BCG Daily Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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TV review: Chris Addison's Trying Again
Despite their best everyman turns, the central characters are just plain dull, with a one-dimensional supporting cast.
Nic Wright, Giggle Beats, 22nd April 2014Football has all the big comedy themes
When does a hobby stop being a hobby and become a sickness? Why are men more prone to mono-mania than women?
Simon Nye, The Telegraph, 22nd April 2014Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This review
David Threlfall should walk off with this year's best actor Bafta after a pitch-perfect portrayal of the much-loved comedian, supported by a phalanx of perfectly turned supporting roles.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 22nd April 2014Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This, ITV - TV review
Tommy Cooper lives, but where did his early years disappear to?
Ellen E. Jones, The Independent, 22nd April 2014Review - Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This, ITV
Entertaining if unilluminating biopic about the comedian.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 22nd April 2014Comedy in the Dark, Udderbelly - comedy review
Stand-ups working in total pitch black is certainly a fun concept, but it would feel less gimmicky if more did something lack-of-sight specific.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 22nd April 2014The world of comedian Jenny Eclair
Comedian and writer Jenny Eclair talks to Jessamy Calkin about baths, Filofaxes and Grumpy Old Women.
Jessamy Calkin, The Telegraph, 22nd April 2014Bolton News' chief football writer tries stand-up
What happens when you put a football writer on stage with a microphone, a handful of cue cards and a few dodgy jokes? Marc Iles finds out whether comedy can be taught - or whether he has missed the punch-line completely.
Marc Iles, Bolton News, 22nd April 2014Radio Times review
With the World Cup lurking enticingly on the horizon, this animated sitcom about a hapless everyman football freak is pitched somewhere between Family Guy, Uncle and Soccer AM. Unfortunately, it's not as funny as any of them.
There's no shortage of talent involved: Spy's Darren Boyd stars as Warren; Johnny Vegas is the imaginatively monikered coach Fat Baz; and Morwenna Banks (or Peppa Pig's mum to the UK's entire toddler population) plays drippy son Harrison. But the stereotypical main protagonist lacks the satirical edge of a Homer Simpson or a Peter Griffin, and you might find yourself yearning to slap him out of his soccercentric stupor.
Gary Rose, Radio Times, 22nd April 2014Tommy Cooper: the best quotes
Last night David Threlfall turned in an award-worthy performance as Tommy Cooper in the ITV biopic Not Like That, Like This. Here, we celebrate the fez-wearing comic conjuror's finest lines...
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 22nd April 2014Warren United review
Hopefully the series will up its game before the season is done.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 22nd April 2014Richard Gadd review - 'hyper-neurotic black comedy'
Gadd brings a strong sense of the absurd to this multimedia depiction of psychological frailty.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd April 2014Richard Gadd: Cheese and Crack Whores review
It's scalene, shocking and massively unpredictable.
Vonny Moyes, The Skinny, 22nd April 2014Warren United is a celebration of being a football fan
And Bill Freedman, the 84-year-old Arsenal supporter and show business veteran behind ITV4's new animated series, has advice for Arsene Wenger regarding his injury woes
Terry Payne, Radio Times, 22nd April 2014Series 2 of Bluestone 42 was a triumph
Bluestone 42 continues its march towards being one of the funniest programmes on TV. Thank goodness that Series 2 is currently being trained to be deployed in the coming year. Don't miss it.
Stephen Shirres, Culture Jam, 22nd April 2014Audio - I've got That Sinking Feeling
Bill Forsyth's debut film That Sinking Feeling is out on disc this week. It's a personal favourite - and here's why.
Mark Kermode, BBC, 22nd April 2014Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Incredible Women
Series 3, Episode 2 - Helen McKeeJeremy meets MI5 whistleblower Helen McKee, who is currently holed up in the broom cupboard at the Manuellan Embassy.
Hank Zipzer
Series 1, Episode 13 - The First Date DilemmaHank falls head over heels in love with Zoe, a girl he's met in Mr Rock's additional reading class. Papa Pete advises him to take her on a date...
The T-Boy Show
Series 1, Episode 4 - The BullyT-Boy's cousin is being bullied. Can T-Boy stop the bully?
Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums
Series 3, Episode 8Kevin Bridges and Sally Phillips join Dara for a super sports special of the numbers-based game show. It's Maths of the Day so if you want to know the scores, don't look away.
Sweat The Small Stuff
Series 3, Episode 3The panel is this week composed of Strictly Come Dancing champion Abbey Clancy, James and Brad from The Vamps and top comedians Holly Walsh and Lloyd Griffith.
Warren United
Episode 1 - JulyFriends and family desperately try to fill the void in Warren's life as he struggles to get through a match-free month.
Shedtown
Series 3, Episode 4Will the Sheddists choose to shed this new life again and drip back off the big wheel and into reality (home)? Or will they keep on drifting? - Dipping back into the sea, headed for a headier life still, in their dreams.