BCG Daily Wednesday 12th November 2014
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'Dapper Laughs is gone' - comedian talks to Newsnight
The comedian behind Dapper Laughs has told the BBC that he will no longer be performing as the character. Daniel O'Reilly was talking to Newsnight after ITV dropped his TV show and a tour was cancelled. He has angered many people by making jokes about rape and homelessness.
BBC News, 12th November 2014Terry Gilliam hints at Life of Brian musical
Terry Gilliam has spoken about a potential musical version of Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 12th November 2014Joanna Scanlan's Puppy Love - a new comedy with bite
Dog walking proved to be a way out of depression for The Thick of It star and has inspired her new comedy series.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 12th November 2014Dapper's dead. But ITV2 still has questions to answer.
The demise of comedy "character" Dapper Laughs in a car-crash Newsnight interview is good news, says Jack Seale - but how did this noxious sexism get onto mainstream TV in the first place?
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 12th November 2014TV preview, Puppy Love, BBC4
Judging from the first episode at least - always a tough call as I found with the Detectorists, which was in the same slot and veered off in an unexpected direction - Puppy Love is a pretty conventional sitcom set on the north-west coast about relationships across class, cultural and canine divides. It could certainly sit comfortably on BBC Two, Maybe even BBC One.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th November 2014Dapper Laughs: How it all went wrong
Timeline of his quick rise... and quicker fall.
Chortle, 12th November 2014Why the fall of Dapper Laughs is an important lesson
I have a joke for Dapper Laughs, ITV & co - how many feminists does it take to force a major TV network to cancel a popular misogynistic show? Actually never mind, the answer is no funnier than Dapper Laugh's "banter".
Tom Zephyr, Metro, 12th November 2014Katie Hopkins comes out in support of Dapper Laughs
Not content with calling Palestinians "dirty rodents" this week, columnist Katie Hopkins has also come out in support of convicted rapist footballer Ched Evans and disgraced "lad" comedian Dapper Laughs.
Charlotte Meredith, The Huffington Post, 12th November 2014Joseph Morpurgo's twisted VHS world of comedy
The Invisible Dot star is making a name for himself with an offbeat, supernatural solo show, Odessa, and a Jane Austen-themed improv group.
Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 12th November 2014John Cleese voted 'most influential UK comic'
Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese has been named the most influential British comedy star of all time. David Jason came second and Rowan Atkinson third.
Yahoo, 12th November 2014Ivo Graham, Soho Theatre - comedy review
Ivo Graham's second full-length show, Bow Ties and Johnnies, covers similar coming-of-age terrain to his debut but it is consistently funnier.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 12th November 2014Ivo Graham review
The self-effacing former public schoolboy is painfully honest about his hangups in this lovely, well-written comic set.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th November 2014Review: Brazz Comedy
Headline Nick Revell was a firm favourite with the Brazz audience.
Sam Jones, Somerset County Gazette, 12th November 2014Elitism and the censorship of Dapper Laughs
The censorship of Dapper Laughs is a victory for a censorious elite that is growing in strength by the day.
Jerry Barnett, Sex and Censorship Blog, 12th November 2014Babylon co-creator Jesse Armstrong on policing
As Babylon returns, one of its writers recalls how the febrile atmosphere around the De Menezes shooting plus a lot of sympathetic input from police helped them to keep this comedy-drama real.
Jesse Armstrong, The Guardian, 12th November 2014BBC defends Dapper Laughs Newsnight interview
Outraged viewers ask why the BBC invited Dapper Laughs onto flagship current affairs programme Newsnight.
Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 12th November 2014Meet the stellar cast and crew behind Scottish Mussel
Scottish Mussel, directed by Talulah Riley, tells the story of three lads from Govan who head for the Highlands to make some quick cash by poaching endangered shellfish.
Brian McIver, Daily Record, 12th November 2014Radio prankster Steve Penk launches own podcast
Radio wind-up king Steve Penk has launched his own weekly podcast reliving some of his best prank calls from the past 20 years. Steve made his name at Manchester's Piccadilly Radio which became Key 103 and then at Capital FM in London with his cheeky prank calls in the 1990s, including winding up the then Prime Minster Tony Blair.
Dianne Bourne, Manchester Evening News, 12th November 2014The best comedy programmes on Radio 4
Including Hal, The Elephant Man, James Acaster's Findings and Start / Stop
Brian Donaldson, The List, 12th November 2014Five things you might not know about ... John Bishop
Comedian is heat Magazine's no. 9 weird crush of 2014 and a late comer to the circuit.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 12th November 2014Babylon - review
A bad cop/worse cop comedy-drama lacking true grit.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 12th November 2014John Cleese on Monty Python
It took some advice from Eddie Izzard to help John Cleese relax enough to enjoy Monty Python's recent reunion run.
Rolling Stone, 12th November 2014Meera Syal interview
The Goodness Gracious Me star on why she's campaigning for more black and Asian faces on television.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 12th November 2014Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully
Series 2, Episode 5 - Testing TimesLucy's parents think she is wasting her life being part of the resistance, so unless she can pass her A-levels, they are going to stop her coming to the meetings.
Millie Inbetween
Series 1, Episode 7 - StaycationWhen Millie overhears Mum and Mike discussing a holiday in France, she contrives an invitation for herself and Lauren too. But maybe she should have waited to find out the details first. She tries to play Mum and Dad off against each other in the holiday stakes, but ends up with an epic fail for Lauren, Craig, and most of all, herself.
Sweat The Small Stuff
Series 4, Episode 3With guest panellists Kimberly Wyatt, Russell Kane, Romesh Ranganathan and Dane Baptiste.
James Acaster's Findings
Episode 2 - FruitJames finds himself disagreeing violently with Nathaniel on the subject of orange juice with bits in, recalling a formative childhood experience with a brown banana and explaining why it's fine to bring an apple to an orchard.