BCG Daily Saturday 23rd July 2016
Features
Press clippings
Review: Friday Night Dinner, C4
There is nothing particularly groundbreaking here. Just a lovely, well-observed, faintly farcical fast-moving storyline as one minor white lie - they claim Jackie's mother has died so that they can cancel dinner and turf Tony out - sends events spiralling out of control.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd July 2016Interview: Hugh Dennis
Comedian and actor Hugh came to fame as one quarter of The Mary Whitehouse Experience in the 1990s and has since gone on to star in BBC One's award-winning sitcom Outnumbered, BBC Two's satirical panel show Mock The Week and BBC Radio 4's The Now Show.
Nick McGrath, The Daily Express, 23rd July 2016Fracked! - stage show review
There are numerous nice turns, including James Bolam as her long-suffering husband, whose glorious line 'Oh, God, another aromatherapist has set up in the village!' could easily have been uttered by the show's director Richard Wilson when he was playing Victor Meldrew on TV.
Patrick Marmion, Daily Mail, 23rd July 2016Why you just don't get Mrs Brown's Boys
Can't fathom why Brendan O'Carroll's comedy wins the Christmas TV battle every year? You're missing a very simple truth.
Sarah Doran, Radio Times, 23rd July 2016Brendan O'Carroll on Mrs Brown's Boys
Anything could happen tonight on BBC One - Mrs Brown is broadcasting live...
Mark Lawson, Radio Times, 23rd July 2016Tony Law: Edinburgh Fringe 2016 interview
Tony Law has built up a bit of a following at the Edinburgh Fringe over the past few years for his wild and fun shows of tall-tales, surreal thoughts and unbridled hilarity. This year's show is taking a slightly different slant, with Tony getting more personal, although in a way only Tony can.
Laugh Out London, 23rd July 2016Podcast: Masud Milas 'Routes'
Born in Hong Kong to a Kenyan mum and an English dad, Masud Milas spent his teenage years in New Zealand before eventually moving to England. For his 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe stand up debut, he delivers a story that's somehow unique and relatable.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 23rd July 2016Interview: Penny Arcade
A chat with Penny Arcade about her Fringe show.
The New Current, 23rd July 2016Mrs. Brown's Boys Live - the Donald Trump of sitcoms
Mrs. Brown's Boys is the Donald Trump of sitcoms. Brendan O'Carroll's ribald ratings gobbler has become a red rag to the intelligentsia yet its popularity soars unbounded with 9.7 million tuning in to last year's Christmas special and nearly 40,000 viewers applying for the 400 audience places the BBC had made available for this one-off live broadcast from Glasgow.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 23rd July 2016Ari Shaffir Q&A - Edinburgh Fringe 2016
Interview with Ari Shaffir.
Short Com, 23rd July 2016Bethany Black Q&A - Edinburgh Fringe 2016
Interview with Bethany Black.
Short Com, 23rd July 2016Austentatious (Rachel Parris) Q&A - Fringe 2016
Interview with Rachel Parris.
Short Com, 23rd July 2016Angus Dunican Q&A - Edinburgh Fringe 2016
Interview with Angus Dunican.
Short Com, 23rd July 2016David Tsonos Q&A - Edinburgh Fringe 2016
Interview with David Tsonos.
Short Com, 23rd July 2016Videos
TV & radio
Fighting Talk
2016 Summer Specials, Episode 4FT Champion of Champions finalist Justin Moorhouse takes on the judges chair. He's joined by Director of Surrey Women's Cricket and TMS commentator Ebony Rainford Brent, sports broadcaster Caroline Barker, journalist Brian Reade, and comedian Mick Ferry.
Bennett Arron Worries About...
Series 1, Episode 1 - Getting OlderBennett worries about getting older and that, for the past 20 years, he has been lying to people about his age. He worries that children, including his own, are growing up faster than ever, that technology is not always the best answer and that he visits the doctor's surgery so often, they are beginning to think he is a member of staff.
Mrs. Brown's Boys
Live, Summer Special - Mammy SutraAgnes Brown is her usual meddling self, in this first ever live broadcast of Mrs Brown's Boys. When Agnes discovers that Mark and Betty are having bedroom problems, she takes it upon herself to help. Meanwhile, as Dermot's business grows he has a difficult decision to make about his best friend Buster.
Sam Delaney's News Thing
Episode 27 - Who The F*** Is Owen Smith?Sam finds out if Owen Smith is as normal as he says he is, we ask Natalie Bennett why being green is such a pain in the ass, and we hear from our new foreign affairs correspondent, Cutthroat Mike.