BCG Daily Saturday 15th August 2015
Press clippings
Burnistoun's back: and Florence & Connell are delighted
A winning revival of their TV characters for two live King's Theatre shows at this year's Glasgow Comedy Festival has led to three more this month and a one-off Burnistoun special.
Paul English, Daily Record, 15th August 2015Ten years of being a disabled comedian at the Fringe
A lot has changed in the past decade when it comes to disabled comedians and the types of shows that audiences expect. Are we becoming more mainstream?
Simon Minty, BBC Ouch!, 15th August 2015Review: Who are these people, who'll laugh at anything?
The canned laughter and lukewarm gags teleport this sitcom back to the 1970s, a bygone age of TV. Feeling nostalgic? Go and buy a Wagon Wheel instead.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 15th August 2015Q&A: Nicholas Parsons
'You shouldn't feel guilty about pleasures. You should enjoy them'
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 15th August 2015Reviewer review: Cara McNamara (The Skinny)
The Skinny does indeed bind the shows together as themes, but McNamara's discussion of "alienation and relationships" is so broad that she could have put any two shows on the Fringe in here.
Business Leopard, FringePig, 15th August 2015James Corden secures 2 year US chat show extention
James Corden has landed a two-year extension on his US chat show deal after wowing viewers in his first few months.
The Mirror, 15th August 2015Stuart Goldsmith interview
Stuart Goldsmith talks about how he set up his podcast.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 15th August 2015Monty Python's 25 funniest quotes
The Telegraph selects its favourite Monty Python quotes, presented in picture gallery format.
The Telegraph, 15th August 2015The best new comedians heading to the Fringe
If you're looking for something fresh this year, check out some of these Edinburgh debutantes.
Radio Times, 15th August 2015All the fun of the fringe - in pictures
Guardian photographer Murdo MacLeod has been snapping the clowns, robots, fauns and performers at large at the world's biggest arts festival.
Murdo MacLeod, The Guardian, 15th August 2015Edinburgh feature: Happy Birthday Without You
Sonia Jalaly's one woman show Happy Birthday Without You is riding high on success.
Connie Bennett, A Younger Theatre, 15th August 2015Ten hidden dangers of Edinburgh
Amy Howerska does the health & safety assessment.
Amy Howerska, Chortle, 15th August 2015Frampton-On-The-Hill has never seen such mirth!
'Jane Austen' selects the most agreeable drolleries.
Austentatious, Chortle, 15th August 2015Interview: Pierre Novellie, Anxious Peter
A chat with Pierre Novellie.
Alice Carr, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: John Hastings, Marked from the Start
A chat with John Hastings.
Alice Carr, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: Jonny Awsum, Everything is Awsum
A chat with Jonny Awsum.
Alice Carr, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: Kieran Hodgson, Lance
A chat with Kieran Hodgson.
Alice Carr, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015'I don't like having things': Tom Stade
Tom Stade, 44, is a Canadian comedian who moved to the UK in 2001. He has appeared on Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights. A regular at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this year he is starring in the play Giant Leap as well as performing his stand-up show Tom Stade: You're Welcome!, both until the end of August. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife, Trudy, and their children, Mason, 19, and Kira, 14.
Eleanor Muffitt, The Telegraph, 15th August 2015Joel Dommett in the #WOWwagon (Link expired)
Joel Dommett visited the #WOWwagon to talk about his new Fringe show - and hit back at comedy rival Iain Stirling.
Matthew Dunne-Miles, WOW247, 15th August 2015Mike McShane to headline Robin Williams charity gig
The American comedian will pay tribute to his friend, Robin Williams, at the gala which aims to shine light on many important mental health issues.
Paul English, Daily Record, 15th August 2015Jaw droppers of the Edinburgh Fringe
"You should consider Lewis Schaffer for the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Award for comic originality," Lewis Schaffer told me yesterday. "I'm so original people are starting to imitate me."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2015Leftist comedy means Corbyn and SNP are escaping parody
Leftist humourists of every kind sometimes imagine that they are working to change society by subtly changing mindsets and exposing the wickedness of those in power, whether they happen to be Conservative, Liberal Democrat or, especially, New Labour. This may be why the SNP and the ubiquitous Jeremy Corbyn seem to escape most of their jibes.
The Independent, 15th August 2015Joz Norris: 'I'm 5 out of 10 cool'
Edinburgh intros #29: 'Pig-rat hybrid;' Norris is adamant that comics should be naff idiots rather than like rock stars you idolise.
