BCG Daily Thursday 15th August 2013
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Chris and Carl's Edinburgh Hangout: Episode 2 - video
Comedians Chris Martin and Carl Donnelly link up with performers across Edinburgh for an insiders' view of the festival fringe. In this episode, Seann Walsh, Zoe Lyons and Stephen K Amos debate such hot topics as vomiting audience members and the most ridiculous claims on show posters. Plus: Abandoman freestyle with Edinburgh show titles - and Seann Walsh gets told off by a complete stranger.
Chris Martin and Carl Donnelly, The Guardian, 15th August 2013There's no room for failure in TV Comedy
It'd be wonderful if comedy commissioners were more daring, maybe took a bigger chance on the talents behind their web series', and actively sought out a wider range of new comedians. But today, if you want to make comedy and reach an audience without their help, you can do it.
James Hamilton, The Independent, 15th August 2013Idris Elba says he'd "do anything" in Inbetweeners film
Idris Elba has revealed that he's keen to swap crime drama for booze-fuelled teenage antics, eyeing a part in the next Inbetweeners movie.
Emma Daly, Radio Times, 15th August 2013Boom Town review
Boom Town was one of those shows which I only watch until the end so that I can gauge how truly awful it is, and then write about it on this blog.
Matthew McLane, UK TV Reviewer, 15th August 2013Big School: Writing with comedy greats
Collaboration was at the heart of Big School, a sitcom conceived by David Walliams (the swimmer turned actor who also plays Mr Church) but written, from the very first draft of episode one, by four people: David himself and us Dawson Bros (who can neither act nor swim).
The Dawson Bros, BBC Blogs, 15th August 2013Have you been watching ... PhoneShop?
It sounds like it should be another throwaway comedy, but the third series of E4's PhoneShop gets a ringing endorsement.
David Renshaw, The Guardian, 15th August 2013Edinburgh comedy: can anything be joked about?
One performer suggests that it's not always healthy to go for the gag above all else. Plus: dreams come true on the fringe, and a computer tries its hand at standup.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th August 2013Ed Byrne: 'Ageism' in comedy is a good thing
Now 41, comedian Ed Byrne embraces the fact that he's 'over the hill' in his new show, Roaring Forties.
Chris Stone, The Telegraph, 15th August 2013Bo Burnham on changing venues & the Fringe's Golden Age
What a shame. A lot has changed at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2010 (the last year I was here).
Bo Burnham, The Independent, 15th August 2013Acerbic Ed Miliband jokes have Jack Straw laughing
The Labour adviser turned stand-up Matt Forde came face-to-face with one of his subjects when Jack Straw showed up at his show this week.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 15th August 2013Brendon Burns' 5 Most Obscure Acts
So here is a list of people so obscure and/or niche that even the Alternative Comedy society said, "I'm sorry, who?" to.
Brendon Burns, The Independent, 15th August 2013Fringe comedy debut: Darts Wives
Comedians perform for the first time at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013.
The List, 15th August 2013Fringe comedy debut: Amy Hoggart
The comedian performs debut solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013.
The List, 15th August 2013Fringe comedy debut: Rhys Mathewson
The comedian performs debut solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013.
The List, 15th August 2013Book review: Secret Edinburgh
Secret Edinburgh is funny, informative and rather essential.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th August 2013Lloyd Langford explains why he's being a big Galoot
In 2013 Lloyd Langford has decided to become a little bit more reckless in Edinburgh, with a stand-up comedy show about embracing your inner Galoot...
STV, 15th August 2013John Cleese brands British press 'depraved'
John Cleese has launched an attack on the media, branding many British newspapers "amoral creatures".
Sam Masters, The Independent, 15th August 2013Jimmy Savile show actor beaten up in the street
Yesterday, Gareth Ellis of comedy duo Ellis & Rose told me about being attacked in the street - but not randomly.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2013Benny Davis: A playlist
So, let's team up once again with our sister media CMU for an Edinburgh Festival-themed addition to its regular guest playlist slot. And following on from last week's Edinburgh International Festival playlist, today we move back to the Fringe to meet one third of The Axis Of Awesome, Benny Davis.
ThreeWeeks, 15th August 2013Is Withnail and I the best British comedy of all time?
With Bruce Robinson's Withnail And I getting an open air release in Caversham tomorrow, as part of Cult Screens commitment to exhibiting the best cult and pop culture films, it's a perfect opportunity to revisit and reflect on a truly unique British comedy and cult classic.
Metro, 15th August 2013Turning confessions into comedy
They say that tragedy plus time equals comedy and we in The Maydays are a common denominator in this equation. In our show we take audience members' secretly disclosed confessions and turn them into an improvised performance.
Jason Blackwater, The Independent, 15th August 2013Videos
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10:30am90 min
MacAulay And Co
Edinburgh 2013, Episode 9Fred MacAulay is back with another daily dose of news and comedy from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
5pm25 min
DNN
Series 1, Episode 12As the series closes, there's tension in the DNN newsroom as it's revealed that someone is to be promoted to co-anchor DNNNNNN alongside Henry Smart. Bob and Felicity look back through the archive to work out who it's most likely to be.
10pm30 min
Live At The Electric
Series 2, Episode 7Lothario Antonio tells us how to stimulate a woman's mind, Film Fizz's Chris Kendall goes head to head with Colin Firth and snooty Frenchman Marcel Lucont shares his views on religion.
10pm30 min
PhoneShop
Series 3, Episode 4 - #goodtimesAs PhoneShop Sutton attempt to win The Golden Bowl insurance sales award for the sixth year in a row, and Janine attempts to stage the greatest, most elaborate sales evening of all time, all of Lance's energy is going into getting Gregg Wallace to follow him on Twitter.