BCG Daily Sunday 8th November 2015
Press clippings
Review - QI: series M, episode 4 - Miscellany
The most impressive member of the panel was Cariad Lloyd and her "organs of matrimonial necessity".
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 8th November 2015Tony Hancock - 20 great quotes
"I don't want any publicity - you get too many begging letters. If they're anything like the ones I send out I don't want to know!"
The Telegraph, 8th November 2015Roy Chubby Brown: I am not filming any more DVDs
He's rude, he's crude and he's heading to Hull, but first, stand-up comic Roy Chubby Brown explains why his 25th DVD will be his last.
Ian Midgley, Hull Daily Mail, 8th November 2015Junior Just a Minute is a punishment to the ears
I am traumatised by precocious "performing" children on the radio.
Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 8th November 2015In Conversation With A Biscuit Sommelier
One of London's weirdest nights is back. Frog Morris's occasional, yet semi-legendary, shows at The Montague Arms in Peckham have witnessed everything from a band of psychotic cowboys, to pub quizzes where it's impossible to get the wrong answer.
Will Noble, Londonist, 8th November 2015Video: Can laughter bring you closer to God?
Tom Elliott tours the UK as a comedian, magician and all-round entertainer. But the majority of his gigs aren't in comedy clubs or theatres - they are in churches.
BBC News, 8th November 2015Dara O Briain interview
With a new show, Tomorrow's Food, looking at the future of what we eat, the comedian/science presenter explains why humour and logic are not a million miles apart.
Nicola Davis, The Observer, 8th November 2015Interview: rarely asked questions - Kieran Hodgson
Kieran Hodgson's 2015 Edinburgh show Lance was staged in the same room as 2014's Foster's Award winner, John Kearns. And for a while it looked as if Hodgson might be picking up the Foster's Award too. In the end he had to make do with only a nomination for his brilliant piece, which explored one man's obsession with cycling in general and Lance Armstrong in particular.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th November 2015Michael McIntyre hits back at critics
Britain's highest-earning standup comedian says fellow comics who accuse him of playing safe are 'doing everything except make people laugh'.
Caroline Davies, The Guardian, 8th November 2015Sarah Franken review
In this luridly populated show - her first after becoming a trans woman - Franken gives an intermittently persuasive vision of a culture in meltdown.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th November 2015Interview: comedian Gregor Fisher untangles his past
The early years of Scotland's clown prince would raise few laughs, but that hasn't stopped Gregor Fisher investigating the secrets and lies that haunted his childhood - and led to his happy ending.
Janet Christie, The Scotsman, 8th November 2015Review: The Kennedys
The Kennedys is silly and sharp-witted; the music is fantastic, the characters well-rounded and the entire production heart-warming, original and uplifting- surely a programme not to be missed.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 8th November 2015Gilded Balloon Comedy (November) review
Review of Keara Murphy, Chris Forbes and Rob Rouse.
Damo Bullen, The Mumble, 8th November 2015Josh Widdicombe interview
The Last Leg comedian on having his own BBC Three sitcom and making it to the top of UK stand-up.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 8th November 2015Five questions for Michael McIntyre
After a three-year absence, Michael McIntrye is back on the road with his new stand-up show, Happy & Glorious.
Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 8th November 2015Review: James Acaster: Represent
James Acaster's Represent tour is both inventive and artfully performed, finds Louis Chilton.
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Horrible Science
Episode 9 - Sounds DreadfulToday, what is a sound? How do we hear? How do our ears work? Inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell joins the team in the studio to talk telephones, and even metal detectors!