BCG Daily Thursday 12th January 2017
Features
Press clippings
Michael Jackson's child offended by use of white actor
Michael Jackson's daughter Paris says she's "incredibly offended" that a white actor has been chosen to play the part of her father in a new TV film.
BBC News, 12th January 2017Frank Skinner ready for the big 60
He quips: "At the moment, there's quite a big debate in the house about whether I should have a party or not. As someone said, 'it might be your last chance to have a party with an '0' on the end'."
The Express and Star, 12th January 2017Michaela Coel interview
Reggie Yates meets Chewing Gum creator Michaela Coel: "I never saw my life represented on TV".
Reggie Yates, Radio Times, 12th January 2017TV preview: Not Going Out, BBC1
Has Lee Mack become a time traveller? In the new series of Not Going Out he suddenly has three children, all around primary/infant school age, whereas a year ago he had only just become a father for the first time. Apparently the new series of Not Going Out is set seven years on. But don't expect any hoverboards or meals served in pill form. This is about as traditional and old-fashioned as sitcoms get.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th January 2017Common Sense review
Unless Common Sense can get closer to real-time news, and catch the scabrous and speculative nature of real street speech, it threatens to be no more than an out-of-focus group.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 12th January 2017My comedy hero: Michael Redmond on John Cleese
The Glasgow-based Irish stand-up picks the Monty Python legend as his comic icon.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 12th January 2017Video: Chris Ramsey on the best moments in stand-up
Chris Ramsey is a stand-up comedian and actor from South Shields. Here he vlogs for The Huffington Post UK on his embarrassing moments, what inspired him to become a comedian and the best joke he's heard.
Chris Ramsey, The Huffington Post, 12th January 2017Limmy interview
Limmy on mental health, millennials and the sitcom that never happened.
Tristan Cross, ShortList, 12th January 2017Newsjack Addict goes to a Newsjack Writers Briefing
The first bit of advice I can pass on is, if you ever get an invite to a Newsjack Writers' Briefing, accept it immediately!
Simon Paul Miller, Comedy Crowd, 12th January 2017Humza Arshad interview
Humza Arshad on being a YouTube comedy sensation and hitting Tom Hardy in the face with a bagel.
Frankie McCoy, Evening Standard, 12th January 2017Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Counterfeit Cat
Episode 15 - No Pranks ThanksInspired by a TV prank show, Max starts playing them on Gark and the others. The pranks escalate until they cause people not to believe a planet-eating monster is coming for them. But it is...
Counterfeit Cat
Episode 16 - The VetWhen Max is set to go to the vet he persuades Gark it's a spa for cats, so Gark goes in his place. Then Max learns if Gark is prodded he may explode and destroy the earth - can he stop it happening?
Millie Inbetween
Series 3, Episode 6 - The Future Is NowMillie has to choose her next-level school subjects, and it's proving impossible.
Chewing Gum
Series 2, Episode 1 - WTF Happened?Tracey's return to the Pensbourne Estate doesn't quite go as she would have liked.
Kült
Radio comedy pilot set in a furniture shop starring the group Diet Of Worms.