BCG's 2013 Feature Article Highlights
The end of a year gives us an excuse to shine a spotlight on some of the articles we published earlier which you may have missed. Here, in no particular order, are some of our popular features:
Jasper Carrott - In Conversation
In February veteran stand-up Jasper Carrott talked about his career and explained why he isn't planning on returning to comedy any time soon. Read
Sid James: A centenary celebration
In May, on what would have been Carry On star Sid James' 100th birthday, comedy historian and biographer Robert Ross reflected on the legacy of screen legend. Read
Alan Partridge: The story so far
In August, with Alan Partridge then preparing to head to the big screen, we took a look back at twenty years of a modern comedy legend. Read
We published various news and interviews from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. We finished the month by analysing thousands of reviews to name the best shows of the year. View
To promote the Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival in February, we were privileged to be allowed to publish some of the unique comedian portraits created by photographer Andy Hollingworth. View
This was the year Red Dwarf turned 25 years old, so it seemed like a good time to take a look at the worlds of sci-fi and fantasy within British comedy: Read
Journalist Si Hawkins has been talking in-depth to stand-up comedians via his Circuit Training column. This year he got some great tales, and some honest and revealing answers from the likes of Robin Ince, Andre Vincent, Jeremy Hardy and Bob Mills. Read
Si also had a go at stand-up comedy, as he detailed in a Blog
Ealing Studios' comedy history
In this piece from July, film historian Charles Barr reflects on the rich British comedy heritage of Ealing Studios and DVD distributor Network's project to release an abundance of 'Ealing Rarities'. Read
Top illustrator Paul Mitchell offered to draw whatever our readers wanted. They picked Miranda Hart and The Mighty Boosh. You can see more of his comedy caricatures here: View
Channel 4's Peep Show quietly turned ten years old in September. We couldn't let the anniversary pass without a bit of a celebration for one of the greatest sitcoms ever created. Read
Philip Bates headed to the sleepy village of Port Isaac in the summer to report back from the filming of the hit comedy drama Doc Martin. Watching the show being filmed is a popular activity, as he explained in his report: Read
This year Sooty celebrated 65 years of being on children's TV. We published some fun facts about him, and pictures of some famous friends from his photo album: Read
We're really proud to be the publisher behind many of the best independently produced UK comedy podcasts, and 2013 saw some particularly great episodes created.
The panel shows Do The Right Thing, Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown and No Pressure To Be Funny all delivered some hilarious moments, The John Dredge Show surpassed itself in the surreal stakes, and Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast involved some of the biggest named in comedy. The Stephen Fry interview is an absolute must listen. All the podcasts
Jerry Sadowitz car crash interview
Not everything BCG gets involved in is a triumph though, as we demonstrated back in January when we crossed paths with Jerry Sadowitz. To say the interview went badly would be an understatement. Our writer is still in hiding! Read
Above are just a handful of the hundred and hundreds of features we published in 2013. For more, take a look around our website:
Features: We published interviews related to many of the big TV shows, plus stuff like Monty Python's 10 best sketches. We've also just published a Bob Monkhouse feature.
Live Coverage: Our live coverage includes interviews and blogs from many stand-up comedians. Interesting pieces include Paul Kerensa looking at religion versus comedy.
Make It: We're starting to build up our area for those interested in writing and performing comedy. Check it out for stuff like how I invoiced The Daily Mail for my joke. Recent articles include Mapping a path through the sitcom jungle and Should I Go Freelance?
Stick with BCG, as we've lots more planned for 2014. For starters, here's Vic & Bob talking about their new sitcom and The songs from Harry Hill's X Factor spoof.
Voting for The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2013 kicks off on the 1st January 2014 - get involved in that!