Laugh Out London, 15th August 2015Spencer Jones as The Herbert: prop-er mental
Edinburgh intros #30: London is Funny visited The Herbert's house in search of an interview, but went home empty-handed.
Laugh Out London, 15th August 2015Interview: Sajeela Kershi, Immigrant Diaries
A chat with Sajeela Kershi.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: Colin Leggo, Leggoland
A chat with Colin Leggo.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: Geoff Norcott, The Look of Moron
Audio interview with Geoff Norcott.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: Ria Lina, Taboo Raider
A chat with Ria Lina.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: Ian Smith, Whereabouts
A chat with Ian Smith.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: Kevin J, Council Estate of Mind
A chat with Kevin J.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: Robin Morgan: Guten Morgan
A chat with Robin Morgan.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Interview: Hari Sriskantha, Like Breath on a Mirror
A chat with Hari Sriskantha.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 15th August 2015Festival Of The Spoken Nerd: Fringe charts 2
"Science comedy phenomenon" no less, Festival Of The Spoken Nerd are back, and this time "they're off the chart!" Which got us thinking. What would the Fringe look like in chart form? The comedy nerds have the answer. Look out for their Fringe Charts in each edition of Three Weeks this year, and here is the Week One chart.
Matt Parker, Steve Mould and Helen Arney, ThreeWeeks, 15th August 2015Paul Zenon performs a card trick in the #WOWwagon (Link expired)
Paul Zenon came along to the #WOWwagon to discuss his Fringe show Linking Rings, and perform a card trick.
Siobhan Smith, WOW247, 15th August 2015Nick Hall's top 12 geometrical shapes (Link expired)
We all know geometry right? The ugly half brother of mathematics? Well not any more! Nick Hall gives you a run-down of his top twelve geometric shapes.
Nick Hall, WOW247, 15th August 2015Patrick Morris: My top 5 bad role models (Link expired)
Regrettably well behaved as a child, Patrick became concerned that he had not lived the rock'n'roll youth that would make for a thrilling memoir.
Patrick Morris, WOW247, 15th August 2015Scheme helping artists going it alone approved
The One-Person Production Network is an 'informal fraternity' of solo performers 'who latched on to each other for support'.
Nick Clark, The Independent, 15th August 2015Three to see on 15 Aug
Three recommended shows for Sunday at the Edinburgh Festival 2015.
ThreeWeeks, 15th August 2015Fame Costs with Deeana Fleysher
Hi everybody! My name's Lance. What's yours? I chatted with Deeana Fleysher about her wonderfully engaging show Butt Kapinski, and fame. Here's what she said...
Peter Michael Marino, The Public Reviews, 15th August 2015My Edinburgh: Adrienne Truscott
Born in Connecticut and now living in Brooklyn, Adrienne Truscott is a comedian and performance artist who won acclaim in 2013 for her award-winning show Asking For It, in which the almost-naked Truscott explored and satirised the taboo subject of rape culture.
Anna Conrad, The Times, 15th August 2015The 10 best UK sitcom films
Bad Education isn't the first sitcom to make the move onto the big screen, which got me thinking about the sitcoms I've enjoyed and the movies that followed. Here's a list of my Top 10 UK sitcom films (in no particular order)...
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 15th August 2015Inside the head of... Nicholas Parsons
'I ended up throwing the gun at the actor I was meant to shoot - the audience fell about laughing'
York Membery, Mail on Sunday, 15th August 2015Videos
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TV & radio
11am60 min
7 Day Saturday
Series 7, Episode 6This week Al Murray is joined by Andy Zaltzman, Kerry Godliman and Lloyd Langford to pull apart and take a lighter look at the week's news. On the agenda this week; Labour, VAT and fat.
11:30am30 min
Breaking The News
Series 1, Special - Edinburgh SpecialJoining Des this week are comedians Andrew Maxwell, Keir McAllister and Alun Cochrane, and political journalist Fiona Ross. Recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
1:04pm30 min
The Harri-Parris' Radio Show
Series 1, Episode 1 - The VisitorAnni tries to stop cultures clashing when her indie musician boyfriend Ben meets her eccentric farming family.
10pm60 min
4 Extra Stands Up
4 Extra Stands Up With Fred MacAulay, Episode 1Fred MacAulay hosts the best of 2015's comedy Fringe festival in Edinburgh. Expect some comedians you know, and some you don't.