BCG Daily Thursday 17th September 2015
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The 17 Lincoln Comedy Festival acts you must not miss
This year's Lincoln Comedy Festival has gathered together a whole host of big name acts from the UK comedy circuit to perform across four city venues between October 1 and 15.
Linconshire Echo, 17th September 2015Top Coppers, BBC3, review
And there are plenty of moments to enjoy here, from Rich Fulchers unashamedly sleazy Mayor protesting his innocence whenever he is caught with his pants down - which is quite often - to the sight of my old London university building doubling as Justice City's Town Hall (maybe just me on that one then).
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th September 2015Alfie Moore reveals his favourite TV shows
Former Police Sergeant turned stand-up comedian Alfie Moore brings his The Naked Stun show to Brighton Comedy Festival next month.
William Martin, Beyond The Joke, 17th September 2015Del Boy's van appears in new charity calendar
Robert Wrinch was given the Only Fools and Horses-style van by friends and decided to make a 2016 calendar featuring it helping out at his farm in Stowmarket, Suffolk.
Simon Carr, The Telegraph, 17th September 2015Who is Paul Zerdin?
Profile of the America's Got Talent winner.
Chortle, 17th September 2015Video: Craig Charles on board for Red Dwarf
After 10 years on Coronation Street as Weatherfield cabbie Lloyd Mullaney, Craig Charles is saying goodbye to the cobbles. But what will be a loss to avid soap watchers, may be a gain for sci-fi fans, as he heads back into outer space to reprise his role on the new series of Red Dwarf. Craig Charles told BBC Breakfast about his busy future.
BBC News, 17th September 201525 years of Have I Got News For You: A timeline
A quarter of a century ago this month, Maggie still ruled Britain, the Soviet Union still existed and a new topical panel show came to BBC Two. The host and team captains of Have I Got News For You were all in their earlier thirties and while not unknown were not exactly household names either.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 17th September 2015Cradle to Grave, BBC2, episode 3 review
Baker knows his comedy like he knows the back streets of Bermondsey.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th September 2015Robin Ince documentary nominated for Mind Award
Robin Ince's Radio 4 documentary, Tears of a Clown, has been shortlisted for a Mind Media Award.
Bruce Dessau, Chortle, 17th September 2015Eric Idle pens a new novel
Eric Idle has written a new novel, which will be released as a e-book next month. The Writer's Cut is described as 'a wicked, enthralling comedy' about a joke writer whose career has stalled - until he decides to write a novel.
Chortle, 17th September 2015Britain's finest sitcom was TV's perfect farce
Fawlty Towers has always been funny. But at 40 years old, it only seems to shine brighter. Sam Kitchener celebrates the show's sophisticated homage to farce, its subtle commentary on its times and lasting legacy to the comedy canon.
Sam Kitchener, The Independent, 17th September 2015Boy Meets Girl episode 3 review
This week's episode marks the halfway point of BBC Two's new comedy series and as such it is also one of the strongest so far.
Emma Jeweks, Cult Box, 17th September 2015New Shakespeare film 'Bill' is ace
The film avoids sprinkling the dialogues with too many Shakespearean quotes and instead employs allusions. We are not presented with a taken-for-granted genius who speaks in verse but who 'has a few ideas'. It is a foetal Shakespeare, ambitious but not quite a genius yet.
Annie Martirosyan, The Huffington Post, 17th September 2015Bill - film review
An inventive comedy that plays havoc with the life of the young Shakespeare.
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times, 17th September 2015Bill movie review
The cast's energy is infectious and they frequently seem to be one smirk or snigger shy of corpsing en masse and ruining the take.
Georgia Morgan, Teesside Gazette, 17th September 2015Bill review - Shakespeare gets down with the kids
The Horrible Histories team present the early life of the Bard in an entertaining, panto-ish romp.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 17th September 2015Bill review - you will chuckle (a lot) at this
Bill is funny. There's no better way to put it than that.
Alex Leadbeater, What Culture!, 17th September 2015Bill review: 'unreasonably funny'
Intelligent children and immature adults will love the Horrible Histories troop's Python-meets-Stoppard version of Shakespeare's "lost years".
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 17th September 2015Man is hypnotised to smack himself
A boyfriend with a roaming eye has been exposed on a new E4 prank show at the hands of 21-year-old magician and hypnotist Archie Manner.
Danny Walker, The Mirror, 17th September 2015Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Series 1, Episode 4Maggie has finally had enough of snatching time with John. An early morning date in Manchester is not what she was hoping for from their romance and why won't John tell her where he lives.
Hank Zipzer
Series 2, Episode 6 - Open DayIt's open day at Westbrook Academy and Hank has big plans to show potential newcomers that not everyone is as boring as McKelty or as mean as Miss Adolf. Mr Joy though, has other ideas...
The Brig Society
Series 3, Episode 1 - Football ManagerUh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has decided to find out about the pure, noble and honest game of football... and also FIFA.
Cradle To Grave
Episode 3Danny finds himself stepping into a parallel universe, where actual telly programmes can be watched again in your own front room.
Three Kinds Of Stupid
Physical comedy for Sky Arts in which three community support officers accidentally kill a blind man's dog.
Boy Meets Girl
Series 1, Episode 3Leo and Judy go to see a new exhibition at the art gallery. They were expecting watercolours but end up viewing some provocative and surprising photographs instead.
Mock The Week
Series 14, Episode 8Featuring guests Ed Byrne, Nathan Caton, Ed Gamble and Sara Pascoe.
Celebrity Juice
Series 14, Episode 2Keith Lemon, Holly Willoughby and Gino D'Acampo are joined by actor and model Kelly Brook, music manager Louis Walsh, Corrie's Hayley Tamaddon and comedian Jimmy Carr.
The Football's On
Series 3, Episode 1Ian Stone is joined by comedians Clive Anderson, Richard Osman, Ian Moore, Carl Donnelly and man of the people, Keith Dover for a humorous look at the week's football stories including hilarious reaction to all the latest from the Champions League, Europa League and the Premier League.
Newsjack
Series 13, Episode 2Nish Kumar and the team look at the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, the problem that new union strike laws have on northern film directors, and the issues of giving the weather in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Richard Marsh: Cardboard Heart
Episode 2 - EngagementWill's asked to help someone find the words to break some difficult news. As a man who struggles to express his own feelings, what chance does he have of putting the right words in someone else's mouth?