BCG Daily Wednesday 6th January 2016
Press clippings
Johnny Vegas accidentally flashed Joan Collins
Johnny Vegas has recalled the time he acted far from godly on Benidorm as he confessed he once accidentally revealed his manhood to Dame Joan Collins when she made a guest appearance last year.
Daily Mail, 6th January 2016Nathan Bryon and Danny Walters interview
Benidorm is back, and so is Tiger Dyke, and this time he's opted a lads holiday with best mate Joey, instead of a holiday with his family.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 6th January 2016Available as a comedy show consultant or director
I am available as a Director or Creative Consultant (or whatever words you want to use) on live comedy shows in 2016 - mostly, I guess, for people who intend to stage a show at the Edinburgh Fringe, although I am open to anything.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th January 2016Tracey Ullman on political correctness
Political correctness must not sanitise comedy and inhibit controversial material, Tracey Ullman has warned.
Adam Sherwin, The Independent, 6th January 2016Imagine Rebekah Brooks roller-skating through The Sun
It's a glorious, irreverent post-hacking lampoon, a fantasy set in the 1970s with flairs, moustaches and disco music, that tells the story of Rebekah, an ingenue from the north of England who, having accidentally become chief executive of News International, gets embroiled (innocently of course) in a scandal.
Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, 6th January 2016The Laughter Factory celebrates its first birthday
A comedy club in St Helens, which was threatened with legal action by a famous Hollywood Club soon after it was set up, will celebrate its first birthday next month.
Stephen Mather, St Helens Star, 6th January 2016TV Review: Tracey Ullman's Show
It's easy to say this is hit and miss but it is more complex than that. In fact if you've got a broad, tolerant sense of humour this is much more hit than miss.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th January 2016Videos
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Podcasts
TV & radio
9am30 min
Behaving Ourselves: David Mitchell On Manners
Episode 3 - Looking At Your PhoneDavid Mitchell's inquiry into the state of modern manners leads him to an assertiveness class. Should he always say sorry? And Sherry Turkle discusses the death of conversation.
4pm15 min
6:30pm30 min
It's Jocelyn
Series 1, Episode 2Characters include Dionne Button MP, a power-hungry traffic warden and a bad-tempered couple running a takeaway.
11pm15 min
Don't Start
Series 3, Episode 2 - The BathCardamom scented candles, kumquats and a debate over the virtues of shared bathing compared to shared showering occupy Neil and Kim.