighton Fringe review: Shit-Faced Shakespeare

When it is good, it is an anarchic, exciting and hilarious experience, unlike anything else you will see. But in those moments it does not work, it becomes laboured and the audience loses interest very fast.

James Lillywhite, A Younger Theatre, 25th May 2015

Hunting the Big Four: Our Comedy and Theatre Picks

Preview season heats up in July - a cheap opportunity to take in the best of the Fringe before it's even begun. Here are our picks.

Ben Venables and Emma Ainley-Walker, The Skinny, 25th May 2015

TV & radio

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC
7:45am
30 min
Horrible Histories. Queen Victoria (Sarah Hadland). Copyright: Lion Television / Citrus Television

Horrible Histories

Series 6, Episode 1 - Awesome Alfred The Great

Watch King Alfred the Great argue with his older brothers, then defeat the Vikings using his cunning hit-and-run tactics, summoning the spirit of Ed Sheeran. Meanwhile, across the world, Ant and Dec host a very special Chinese edition of I'm A Celebrity, and the Egyptians tell us how healthcare should really be done.

Radio 4
11:30am
30 min
Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 72, Episode 2

Nicholas Parsons hosts the popular panel game. Paul Merton, Alun Cochrane, Susan Calman and Gyles Brandreth attempt to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation on such diverse topics as Nelson's Column and Alice in Wonderland.

BBC Two
10pm
30 min
Episodes. Image shows from L to R: Beverly Lincoln (Tamsin Greig), Sean Lincoln (Stephen Mangan), Matt LeBlanc (Matt LeBlanc). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions / BBC

Episodes

Series 4, Episode 3

Sean's former writing partner Tim Whittick is in town. There's no love lost between Tim and Beverly, as he blames her for breaking up his partnership with Sean. She is his Yoko.

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