BCG Daily Monday 20th February 2017
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Gala marking 25 years of Absolutely Fabulous to be held
Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley will be appearing at the event in Liverpool as part of a four-day internation TV market.
Francesca Gosling, The Mirror, 20th February 2017Inside No 9: 'A laugh is the same as a scream'
As the darkly funny anthology series returns, creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith explain why comedy and horror is a marriage made in hell.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 20th February 2017Preview - How to Survive the End of the World
Today it is hard to know what we should really be scared about. Stand-up comic Jon Richardson, a "self-confessed coward", is someone seemingly frightened of a wide range of things.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th February 2017Brennan Reece: Everglow - The Lowry, Salford review
Winner of the English Comedian of the Year in 2015 and nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival in 2016, Brennan Reece brings his debut comedy show Everglow to his hometown of Manchester.
Harriet Mallion, The Reviews Hub, 20th February 2017Review: Madame Senorita: The Expector
It's no surprise to learn that Paula Valluerca has studied at the feet of Philippe Gaulier, given that her show displays all the hallmarks of the prolific Parisian clown school.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th February 2017Review - Joanna Neary: Faceful Of Issues
Very much in the tradition of Joyce Grenfell and Victoria Wood, and worthy of being mentioned in the same sentence, Jo Neary has created a delightfully uptight alter-ego in the form of Celia Jesson.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th February 2017Review - Norman Lovett: Entertaining Moaner
Authenticity is what you get. If he gets distracted by an audience member, it's not in the artificial pursuit of an easy gag, just that he genuinely got distracted. Memories of his pug Elvis, who died last year, are sweetly melancholic reminiscences, not part of anything greater.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th February 2017Comedy Central reprimanded for Christmas Day f-bomb
Josh Widdicombe said the offending swear word during a broadcast of Live At The Apollo which aired before the watershed.
Ellie Harrison, Radio Times, 20th February 2017Mindhorn review
Julian Barratt co-writes and stars in this terrifically funny send-up of 80s detective shows.
Katherine McLaughlin, The List, 20th February 2017Review - Andy Zaltzman: Plan Z
The strength of the show is Zaltzman's ability to effortlessly drift between making serious political points whilst at the same time doing so with a silly, almost childish sense of humour.
Matt Forrest, The Reviews Hub, 20th February 2017Susan Calman review
The stand-up reveals she's taken up boxing on her Calman Before the Storm tour, and the show swipes energetically at a formidable array of targets.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th February 2017Alan Davies: I miss Fry, but Toksvig's given QI a boost
Sandi Toksvig might be firmly ensconced in the QI host's chair... but panellist Alan Davies has admitted he still misses her predecessor Stephen Fry.
Morgan Jeffrey, Digital Spy, 20th February 2017Review - Iain Stirling: Onwards!
Fresh-faced comedian Iain Stirling was on fire on Friday night.
Abby Kwantes, The Latest, 20th February 2017Interview: Count Arthur Strong's Steve Delaney
'My wife thinks I'm turning into Arthur'.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 20th February 2017Interview: Bridget Christie
Whichever way you voted in June's European Union referendum, the Brexit result was seismic - no more so than for Bridget Christie.
Veronica Lee, The Latest, 20th February 2017Preview: Inside No. 9 'The Bill'
Jason Watkins puts in a great performance as penny-pinching Kevin, whose line delivery and facial expressions generate a lot of the episodes's laughs.
The Velvet Onion, 20th February 2017Assembly Rooms ditch digital experiment
One of the longest-running Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues is to go back to its roots after ditching a controversial digital event derided as "somewhere between pointless and insulting."
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 20th February 2017ITV to take Nightly Show global
ITV is to shop The Nightly Show format around the world, and hopes the "ideas-eating monster" will spawn its own Carpool Karaoke-style spinoffs.
Manori Ravindran, Broadcast, 20th February 2017Podcasts
TV & radio
Chain Reaction
Series 12, Episode 2 - Joe Lycett interviews Katherine RyanJoe Lycett asks some questions of Canadian stand-up star Katherine Ryan. Katherine fields questions on subjects as varied as being compared to Joan Rivers and the secret of happiness, all via a mini-detour to address her hatred of bread.
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Series 15, Episode 6 - Making the Invisible VisibleWith Katy Brand, Carlos Frenk, Matthew Cobb.
Go Jetters
Series 1, Episode 47 - The Gobi Desert, MongoliaGlitch's giant drill causes a dino-disaster for the team's fossil hunt in the Gobi Desert.
Just A Minute
Series 77, Episode 1Just A Minute is 50 years old this year! Nicholas Parsons has been hosting since day one, and kicks off the first episode of the new series with a cracking line-up: Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Zoe Lyons and Graham Norton.
Jon Richardson: How To Survive The End Of The World
Jon Richardson is on a mission to investigate if the things he is most scared about are really going to kill him.