BCG Daily Monday 23rd May 2016

Features

Press clippings

Pictures: Car Share stars in Harry Potter outfits

Car Share stars Peter Kay and Sian Gibson have a wizard time as Harry Potter and Hagrid while filming the BBC series.

The Sun, 23rd May 2016

Mum helped me come to terms with my husband's death

Humour is not usually associated with being a widow, but so much of the gentle comedy in this ground-breaking six-part show about widowhood rang true for me.

Maddy Paxman, Daily Mail, 23rd May 2016

Russell Howard wants to do more Gert Lush

Russell Howard is keen to bring us a follow up to his one-off BBC comedy A Gert Lush Christmas, but jokes he may struggle to book his increasingly popular sister Kerry Howard.

Emma Daly, Radio Times, 23rd May 2016

Russell Howard interview

Russell Howard on Good News, Boaty McBoatface and engaging young people in politics.

Emma Daly, Radio Times, 23rd May 2016

Russell Howard interview

Russell Howard talks fear of dying and the terrible idea to put BBC Three online.

Adam Starkey, Metro, 23rd May 2016

Russell Howard: 'I have crippling low self-esteem'

"Like most comedians, I have crippling low self-esteem, so I always think that what I've just done is rubbish."

India Sturgis, The Telegraph, 23rd May 2016

Susan Calman interview

'I went from earning a really great salary to nothing'.

Susan Calman, The Telegraph, 23rd May 2016

Archive: Master-clown Max Wall dies, 23 May 1990

The British comedian died after a long Indian summer of fame during which critics applied the praise he had always craved 'genius'.

John Ezard, The Guardian, 23rd May 2016

Lenny Henry joining Broadchurch cast

Sir Lenny Henry is joining the cast of Broadchurch, it has been announced.

Danny Walker, The Mirror, 23rd May 2016

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton on Series 3

"We've done quite a dark series this time around," says Steve Pemberton. "There's two or three episodes where we've pushed the horror element."

Emma Thrower, Empire, 23rd May 2016

Russell Howard interview

Why I said no to I'm a Celebrity, but yes to kissing a 49-year-old mum in front of her son...

Shyvonne Thomas, Digital Spy, 23rd May 2016

I Want My Wife Back will need to do better

In the end, though, this was a comedy that was mainly stuck in neutral. It would really need to shift up a gear or three to make me want to watch a second series.

Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 23rd May 2016

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

Wussywat The Clumsy Cat

Wussywat The Clumsy Cat

Episode 35 - Heavy

Wussywat discovers the difference between heavy and light objects.

Radio 4
11:30am
30 min
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 6, Episode 6 - Operation Voldemort Scrape-Away

Malcolm and Ramesh's relationship steps up a gear, and Dave dips his toes into the delight of online dating apps.

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 75, Episode 2

Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Alexei Sayle and Graham Norton try to speak for 60 seconds on topics including clock-watching, Cardigan Bay, and a hot potato.

Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle. Peter Kay. Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions

Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle

Series 1, Episode 6

Peter takes a look back at an appearance with Catherine Tate's Nan, family weddings, and Max and Paddy, who just cannot seem to get it right.

I Want My Wife Back. Murray (Ben Miller)

I Want My Wife Back

Episode 6

Murray visits Bex at her sister's, but it's awkward between them so Bex makes her excuses and leaves.

Very British Problems. Susan Calman

Very British Problems

Series 2, Episode 3 - Holidays

The final show in the series looks at the Very British Problems we take with us on holiday.

BBC Two
10pm
30 min
Upstart Crow. Marlowe (Tim Downie)

Upstart Crow

Series 1, Episode 3 - The Apparel Proclaims The Man

Will hopes to move up in the world when he is invited to Lord Southampton's party. But what should a poorly-educated country boy wear to London's poshest do? And are Sir Robert Greene's fashion tips a double bluff, a triple bluff, or something even more fiendish?

Radio 4
11pm
30 min
Don't Make Me Laugh. David Baddiel. Copyright: So Radio / Fierce Tears

Don't Make Me Laugh

Series 2, Episode 6

Danny Baker, Ross Noble, Mark Watson and Felicity Ward take part in the panel show in which comedians go against their natural instincts and try not to make an audience laugh.

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