BCG Daily Saturday 20th June 2015
Press clippings
Nicholas Parsons interview
The veteran broadcaster on 48 years of Just a Minute, and how he nearly pursued a career in politics.
Simon Usborne, The Independent, 20th June 2015Zawe Ashton interview
The actress is moving on from Fresh Meat with a starring role in Channel 4's comedy drama Not Safe for Work.
Gillian Orr, The Independent, 20th June 2015Interview: Swansea comic Sarah Bridgeman
At the age of 34, Swansea's Sarah Bridgeman took the plunge into stand-up comedy -- and hasn't looked back since. The comic talks to Mark Rees about comedy in her hometown, and empowering the next generation of Welsh funnyladies.
Mark Rees, South Wales Evening Post, 20th June 2015Interview: Stortford BBC New Comedy winner Steve Bugeja
A summer camp in Pennsylvania was the unlikely stage for former Bishop's Stortford High School pupil Steve Bugeja to try stand-up comedy.
Herts and Essex Observer, 20th June 2015Dawn French pays tribute to stars in The Interviews
Dawn French pays homage to The Two Ronnies and a host of showbiz legends in a new six-part series.
Christine Smith, The Daily Express, 20th June 2015Juliet Meyers interview
Juliet Meyers cut her teeth as a comedy writer working on The Sarah Millican Television Programme, Mock The Week and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz.
Bad Scents Of Humour, 20th June 2015Joel Dommett interview
Joel Dommett is certainly an intriguing comic talent.
Bad Scents Of Humour, 20th June 2015Edinburgh Preview: Holly Burn
The gig is billed as Kirsty "performing the first leg of her recently dead nan's memorial tour", which pretty much says it all. Brace yourselves for lashings of comedic anarchy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th June 2015The John Bishop Show brings variety back
We're now half way through the series, so we can look forward to plenty more variety during the next few weeks - perhaps we should thank John Bishop, too, for spicing up our lives.
Hull Daily Mail, 20th June 2015Whose Line is It Anyway? Live, Adelphi Theatre, review
Clive Anderson and old timers Greg Proops, Josie Lawrence, Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie have been sorely missed, says Claire Allfree.
Claire Allfree, The Telegraph, 20th June 2015Video: Ricky Gervais on humour
"It's my favorite thing, making the ordinary extraordinary. I think that resonates more, and then the funny is sort of easy."
Annie Howard, Hollywood Reporter, 20th June 2015Opinion: The John Bishop Show - accidentally brilliant?
I have to say I've been impressed by The John Bishop Show. Just when you think stand-up on mainstream TV has settled into a rut with the same acts on a shiny-floored conveyor belt John Bishop has given air-time to different stand-ups who really deserve it in a weirdly appealing mash-up of seaside special variety and club comedy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th June 2015Videos
TV & radio
The Unexplainers
Series 1, Episode 4 - Are Fairies Living Amongst Us?John Rutledge and Mike Bubbins search for evidence of the existence of fairies on a hill near Risca, at Cern's hadron collider and in a book supposedly written by an elf.
The John Bishop Show
Episode 4This episode features stand-up comedy from Hal Cruttenden, Jimeoin and Tanyalee Davis. Vikki Stone sings an ode to Professor Brian Cox. Music performances come courtesy of The Vaccines and The Overtones.