BCG Daily Monday 16th October 2017
News & Features
Upstart Crow gets Series 3
Upstart Crow will return to screens for a third series, the BBC has announced.
Micky Flanagan gets O2 keys
Micky Flanagan has been presented with a key to The O2, after reaching the milestone of 21 performances at the London arena venue.
Colin Morgan to star in Simon Amstell's film
Merlin actor Colin Morgan will star in Benjamin, the new film written and directed by Simon Amstell.
Videos
The End Of The F***ing World - Trailer
James is a loner who doesn't engage with other people. His world is one of violent inner fantasies. No one talks to him at school, and he's happy with that. But everything changes in an instant when new girl Alyssa accosts him in the canteen... Alyssa is teenage angst made flesh. She feels estranged from her mum, hates her stepdad, and rejects pretty much everyone she meets. That is until she sees James sitting alone one day... Alyssa sees a kindred spirit in James - just as he identifies her as a potential victim. And so their journey begins.
Trigger Happy - Troll
Trigger Happy is back. For too long, trolls have existed purely online... until now. Dom Joly will be patrolling the streets, complete with troll prosthetics, to offer his uninvited and unwelcome opinions on anything that catches his eye. The 'human troll' is on the streets looking for nice things to ruin.
Podcasts
Hayley & Ruth: Two Stars
Episode 2.2 - Soho: Hayley and Ruth attend an invigorating piece of invisible theatre and review a Nordic bakery in London's Soho.
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith
Episode 224 - Tim McGarry (Live): One of the writers and stars of Northern Ireland's most successful sitcom Give My Head Peace, wonderful Tim McGarry is adept at walking the tightrope of offence. We talk about...
External Press Links
- Article from The Guardian
Farewell to Sean Hughes - Article from The Telegraph
Sean Hughes would hate this tribute - Article from The Telegraph
The original Igor: remembering Marty Feldman - News from i Newspaper
Tucker tells Partridge: 'Brexit is a death cult'
TV & Radio: Catch-Up
Timewasters
Series 1, Episode 3: Nick decides to get to know Victoria's long-suffering butler a little better.
W1A
Series 3, Episode 5: The renewal group has to respond to rumours that Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman is about to leave the BBC.
Up North
Series 2, Episode 1: After the fire in the pub, Mick blackmails local taxi driver Patch Thatch into giving him 10 free taxi rides, since Patch was the one who started the fire by accident. Mick then comes up with a plan to frame Penelope Bottomley for starting the fire and gets his wife Rosie, next door neighbour Geoffrey, and Penelope's twin sister Rebecca, to go along with it. Daft Dave gets a new job as a Zoo Keeper at Sheffield Zoo and gives Mick two free tickets... but disaster strikes when Dada the gorilla escapes from the zoo.
Joel & Nish Vs The World
Series 1, Episode 5: Joel Dommett and Nish Kumar are in Brazil where, under Nish's watchful eye, Joel will train with the 'Xavante' and take part in a punishing relay race like no other.
Upstart Crow
Series 2, Episode 6: Will has finished Romeo and Juliet but now there's competition over who will play Juliet. Kate feels the part should be hers. If only lady-acting weren't against the law.
Josh
Series 3, Episode 3: Kate's friend makes her godmother to a bawling baby boy, only to exploit her for free childcare.
The Unbelievable Truth
Series 19, Episode 3: David Mitchell is joined by Lloyd Langford, Henning Wehn, Ellie Taylor and John Finnemore as they lie on the subjects of dinosaurs, China, cake and bees.
Sarah Millican: How To Be Champion
Episodes, Episode 1: Sarah describes the life-changing moment, in her late twenties and in the aftermath of a divorce, that she discovered her talent for writing and performing comedy in front of an audience of strangers.