BCG Daily Sunday 15th May 2016
Press clippings
Jo Brand interview
"If you're doing comedy, you must be funny first and preach second."
Tim Lewis, The Guardian, 15th May 2016Pictures: Steve Coogan has blazing row with girlfriend
Pictures of Steve Coogan, 50, and Downton Abbey star Daisy Lewis, 30, have now emerged showing the pair having the emotional argument in Soho.
Dan Cain, Daily Mail, 15th May 2016Sanjeev Kohli interview
Sanjeev Kohli, who plays Navid in Still Game, reveals that he never stopped being asked to do the voice.
Daily Record, 15th May 2016Russell Howard on his worst ever heckle
Adorable funny man Russell Howard, 36, on always being a comedy nerd, his mother's magical parts and having a vibrator thrown at his head.
Lara Kilner, The Mirror, 15th May 2016Why do comedians make such good actors?
It is both a hard question to answer and an easy one. I think the best comedians are natural performers which would be suited for taking on a script. But they can also be uncontrollable show-offs, which might not go down too well with a hard taskmaster. By all accounts Ken Loach loved Dave Johns from day one.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th May 2016Live Review: Alex Edelman, Soho Theatre, London
You've got to have an angle when you do a full length Edinburgh Fringe show. Well, it's maybe not compulsory but when putting together a string of stories it can help to stitch the narrative together and excite the judges. Alex Edelman's 2015 show, which has finally transferred to London, has an angle but the young Bostonian is so skilful this would be a hugely enjoyable set even without one.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th May 2016Gein's Family Giftshop get second Radio Wales series
Gein's Family Giftshop are to make a second series of their BBC Radio Wales sketch show.
Chortle, 15th May 2016Dave Bailey: Beige Against The Machine review
Bailey is, he readily confesses, a beta male - out of place in nightclubs but declaring himself to have a personality, unlike those who think an interesting hat or peculiar facial hair is substitute enough for that. Yet whet it comes to his material, you'd be quite hard-pressed to find much personality in that, either.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th May 2016Best Boy review
Male double act Best Boy have a handful of excellent 'tentpole' sketches - most notably an enjoyably anarchic finale - but they prop up some pretty flimsy material in between.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th May 2016Comedy review: Julian Clary
Celebrating 30 years in comedy, Julian Clary has settled into a cosy, anecdotal manner that's as laden with filth and innuendo as ever, but never close to shocking.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 15th May 2016Podcasts
TV & radio
7:30pm65 min
Let's Do It: A Tribute To Victoria Wood
A compilation of songs and sketches in tribute of the late comedian.
8pm60 min
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Series 4, Episode 7Actor and comedian Catherine Tate, Pointless creator and co-presenter Richard Osman and Wild Things host Kate Humble are the latest guests on Lee Mack's riotous panel show.