BCG Daily Monday 22nd February 2016
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Alan Partridge: still Jurassic Park after 25 years
I can't imagine ever not finding Alan Partridge funny.
Dan Burke, Cultured Vultures, 22nd February 2016Fresh Meat's writers on their toga-party student days
Kitchen slugs, bathroom blazes, bodies in lakes ... as the anarchic campus comedy returns, its writers remember the wild (and not so wild) times that inspired the show.
Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Penelope Skinner, Tony Roche, Jon Brown, Tom Basden, The Guardian, 22nd February 2016Was Jonathan Ross' interview with Jo Konta edited?
Before the episode aired, there was controversy surrounding the "uncomfortable" conversation.
Alistair McGeorge & Edward Roberts, The Mirror, 22nd February 2016Benidorm's sauciest ever moments
After eight years Benidorm has provided some massive laughs for viewers everywhere and so now we celebrate.
Carl Greenwood, The Mirror, 22nd February 2016Fresh Meat series 4: bleak truths and knob gags
We chat to the cast of Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's university-set comedy drama, Fresh Meat, which returns tonight on Channel 4...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 22nd February 2016Eric Morecambe's Jensen Interceptor for sale at £150,00
A sports car bought by comedian Eric Morecambe for £4,500 has been put up for sale for £150,000.
BBC News, 22nd February 2016Radio 4 revives Nurse
Paul Whitehouse's Nurse is returning to Radio 4 following the axing of its TV version.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 22nd February 2016Sacha Baron Cohen jokes about Oscars racism scandal
The star didn't seem impressed with the Academy Awards bosses.
Nicola Agius, The Mirror, 22nd February 201610 AYBS? quotes that won't be repeated in the remake
David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, whose back catalogue included 'Allo 'Allo!, Dad's Army and Hi-de-Hi! created the original show, which was littered with innuendo and double-entendres, many of which would struggle to make family viewing times in the current era. And as for the sexual politics of the show, Twitter would be lit up like Mrs. Slocombe's pink rinse.
Paul Vale, The Huffington Post, 22nd February 2016Stewart Francis, Pavilion Theatre, Worthing
Canadian comedian demonstrates there's more to him than endless puns.
Thomas H Green, The Arts Desk, 22nd February 2016Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year review
If you went to the Best of Scottish Comedian Of the Year show expecting to hear only Scottish accents, you'd be disappointed. We saw two Scotsmen, a Pom (she said she was half English, half Scottish), and an Aussie - a mix of finalists and a winner of the eponymous competition.
Laura Cook, Adelaide Advertiser, 22nd February 2016Just The Tonic takes over booking former Jongleurs acts
Comedy producer Darrell Martin from Just the Tonic is to host comedy nights each weekend at venues in Camden, Birmingham, Reading and Watford that were formerly known as Jongleurs venues.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd February 2016Bobby Davro quit EastEnders as they didn't pay enough
He left EastEnders back in 2008 after just one year, and comedian Bobby Davro has revealed the real reason he quit - his wages were too low.
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Metro, 22nd February 2016Lolly Adefope, comedy review: hugely entertaining
One of the many strengths in Lolly Adefope's debut is that as well as humour there is pathos too, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 22nd February 2016Tony Law: Frillemorphesis - The Lowry, Salford review
The second half of the 'stand up art show' Frillemorphesis opens with comedian Tony Law repeating a single phrase over and over in a variety of bizarre accents before concluding: 'Review that!' Well, I'll give it a go but it's not going to be easy.
Dave Cunningham, The Reviews Hub, 22nd February 2016Sean McLoughlin: Whatever It Takes - review
Abject misery and just plain bad luck are always a source of great comedy. Well comedian, Sean McLoughlin has had his fair share of bad luck.
Matt Forrest, The Reviews Hub, 22nd February 2016Mark Steel: is comedy nature or nurture (Link expired)
He may not believe in a "joke-telling gene", but revelations about comedian Mark Steel's birth parents - and conversations with other adopted stand-ups - have got him thinking about what makes us who we are. He spoke to Jay Richardson about his acclaimed new show.
Jay Richardson, WOW247, 22nd February 2016Isy Suttie and Elis James get engaged
Isy Suttie and Elis James are engaged to be married after she proposed at a launch party for her new book.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 22nd February 2016Alfie Moore on joke thieves
What happens when it's professional comedians stealing jokes written by other professional comedians? Surely then there's a case to answer?
Alfie Moore, Chortle, 22nd February 2016Monkey Barrel Comedy (Feb 2016) review
Reviews of Jamie Dalgleish (****), Pablo Serski (*****), Jonny Thomson (****) and Keir McAllister (****).
