BCG Daily Sunday 30th August 2015
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Remembering Ealing Studios: golden age of British film
It is 60 years since the end of the most celebrated era of production at Ealing film studios in London, where classics like The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets were shot. Today, just a tiny handful of those involved survive to recall one of the great periods of British film-making.
Vincent Dowd, BBC News, 30th August 2015On my radar: Doc Brown's cultural highlights
The rapper, comedian, actor and screenwriter on Slow West, Ray Celestin's The Axeman's Jazz, The Waters by Mick Jenkins and the magic of Kermode and Mayo.
Jessica Murray, The Observer, 30th August 2015The warm-up men and women: who do big names rely on?
Alan Carr and Graham Norton won't crack a joke without them - so what does it take to be a top warm-up act? Gerard Gilbert joins the live studio audience to find out.
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 30th August 2015Dave Gorman interview
The comedian on parenthood, Ant & Dec, and the sop of Twitter.
Adam Jacques, The Independent, 30th August 2015Reviewer review: Stu Black (The Skinny)
Stu Black is quite refreshing. Perhaps I feel like that because we've all had a week in the FringePig office looking at reviewers eager to winkle out misogynists and those guilty of cultural essentialism or national exceptionalism or gender reductivism. Reviewers who have taken on the job of culture police.
Derwent Cyzinski, FringePig, 30th August 2015Reviewer review: Stephanie Withers (Three Weeks)
Stephanie Withers gives the impression of being scared of running over the word limit. Her reviews release their information in staccato squirts of data. Occasionally she'll pair two sentences with a comma. But mostly it reads like this. However, her reviews are better than this makes them sound.
Edmund Rumania, FringePig, 30th August 2015Nine things I was asked to do this Fringe...
From deleting bad reviews to paying for their own tickets.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th August 2015Interview: Felicity Ward, What if there is No Toilet?
A chat with Felicity Ward.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 30th August 2015Interview: Joe Hart, Dirty Rotten Apples
A chat with Joe Hart.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 30th August 2015Interview: Will Seaward
A chat with Will Seaward.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 30th August 2015Interview: Planet Caramel
A chat with Planet Caramel.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 30th August 2015Interview: Desiree Burch, Tar Baby
A chat with Desiree Burch.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 30th August 2015Interview: Rob Mountford and Chris Larner
A chat with Rob Mountford and Chris Larner.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 30th August 2015Interview: Jamie Wood, O No!
A chat with Jamie Wood.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 30th August 2015Interview: Miles Allen, One Man Breaking Bad
A chat with Miles Allen.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 30th August 2015Death of producer Danny Greenstone
Danny had joined BBC Radio in 1969, as a filing clerk in News Information but, by 1973 he was a producer in Light Entertainment. In 1977, with producer John Lloyd, he invented The News Quiz and, he said, the only argument they ever had was about the title. Danny wanted to call the series [i]Keep Taking The Tabloids[i].
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 30th August 2015Laugh Out London's Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Awards 2015
With the Edinburgh Festival Fringe sadly drawing to a close it's time for the big awards announcement that everybody has been waiting for; it's the Laugh Out London Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Awards 2015 (or LOLlies as they are affectionately known).
Laugh Out London, 30th August 2015Interview: Lucy Pearman and Letty Butler, LetLuce
A chat with LetLuce.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 30th August 2015Elliot Kerrigan on transgender drama Boy Meets Girl
Transgender drama Boy Meets Girl is a sitcom about a couple in love first, and a challenge to society second, writer Elliot Kerrigan explains.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 30th August 2015Boy Meets Girl preview
With hints of The Royle Family and Gavin & Stacey, Boy Meets Girl is a delightful warm comedy that can't help but make you feel good.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 30th August 2015Ed Byrne interview
Mock The Week star Ed Byrne is an established touring favourite, and despite his youthful looks the Irishman recently marked up 20 years as a comic.
Veronica Lee, Giggle Beats, 30th August 2015Kim Kardashian to cameo in Ab Fab movie
Kim Kardashian has landed a role on the highly-anticipated Absolutely Fabulous movie.
Daily Mail, 30th August 2015