BCG Daily Sunday 3rd November 2013
Press clippings
Adam Riches turns to the Greek classics
How to follow an Edinburgh comedy award? With some Greek tragedy, as Adam Riches tells Holly Williams.
Holly Williams, The Independent, 3rd November 2013David Jason on life before being famous
In the presidential suite of a top London hotel, David Jason and I are like kids in a sweetie shop. We poke our heads into the kitchen, the dressing room, the luxury bathrooms, check out the immense flat-screen TV with its remote controls in leather cases.
Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman, 3rd November 2013Opinion: should comedy critics quote gags in reviews?
Jason Manford has been writing on Facebook about how two high profile critics - Veronica Lee and Julian Hall - have quoted his jokes in their reviews of his recent Hammersmith Apollo show. I was going to answer him on Facebook but this is such a complicated issue I thought it deserved a little more space, so here goes.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd November 2013Is Man Down's Brian the coolest character on TV?
The latest episode of Greg Davies's Channel 4 comedy featured an impassioned speech that puts actor Mike Wozniak up there with the likes of Jack Nicholson.
Paul Jones, Radio Times, 3rd November 2013Sanjeev Bhaskar: Daytime viewers deserve decent TV too
Daytime television is generally regarded as cheap, schedule-filling fodder for housewives and the retired, but with the schedules facing cuts, actor Sanjeev Bhaskar has spoken up in its defence.
Tara Conlan, The Observer, 3rd November 2013Justin Lee Collins set for comeback
Shamed TV comic Justin Lee Collins is set to make his comeback a year after he was found guilty of subjecting his ex-girlfriend to bullying hell. The ex-Friday Night Project host will take to the stage at St James's Theatre in central London later this month as part of a pop-up comedy event.
Janine Yaqoob, The Mirror, 3rd November 2013Comedians out in force to protest kazoo ban
Led by comedians Mark Thomas and Bill Bailey, alongside Billy Bragg, the crowd were demonstrating over proposals by Camden Council to require buskers to hold a licence to play a wind and percussion instrument.
Time Out, 3rd November 2013Videos
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7:25am10 min
Sooty
Series 2, Episode 18 - FireworksIts fireworks night at the park, but Sooty, Sweep and Soo can't afford to go. Sooty decides to sell Curry soup and things soon hot up.
8:15am15 min
Bottom Knocker Street
Episode 30 - Mummy DearestCouncillor Cowdrey's mother comes to visit and Cowdrey is desperate to impress her, but someone is keen to expose his dastardly past.
6:30pm30 min
The Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek
Episode 6This time, a referee treats a pub like a football pitch, the puppets end up in the toilet, mime becomes an addiction for the Ginge and all the characters take part in the big finale.
10pm30 min
Was It Something I Said?
Episode 5Micky Flanagan and Richard Ayoade are joined by panellists Robert Webb and Miles Jupp, while the guest narrator is Charles Dance.
10:25pm25 min
Toast Of London
Series 1, Episode 3 - Vanity ProjectCaught in the middle of an expensive divorce, Toast finds himself in need of a large amount of cash, and is forced to take on some extra work. But is his chosen project the right one?