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 2015

Top 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 2015

Alfie 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 2015

Del 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 2015

Who is Paul Zerdin?

Profile of the America's Got Talent winner.

Chortle, 17th September 2015

Video: 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 2015

25 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 2015

Cradle 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 2015

Robin 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 2015

Eric 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 2015

Britain'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 2015

Boy 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 2015

New 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 2015

Bill - film review

An inventive comedy that plays havoc with the life of the young Shakespeare.

Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times, 17th September 2015

Bill 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 2015

Bill 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 2015

Bill 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 2015

Bill 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 2015

Man 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 2015

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

Radio 4
10:45am
15 min
Subterranean Homesick Blues. Image shows from L to R: John (Bill Nighy), Maggie (Anna Calder-Marshall)

Subterranean Homesick Blues

Series 1, Episode 4

Maggie 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.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC
4:30pm
30 min
Hank Zipzer. Image shows from L to R: Hank Zipzer (Nick James), Mr Rock (Henry Winkler)

Hank Zipzer

Series 2, Episode 6 - Open Day

It'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...

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
The Brig Society. Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

The Brig Society

Series 3, Episode 1 - Football Manager

Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has decided to find out about the pure, noble and honest game of football... and also FIFA.

BBC Two
9pm
30 min
Cradle To Grave. Image shows from L to R: Fred 'Spud' Baker (Peter Kay), Danny Baker (Laurie Kynaston), Bet Baker (Lucy Speed). Copyright: ITV Studios

Cradle To Grave

Episode 3

Danny finds himself stepping into a parallel universe, where actual telly programmes can be watched again in your own front room.

BBC Two
9:30pm
30 min
Boy Meets Girl. Image shows from L to R: Judy (Rebecca Root), Leo (Harry Hepple). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Boy Meets Girl

Series 1, Episode 3

Leo 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.

BT Sport
10pm
60 min
The Football's On. Copyright: BT Sport

The Football's On

Series 3, Episode 1

Ian 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.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
30 min
Newsjack. Image shows from L to R: George Fouracres, Nish Kumar, Natasia Demetriou, Freya Parker. Copyright: BBC

Newsjack

Series 13, Episode 2

Nish 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.

Radio 4
11pm
30 min
Richard Marsh: Cardboard Heart. Image shows from L to R: Louise (Jemima Rooper), Goadsby (Rebecca Scroggs), Will (Richard Marsh), Beast (Russell Tovey), Vicky (Olivia Poulet), Colin (Sam Troughton), Rog (Phil Daniels). Copyright: Lucky Giant

Richard Marsh: Cardboard Heart

Episode 2 - Engagement

Will'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?

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