BCG Daily Tuesday 14th February 2017
News
Press clippings
Neil Morrissey would consider Men Behaving Badly return
Neil Morrissey has revealed he would consider reprising his role in Men Behaving Badly with the right script.
BT, 14th February 2017Take a rom-com tour of London
Happy Valentine's Day! For some that means all the clichés: card, flowers, chocolates, a romantic dinner with 23 other couples in a candlelit restaurant. For others it's an excuse to Bridget Jonesor watching Four Weddings and a Funeral for the 103rd time. We know which way we'd rather spend the evening.
Radio Times, 14th February 2017Luisa Omielan: What Would Beyonce Do?! review
The BBC calls Luisa Omielan's show a 'Valentines Day special' - which suggests they didn't realise that it's built around the tale of a devastating break-up.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th February 2017Review: Luisa Omielan's What Would Beyonce Do?!
Comedian Luisa Omielan may not have had many appearances on TV (even this performance is currently limited to BBC Three), but on the live circuit she has most certainly made an impact.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 14th February 2017David Baddiel on his dementia-suffering father
The comedian's new documentary, The Trouble with Dad, aims to raise awareness around the largest killer of old people.
Radio Times, 14th February 2017My comedy hero: Tony Law on Monty Python
The freewheeling Canadian stand-up picks the absurdist sketch and film gang as his comic icons.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 14th February 201710 top tens for Hot Fuzz's tenth
This year, after watching Hot Fuzz for the tenth time, and still picking up little details I'd never noticed before, I went down to the pub for a glass of celebratory cranberry juice. I thought Anglonerd magazine, too, should celebrate the brilliance of this film in a big way, so here is not just a top ten list, but ten top ten lists, highlighting the best one hundred things about Edgar Wright's comedy action flick. *Spoilers*
Jaime Pond, Anglonerd, 14th February 2017Luisa Omielan's show is hilariously bittersweet watch
Omielan tells the story of how, aged 28, and with a first class degree, life wasn't going quite as well as she'd planned.
Josie Benge, i Newspaper, 14th February 2017Live Review, UK Pun Championships Final
This year's UK Pun Championships Final went the full WWF. Barpaga was duly crowned Pun Champion 2017 and he certainly deserved it - though not necessarily for his final joke.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th February 2017Katherine Ryan doesn't bite her tongue
"I was lucky to develop in the UK because I find comedy - in addition to being caustic - it's quite literary over here, and alternative comedy isn't so alternative."
Amanda Wicks, Paste Magazine, 14th February 2017Review: Luisa Omielan: What Would Beyonce Do?!
It seems like a performance of pure attitude, but gradually, the reality behind this bold front is revealed.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th February 2017The Party review
It races by without ever leaving us feel in any way short-changed; these days, that in itself is reason for praise.
Geoff Andrew, British Film Institute, 14th February 2017The Party review
Here's a surprise at the Berlin film festival: a stingingly funny short comedy.
David Sexton, Evening Standard, 14th February 2017Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Katherine Ryan In Trouble
Katherine Ryan presents a live recording of her Kathbum tour.
Hashtag Love
Ruth Jones and Stephen Tompkinson star in Peter Souter's romcom set behind the scenes of The Archers. Broadcast live, the play will include listeners' comments on social media.
Go Jetters
Series 1, Episode 43 - Lake Retba, SenegalThe team gets all shook up when Glitch sucks up the pink water of Senegal's Milkshake Lake.