BCG Daily Wednesday 17th June 2015
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Julia Davis: silly, funny and deliciously twisted
The star of Nighty Night and Human Remains is one of the rare few in British comedy who has never put a foot wrong.
Ed Gamble, The Guardian, 17th June 2015Have you been watching No Offence?
Channel 4's comedy drama is a rare thing - both gripping and funny, with a central team of characters who breath real life into the police procedural.
Vicky Frost, The Guardian, 17th June 2015Radio Times review
Ewan McGregor has a cameo tonight as a sleazier version of himself, subjecting Doll to his terrible poetry after taking a shine to her in a bar.
Even more deliciously awkward are the moments when Doll blithely announces that their play is a symbol of their friendship, so if it's a failure "we've got a lot to lose" - at which point Em half-chokes, half-laughs and looks as if she's about to burst into tears - and when the actresses playing them wonder casually whether Doll and Em's friendship isn't platonic after all.
Claire Webb, Radio Times, 17th June 2015Interview: Fergus Craig goes Hoff the Record
Fergus Craig talks about starring in Hoff The Record.
The Velvet Onion, 17th June 2015Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Paul Sinha
Paul Sinha is one of our finest purveyors of smart stand-up comedy. Armchair quiz fans may well know him as the trivia king from The Chase, but Sinha still gigs regularly.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th June 2015Fringe preview: Pleasance
A look at some of the acts appearing at the Pleasance at this year's Fringe.
TV Bomb, 17th June 2015Juliette Burton: changing the world one joke at a time
From bulimia to trolling, being labelled a "feminazi" to being sectioned, with comedian Juliette Burton, nothing is off the table. Seriously, nothing.
Emma Finamore, The London Economic, 17th June 2015Lee Mack interview
Comedian Lee Mack talks class, late fatherhood - and what happened the first time he kissed a girl.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 17th June 2015Rob Delaney: Catastrophe, rape jokes & winning Twitter
Comedian sounds off on his hilarious Amazon show, Kim Kardashian and humor: "I don't think anything is off limits".
Phoebe Reilly, Rolling Stone, 17th June 2015Radio Cymru & S4C launch Welsh-language comedy scheme
S4C and BBC Radio Cymru will work together this year to develop comedy-writing talent in the Welsh language by staging a Sgript Slam Gomedi - a comedy script slam - at the Maldwyn a'r Gororau National Eisteddfod 2015 this August.
BBC, 17th June 2015Why comedy and crime writing share a secret weapon
When it comes to structure and plotting, standup and crime fiction employ the same tricks, explains bestselling author and ex-comic Mark Billingham.
Mark Billingham, The Guardian, 17th June 2015Mark Thomas interview
The comedian has written a book about his year of 100 protests.
Adam Lusher, The Independent, 17th June 2015Frankie Boyle's ten most controversial quotes
Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle is no stranger to controversy.
Aubrey Allegretti, The Huffington Post, 17th June 2015The Legend of Barney Thomson review
Robert Carlyle's directorial debut is a disappointing black comedy.
Eddie Harrison, The List, 17th June 2015EIFF 2015 - The Legend of Barney Thompson
It's a decent first attempt at directing by Carlyle.
Stuart Addison, Short Com, 17th June 2015Podcasts
TV & radio
Ed Reardon's Week
Series 10, Episode 6 - The New ThirtyEd decides things are going rather well ahead of his 60th birthday, until a unusual encounter with Jeremy Paxman changes his mind.
Big Problems With Helen Keen
Series 1, Episode 2 - LoveHelen explores how to find the perfect mate and how bikes revolutionised sex.
Bob Monkhouse... The Million Joke Man
Episode 3 - The Elder Statesman Of ComedyPaul O'Grady charts Bob Monkhouse's reinvention as the elder statesman of British comedy from 1994 to his death in 2003 and sees how at the end of his life Bob was performing some of his most outstanding comedic work. Paul marvels at Bob's final stage performance, and tells the story of how his prized joke books went missing from the BBC.
Stand Up Central
Series 1, Episode 7Russell explains the many ways his mum embarrasses him, and answers a question on bad Christmas presents. His guests are Roisin Conaty and Sean McLoughlin.
Doll & Em
Series 2, Episode 3A chance encounter with Ewan McGregor takes Dolly by surprise, while Emily lands a film role that could threaten the future of her off-Broadway play with Doll.
SunTrap
Episode 4 - CasinoWoody goes undercover to find a thief at the island's gangster-owned casino.
Bunk Bed
Series 2, Episode 1Patrick Marber and Peter Curran share a bunk bed and a stream of semi-consciousness about family, relationships, work and imagined life. Under cover of darkness, the bedfellows discuss the first time they kissed a girl as youths and older men they would consider leaving their families for - if only theoretically.
Before They Were Famous
Series 3, Episode 5Ian Leslie presents the spoof documentary that brings to light the often surprising first literary attempts of the world's best-known writers.