BCG Daily Wednesday 18th May 2016
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Rarely Asked Questions: George Egg
Comedians are always complaining about their unhealthy diets when on the road. Not George Egg though. Over the years Egg has developed a way of using hotel room accessories to conjure up healthy and, most importantly, tasty meals. You can do wonders with an iron, you can improvise with a kettle and you'd be amazed at what the appropriately-named Egg can do with...well, if I told you it would spoilt the surprise. In Anarchist Cook he tells jokes and simultaneously puts together a three-course meal. Play your cards right and sit at the front you might even get a free taste.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th May 2016First night review: David Baddiel
Number five of the Ten Commandments tells us to honour our parents. Comedian David Baddiel goes about this by telling startlingly frank stories about the voracious sexual appetite of his late mother.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 18th May 2016Review: David Baddiel takes on his parents
In what must work marvellously as therapy, Baddiel gets much material out of his mother's long affair with a golf enthusiast.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 18th May 2016David Baddiel review: 'Reprehensibly funny'
The comedian's new stand-up show is 'a twisted love letter' to his Jewish parents.
Phil Taylor, The Independent, 18th May 2016David Baddiel, comedy review
This "massively disrespectful" celebration of their lives is a brilliant cocktail of smutty revelations, smart insights and hilarious nitpicking about grammar, says Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 18th May 2016Review of David Baddiel's 'My Family: Not the sitcom'
Baddiel is not the first to do a stand-up show about the loss of a parent but it's rare to see one that draws its subject as honestly, vividly and humorously as this.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 18th May 2016David Baddiel - My Family: Not The Sitcom review
My Family: Not The Sitcom is, Baddiel says, the funeral speech for his mother that the Jewish faith doesn't entertain. And it also applies to his father, alive in body but departed in mind.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th May 2016Tim Healy is written out of Benidorm after illness
The 64-year-old actor has been hospitalised due to an undisclosed medical condition.
Ellie Walker-Arnott, Radio Times, 18th May 2016David Baddiel is breathtakingly honest
Nothing is out of bounds in Baddiel's new stand-up, which exposes his father's dementia and his mother's hyperactive sex life to the same affectionate scrutiny.
Michael Billington, The Guardian, 18th May 2016Comedy In The Dark - Republic Brighton review
Comedy in the Dark is a showcase of four comedians each with a twenty-minute slot, well programmed to tickle a variety of funny bones. Seeing it in the dark is a novelty that doesn't really add anything to the overall enjoyment of the evening, but is a fun gimmick.
Ruby Isla Cera Marle, The Reviews Hub, 18th May 2016'David Baddiel: My Family: Not the Sitcom' review
Baddiel 'disrespectfully' pays tribute to his parents in his new show at the Menier.
Holly Williams, What's On Stage, 18th May 2016Lenny Henry's Rogues Gallery preview
There's more than a whiff of Tales Of The Unexpected about Lenny Henry's new radio series - and as a child of the 1980s, I'm sure he wouldn't want it any other way.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th May 2016'David Baddiel - My Family: Not The Sitcom' review
David Baddiel's certainly got more outrageous stories to recall than most, and tells them in warmly witty style. I wish this show long life.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th May 2016Jamie Morton: My dad wrote a porno
Jamie Morton's dad found his creative voice at the age of 60 but it's not exactly a literary masterpiece.
Kirstie McCrum, The Mirror, 18th May 2016David Baddiel review - 'candid stand-up'
It's inevitably uncomfortable in places. It's also very funny, and works both as an act of celebration and an act of mourning. It takes a while to find its feet though.
Natasha Tripney, The Stage, 18th May 2016David Baddiel: opening night photos
David Baddiel and guests celebrated the opening night of his new show My Family: Not the Sitcom at the Menier Chocolate Factory on Tuesday.
Emily Cole, What's On Stage, 18th May 2016Flowers, Series 1 review
This melancholic masterpiece is hands down the most spectacular piece of television I have ever seen. Flowers broke my heart and then fixed it again.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 18th May 2016Brenda Gilhooly interview
We caught up with Brenda Gilhooly to talk about Kickstarting The Mayoress, what actually goes into making an online comedy sitcom, and her time working with the amazing Lily Savage.
Gay Times, 18th May 2016David Baddiel review
Who Do You Think You Are? meets You've Been Framed in this hilarious and touching portrayal of David Baddiel's parents.
Lucy Rahim, London Theatre Guide, 18th May 2016Videos
TV & radio
Polyoaks
Series 4, Episode 3 - Eight Days A WeekThe staff of the dysfunctional West Country surgery have their work cut out to provide 'a truly seven-day service'.
Heresy
Series 10, Episode 1Victoria Coren Mitchell is joined by comedians Lloyd Langford and Katy Brand, and the artist Grayson Perry. They talk about French Style, God and Hitler.
Tonight At The London Palladium
Series 3, Episode 6This episode features 80s band ABC, pop star Nathan Sykes, the cast of the musical Guys and Dolls, comedy from Steve Williams, a special collaboration between Gregory Porter and classical guitarist Milos, and some spectacular acrobatics from Sons Company Teeterboard and trapeze artists Hugo and Katherine.
Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish
Dave Gorman Goodish Hits, Highlights Special - Series 2 highlightsThis episode reveals the best bits from Series 2 of Dave Gorman's Modern Life Is Goodish. There are also some
scenes which have never before been seen on British TV.
Lenny Henry: Rogue's Gallery
Series 1, Episode 1 - I Never Forget a FaceEpisode one is the story of a modern day miracle, as witnessed by a blind man.