BCG Daily Friday 30th August 2013
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'Celebrity Juice' returns to over 1m viewers on ITV2
Celebrity Juice returned for a new series to over 1 million viewers on Thursday (August 29), overnight data reveals.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 30th August 2013Opinion: Edinburgh Comedy Awards: the aftermath
As the posters are ripped down and the bills are paid up comedians everywhere will be asking themselves whether it was worth going to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th August 2013Review: The Big Time - Customs House, South Shields
It might not be big, or especially clever, but The Big Time delivers a fun evening with some belly-laughs.
John-Paul Stephenson, Giggle Beats, 30th August 2013Jafaican it? No we're not
Comedians might play the patois of multicultural Britain for laughs, but spoken English has been drawing on influences from other languages and dialects for centuries.
Rachel Braier, The Guardian, 30th August 2013Why time does not travel well in About Time
Richard Curtis' new film should have learned from previous time-travel stories, says Nicholas Barber.
Nicholas Barber, The Independent, 30th August 2013Amnesty Secret Comedy Podcast episode 15
In the last of Amnesty's Secret Comedy Podcasts, recorded live at this year's Edinburgh festival, Lee Mack chats about riding Red Rum and Tim FitzHigham tells Mark Dolan about sailing across the English Channel in a bathtub. Meanwhile, there's standup from Tanyalee Davis, Paul Foot and David Morgan.
The Guardian, 30th August 2013Big Bad World: A snapshot into the life of a graduate
Having just recently graduated from university myself, I was intrigued to see whether or not this comedy would get it right when it came to the ins and outs of life after uni.
Flo Hodgetts, Metro, 30th August 2013About Time, review
Richard Curtis rounds off his trust fund trilogy with weddings (not four, thankfully) and love (not actually, mercifully) in this return to the vanilla, upper-middle-class universe of comedic purgatory from which he refuses to shift.
Alan Bett, The Skinny, 30th August 2013'Save the Badger' song climbs iTunes charts
'Save the Badger Badger Badger' has reached as high as number 39 at the time of writing (August 30).
Tim Eames, Digital Spy, 30th August 2013Nigel Harman cast in Harry Hill's X Factor musical
Nigel Harman has been cast as a character based on Simon Cowell in the upcoming X Factor musical written by Harry Hill.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 30th August 2013Who would recommission a TV show like this?
New host Keith Lemon will front the latest series as executives look to old hits to revive ratings.
Matthew Bell, The Independent, 30th August 2013My autumn comedy highlights
Contemplating another serving of comedy after returning home from the Edinburgh Fringe is a bit like being offered a wafer thin mint after a large meal. I couldn't possibly without exploding.
Julian Hall, The Stage, 30th August 2013Videos
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3:45pm15 min
Comic Fringes
Series 9, Episode 2 - Kill DillyLarry has been (mostly) happily married to Dilly for forty-five years. Things have deteriorated, however, since his retirement and now Larry is contemplating murder. Ludicrous and funny tale by award-winning Irish comedian Aisling Bea.
6:30pm30 min
Bremner's One Question Quiz
Episode 3Rory Bremner presents a topical satire show that blends stand-up, sketch, investigative satire and interviews.
6:30pm30 min
9pm30 min
Big School
Series 1, Episode 3Miss Postern is landed with running the draughts club, and suggests merging with Mr Church's chess club. Anyone for Chaughts?
9pm60 min
A League Of Their Own
Series 7, Episode 2Three members of One Direction and Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox are the guests joining James Corden, Jamie Redknapp, Freddie Flintoff and Jack Whitehall.
10pm30 min
Don't Sit In The Front Row
Series 2, Episode 2More Front Rowers are given a comedy clobbering by host Jack Dee and this week's guest panellists, Dave Gorman, Tom Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan.
10pm60 min
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 11, Episode 1 - Lee Evans, Keeley Hawes, Dragon's Den, Sharon Osbourne, Rizzle KicksAlan Carr is joined by two of the stars of the forthcoming West End comedy play Barking in Essex - Lee Evans and Keeley Hawes. Plus the stars of Dragon's Den, and Sharon Osbourne who talks about her return to The X Factor. Music is from Rizzle Kicks.
10pm60 min
Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular
2013, Episode 1From deep inside the Edinburgh Fringe, rising superstar Seann Walsh hosts a riotous hour of the most exciting new acts in comedy. The next generation of talent make their mark on the sweaty coalface of the world's greatest comedy festival, including Tom Rosenthal, Aisling Bea and Limerick-based hip-hop artists the Rubberbandits.