BCG Daily Tuesday 29th September 2015
Press clippings
Bill Bailey interview
'I wish social media had never happened'.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 29th September 2015Ab Fab: spoiler and cast news
News about a special new member of the cast of the film.
Carl Greenwood, The Mirror, 29th September 2015Video: John Bishop talks pigs, flags and condoms
He's one of the biggest names in British comedy, and you probably know his face, but not his name. John Bishop is a charismatic Liverpudlian who went from pharmaceutical salesman to comic genius almost overnight.
Heather du Plessis-Allan, 3News New Zealand, 29th September 2015Juliette Burton is a lesbian SuperMum who reads erotica
Tomorrow night sees the big-screen premiere of the short SuperMum at the Vue cinema in London's Leicester Square - part of the Raindance Film Festival. It stars comedy performer Juliette Burton in the title role.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 29th September 2015Brian Blessed to star as Steven Toast's father
Veteran actor will play the father of vain and bombastic luvvie in the upcoming series of the Channel 4 comedy, RadioTimes.com can reveal.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 29th September 2015Fringe under pressure to pay all staff the living wage
BECTU is calling for all staff employed at venues during the Edinburgh Fringe to be paid the living wage.
Thom Dibdin, The Stage, 29th September 2015Bill Bailey reflects on 15 years of Black Books
Not to make you feel old, but Black Books turns 15 today. That's right, every slob and pessimist's hero Bernard Black first emerged on our TV screens back on September 29, 2000 on Channel 4.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 29th September 2015Forget 007, Danger Mouse is the spy we should aspire to
He's smooth, he's suave, and he's unencumbered by misogynistic baggage: Michael Hogan explains why Danger Mouse is the everyman's espionage hero.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 29th September 2015Dan Skinner: I needed to take a break from Angelos
The 42-year-old comic told Digital Spy that he is working on a new Angelos Epithemiou live show - the first time he'll have played the character since 2013.
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 29th September 2015Nish Kumar reveals his favourite TV shows
We caught up with Nish to find out what he likes to watch to relax between shows...
William Martin, Cult Box, 29th September 2015Fringe ticketing company to expand
Red61, the company which has been providing the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's ticketing software since 2009, has posted record turnover and announced it is to expand into new markets.
Thom Dibdin, The Stage, 29th September 2015Third time lucky - refining the idea
On the last blog post, I kicked off an idea for a new sitcom called Third Time Lucky, a sitcom about a Geoff and Lynette who are getting married for the third time - the second time to each other. Someone left a comment which is quite interesting, which I'm going to comment on here.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 29th September 2015Dapper Laughs to make a movie
Dapper Laughs is to make his film debut, starring in a comedy-horror described as 'The Inbetweeners meets Lesbian Vampire Killers'. In Fanged Up, the controversial comic, real name Daniel O'Reilly, plays a wrongfully arrested man imprisoned in a high-security foreign prison just as it is overrun by sexy female vampires.
Chortle, 29th September 2015Bobby Ball & Paula Wilcox delighted to be back
TV legends Bobby Ball and Paula Wilcox are relishing being back in the Sky One family drama Mount Pleasant.
Katie Fitzpatrick, Manchester Evening News, 29th September 2015David Walliams: I received 500 letters about my books
"Children like to write in letters when you've made a mistake in a book. They love that more than anything," David Walliams revealed at the Radio Times Festival. "In one book we had two chapter 37s by mistake - well, it wasn't actually my mistake, it was the editors - and I think I got about 500 letters pointing that out."
Radio Times, 29th September 2015Dan Skinner says critics didn't get House Of Fools
House of Fools was cancelled by BBC Two last month - and now star Dan Skinner says critics of the axed comedy simply "didn't get it".
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 29th September 2015Review - Stewart Lee: Room With A Stew
Even in this putative stage, these are routines that are unafraid to fail, sometimes on purpose, in the cause of taking the audiences to places they could never expect. And that's what great art - including great comedic art - should surely be striving for.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th September 2015Convenience review
Convenience is funny, action-packed and sentimental, with a Reservoir Dogs homage that accentuates truly fun filmmaking, complete with the BAFTA winning talent of both McClure and Panthaki - who have both ensured their efforts have turned a small film into something so very big.
Aly Lalji, Hey U Guys, 29th September 2015What have the BBC's feminists done to Danger Mouse?
But sadly, like the Thunderbirds reboot that flopped badly earlier this year, it's a homage destined to fail. These revivals never work -- too knowing, too pleased with themselves, they lack the anarchic energy that made the originals magical.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 29th September 2015Danger Mouse returns in triumph
It is clearly being formed with a highly marketable blend of Britishness in mind in the hope to export to international audiences and, as with other famous revamps, it veers towards fan fiction and near self parody at times. However, if the double length pilot is anything to go by Danger Mouse will be sticking around London long enough to repeatedly foil von Greenback for a whole new generation.
Ben Venables, Londonist, 29th September 2015Videos
TV & radio
Danger Mouse
Series 1, Episode 2 - Danger At C LevelPenfold has had enough of being tied up, blown up and walloped and needs a holiday.
Reluctant Persuaders
Series 1, Episode 3Amanda Brook finds herself reduced to pleading for the business of old friend/nemesis, India.
Bad Robots
Series 2, Episode 6Digi-photo-matic photo booth offers the most ridiculous added extras, such as a passport photo on an abandoned totem pole.
Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish
Series 3, Episode 4 - Too-Ra Taloo Rye-EhThis week an annoying printer gets the sledge-hammer treatment, Christine Hamilton receives an unexpected gift, and some bees get to travel first class. Sort of...
Fried
Episode 6 - In The BeginningWe flash back to before Mary was manager of Seriously Fried Chicken...
Alice's Wunderland
Series 3, Episode 3Will Caroline, daughter of cricket billionaire Clive Spoon, be allowed to take the leading role?