Maya Moreno, The Mumble, 22nd February 2016Comedy review: Danny Bhoy
On the anniversary of one of their worst days, Danny Bhoy wanted to make Cantabrians at his show smile.
Marc Greenhall, Stuff.co.nz, 22nd February 2016Stuart Goldsmith on juggling fire to pay for lap dancer
The stand-up comic is playing Birmingham's Glee Club on his first solo tour.
Roz Laws, The Birmingham Mail, 22nd February 2016Review: The QI Elves at the Leicester Comedy Festival
The QI Elves' live recording of hit podcast, No Such Thing as a Fish, hurled a shedload of facts in our direction in an entertaining hybrid of impish humour, conversational charm and enough snippets of trivia to wow even the most experienced pub quizzer, writes Jasmine Henderson-Pennington.
Jasmine Henderson-Pennington, Leicester Mercury, 22nd February 2016Harry Enfield on DJs
The lot of them get tarred with the Savile brush.
Duncan Lindsay, Metro, 22nd February 2016How to write a good article about free speech & comedy
So, it's been pretty rough lately, huh? The times seem to be changing fast and they're heading in a direction that you do not like one bit. Students and other young people seem to be becoming the wagging fingers at the end of our punchlines, the chain of protesters outside our shows, the sea of Tweets and Facebook comments on our promotional pages. You're at your breaking point and now there's only one thing to do and that's write an article about how upset you are about being silenced by oversensitive audiences. You need to get out there and defend your free speech. Here's a handy guide to help you get all those feelings out.
Payton Quinn, The Huffington Post, 22nd February 2016Fresh Meat review
When I first watched Fresh Meat I had no idea what to expect from the show or that over four years on it would still be going strong. However somehow Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's university-based comedy drama has gone from strength to strength and they've been given the rare opportunity to end the series in the way they want to.
The Custard TV, 22nd February 2016Fresh Meat: it's time for the students to grow up
We may have seen the last of Peep Show, the fantastic long-running sitcom about two mismatched housemates, but another comedy from writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain still has one more hurrah to go. Fresh Meat (Channel 4), about a group of layabout, mismatched students in Manchester starring Jack Whitehall as misguided, perennially baffled public schoolboy JP, has begun its fourth and final series.
Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 22nd February 20169 questions for the cast of Fresh Meat
JP, Vod, Howard, Oregon, Kingsley and Josie are back for one final series. But is this really the end of the Channel 4 comedy?
Susanna Lazarus, Radio Times, 22nd February 2016Grimsby: film review
Back in the late '90s, when Da Ali G Show pulled in big ratings and before the Kazakh clown Borat spun off with his own film, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was arguably the funniest man in Britain, if you didn't count Boris Johnson (the outgoing mayor of London). In the wake of the disappointment that was 2012's The Dictator, The Brothers Grimsby (which will be called just Grimsby when it opens in the U.K. on Feb. 24) provides further evidence that Baron Cohen, having embarked on a career as a straight actor, is perhaps going a bit soft in his middle age. And that's not something one says lightly about a film featuring jokes about pedophilia, AIDS and people being accidentally anally penetrated by all manner of strange objects.
Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter, 22nd February 2016Grimsby review - Sacha Baron Cohen's gags fall flat
The Ali G and Borat creator shows little of his anarchic brilliance in this tame comedy, which is just kept from flatlining by moments of high-impact grossout.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 22nd February 2016Film review: Grimsby
Sacha Baron Cohen sets his satirical sights back on the U.K. working classes -- with spottily crass, sometimes cruel results.
Guy Lodge, Variety, 22nd February 2016Review: Joanna Neary at the Leicester Comedy Festival
Joanna Neary is an absolute joy, writes Sean Tizzard. In a fair world, her very special brand of character comedy would dominate the TV channels.
Sean Tizzard, Leicester Mercury, 22nd February 2016Review: Joe Lycett at the Leicester Comedy Festival
Despite performing to a packed-out O2 Academy, Joe Lycett's playful and relaxed manner made it feel more like you were out with a friend for the evening, writes Samantha Fisher.
Samantha Fisher, Leicester Mercury, 22nd February 2016Review: Katherine Ryan
If Katherine Ryan didn't already exist, writes Chris Thundow, it might have been necessary for someone to have invented her.
Chris Thundow, Leicester Mercury, 22nd February 2016Fresh Meat review
The writers say they were inspired by The Young Ones, but all this proves is Jack Whitehall is no Rik Mayall.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 22nd February 2016Videos
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