BCG Daily Sunday 12th April 2015
Press clippings
Radio review: Private Eye podcast; Max and Ivan
Reviews of Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast and The Casebook of Max and Ivan.
Miranda Sawyer, The Observer, 12th April 2015Holly Walsh: UK's best place in the world for comedy
The teenage nerd-turned-successful comedian on her new standup show, being terminally uncool and having a vicar for a mother.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 12th April 2015New comedy saw Darren Boyd delivering unfamilar lines
Darren Boyd has said there were some tricky conversations on the set of his new TV series about a delivery ward as he needed coaching in how to pronounce some of the more intimate terms.
Epping Forest Guardian, 12th April 2015Stewart Lee on the general election
Politicians merged with characters from the passion of Christ - and the odd lamb and rabbit - as our standup comic toured the nation.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 12th April 2015David Mitchell on the election's doomsters
The French thinker Michel Onfray says western civilisation is on the way out and there's nothing we can do about it. It's a relaxing thought but I think he's wrong.
David Mitchell, The Observer, 12th April 2015Review - Bramall Hall Comedy Night: 9th April 2015
This week welcomed the sixth instalment of the University of Birmingham's comedy night with David Morgan, James Dowdeswell and Adam Kay performing.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 12th April 2015Steven Hawking records version of Python's Galaxy Song
The famous cosmologist has covered the comedy legends' 1983 skit to celebrate Record Store Day.
Alex Wellman, The Mirror, 12th April 2015'We'll have Clarkson back on HIGNFY when he's ready'
Executive producer Richard Wilson on why he would like to book Jeremy Paxman as a guest host on Have I Got News For You - and not marking 25 years of the show.
Tara Conlan, The Guardian, 12th April 2015Review: Shappi Khorsandi
'Intimate' may be an overused word by critics, but it suitably sums up Shappi Khorsandi's latest show in more ways than one - she even shows us her 'massive' knickers fairly early on in the night.
Nick Statham, Manchester Evening News, 12th April 2015Jeremy Clarkson puppet to appear on Newzoids
The sacked Top Gear star is the latest celebrity to be lampooned by upcoming ITV comedy Newzoids.
Simon Cable, The Mirror, 12th April 2015Lenny Henry: 'I'm desperate to be in Game of Thrones'
Lenny Henry has revealed he is "desperate" to be in Game Of Thrones.
Harry Fletcher, Digital Spy, 12th April 2015Inside No. 9 - The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge review
It's the most overtly comic of the series so far, but crucially, and what makes it work so brilliantly, is the serious tone of the piece.
Dodo's Words, 12th April 2015TV & radio
Off Their Rockers
Series 3, Episode 7Celebrating the mantra that you truly are only as old as you feel, the cheeky OAPs hit the streets of Britain again with misbehaviour in mind, playing a series of light hearted pranks and carefully crafted stunts.