BCG Daily Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Tim Vine wins funniest Edinburgh Fringe joke award
A joke by comedian Tim Vine about a vacuum cleaner has been voted the funniest at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
BBC News, 19th August 2014Tim Vine wins Dave award for funniest joke
Hoover wisecrack wins almost 20% of public vote and makes one-liner standup Vine first comic to win award twice.
Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian, 19th August 2014Tim Vine's vacuum joke voted best one-liner
Tim Vine wins the award for best one liner at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the second time.
Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 19th August 2014Tim Vine wins 'joke of the Fringe'
Tim Vine has won the 'joke of the Fringe' title for the second time.
Chortle, 19th August 2014Tim Vine joke voted best one-liner of the Fringe
The English comic has won the title, which is chosen via a public poll from a shortlist drawn up by a panel of leading comedy critics, almost two decades after being winning Perrier's "best newcomer" crown.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 19th August 2014Tim Vine bags another Dave funniest joke award
TV channel Dave has announced the winner of the seventh annual award for Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th August 2014Explain yourself: Russell Kane
The comedian Russell Kane -- or Lord Russell Grineau, as he became known when he changed his name by deed poll -- was born in Enfield and previously worked as a copywriter in advertising.
Catherine Nixey, The Times, 19th August 2014Edinburgh diary: Pub landlord turns umpire
To the Meadows, for the annual Comedians versus Industry women's rounders match, a scene of violence and controversy presided over by umpire Al Murray.
Mike Wade, The Times, 19th August 2014Radio Times review
As the title promises, these sessions from Edinburgh's Stand Comedy Club are the opposite of ordinary television comedy: rough around the edges, whimsical, occasionally controversial. This instalment is especially refreshing because it boasts an all-female line-up. Familiar faces Bridget Christie and Josie Long are joined by Maeve Higgins who has novel ideas about exercise, Helen Keen on modern relationships and self-professed "geek songstress" Helen Arney performing a surreal ode to the sun. Christie fans should tune in purely for her energetic tirade about Stirling Moss.
Claire Webbb, Radio Times, 19th August 2014Chris Addison & Peter Capaldi reunite in Dr Who finale
Capaldi's debut series will end with a The Thick of It reunion. Meanwhile, Addison is the bookies' favourite to take over as a full-time companion should Jenna Coleman leave the show.
Stephen Kelly, Radio Times, 19th August 2014Inbetweeners thrash Sylvester Stallone at UK box office
The new Inbetweeners film has continued to dominate the UK and Ireland box office, leaving the latest Expendables sequel floundering in its wake.
BBC News, 19th August 2014Taking the beep out of the Pussycat Dolls
Cabaret duo Frisky & Mannish's routine whips off the girlband's mini-skirts to reveal their ... seaside humour.
Frisky and Mannish, The Guardian, 19th August 201410 questions for Sara Pascoe
The comic on making gags about your partner, artistic paranoia and whether comedy can ever be an agent of social change.
Alex Needham, The Guardian, 19th August 2014Take my husband: the rise of comedy couples
With alliances between standups increasingly common, relationship gags are entering a brave new era in which both parties get to air their dirty linen on stage.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th August 2014Gein's Family Giftshop: A question for three
We put the same question to all three members of a Fringe trio.
ThreeWeeks, 19th August 2014Edinburgh Fringe 2014 interview: Jonny Pelham
Jonny Pelham has been nominated for Chortle Best Newcomer, finished runner-up in So You Think You're Funny? and been a finalist and the judges choice in the BBC New Comedy Awards. How about that? Here he is speaking about his Edinburgh Fringe show.
Laugh Out London, 19th August 2014Edinburgh Fringe interview 2014: Stuart Laws
Stuart Laws promises the best Billy Joel joke of the Fringe. We can confirm this is true.
Laugh Out London, 19th August 2014Fringe Q&As: Pete Firman
Pete Firman speaks to HeraldScotland about magic, slow walkers and deckchairs.
The Herald, 19th August 2014Fringe Q&As: Stuart Goldsmith
Stuart Goldsmith talks to HeraldScotland about the Bongo club, a Moroccan con man and sliding down Arthur's Seat in a cardboard box that once contained haggis.
The Herald, 19th August 2014Fringe Q&A - Charlie O'Connor
Charlie O'Connor talks to HeraldScotland about career choices, riders and battling pre-gig nerves.
The Herald, 19th August 2014Fringe Q&As: Juliette Burton
Juliette Burton talks to HeraldScotland about changing appearances, meeting John Lloyd and performing for her home crowd.
The Herald, 19th August 2014Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show potential shambles
When I started the Malcolm Hardee memorial shows in 2006 followed, in 2007, by the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Shows, I realised I was in a win-win situation. If the shows were a shambolic mess, I would get credit for honouring the true spirit of Malcolm. If they went smoothly, I would get credit for putting together a good show in his memory. In a sense, I welcome chaos.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 19th August 2014Lloyd Griffith: Choirboy to comic
There's something inherently funny when you see a full grown man singing in a high pitch voice like a woman. People laugh as it's unnatural, however, that's my actual job.
Lloyd Griffith, Edinburgh Evening News, 19th August 2014On the Fringe: Katsura Sunshine
Katsura Sunshine, real name Gregory Robic, is Japan's very own adopted son. Born in Canada the Rakugo storyteller has had them laughing in the aisles at the New Town Theatre, on George Street, this Fringe, with punchlines that are 400 years in the making.
Edinburgh Evening News, 19th August 2014Jeeves and Wooster West End cancels extended run
The West End production of Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, is to close four months early.
BBC News, 19th August 2014Pegg & Frost to reprise Shaun of the Dead characters
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are to reprise their Shaun of the Dead characters for a Phineas and Ferb special.
Digital Spy, 19th August 2014My guide to shagging in Edinburgh
As both an enthusiastic participant in the Sweaty Arts and a lover of this city, a few Fringes ago I developed an Edinburgh-specific classification of sexual bases which I am ready to share with you, my Festival friends, because I am an adult and so are you and this is how adults communicate in the real world.
Brydie Lee-Kennedy, Chortle, 19th August 2014Lee Evans: Monsters review
There are funny moments in Lee Evans new show, but he should try less hard.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 19th August 2014Videos
TV & radio
Hacker Time
Series 4, Episode 7 - Radzi and LindseyMore flea-bitten fun, chat and music from Hacker T Dog, but what will he make of Blue Peter presenters Radzi and Lindsey?
MacAulay And Co
Edinburgh 2014, Episode 11Fred MacAulay and Susan Calman are joined by Tim Key, Des Bishop, Mark Thomas and Brendon Burns.
The Alternative Comedy Experience
Series 2, Episode 6 - KevinMaeve Higgins, Josie Long, Bridget Christie, Helen Keen, and Helen Arney conspire in the first ever all-female stand up show on TV, ruined only by backstage interviews with man Stewart Lee.
The Guns Of Adam Riches
Series 2, Episode 1 - Bean's OdysseyAn epic journey which follows Sean Bean's attempts to save his castle, his wife and his O2 contract from the ever-growing threat of the McGann brothers.