BCG Daily Saturday 18th March 2017
Press clippings
Comedy review: Uncles
The latest venture from Burnistoun creators Robert Florence and Iain Connell, Uncles is already displaying the potential to eclipse their frequently great BBC Scotland sketch show. In this far leaner endeavour, the two play a couple of nameless Glaswegians on the cusp of middle-age, simply catching up and setting the world to rights in their local pub, their only props their drinks, a table and chairs. Redolent of Derek and Clive or the Smith and Jones head-to-heads, with perhaps an occasional dash of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse as the fuming Self-Righteous Brothers, Uncles relies on and revels in patter for patter's sake, and is jammed full of lines to savour.
The Scotsman, 18th March 2017TV humour is lewd, lavatorial & lacking any form of wit
The problem, however, is bigger than just one show. For the abject and high-profile failure of The Nightly Show raises a disturbing question. What has happened to British comedy? The sheer unfunniness of much of it is beyond depressing.
Christopher Hart, Daily Mail, 18th March 2017Victoria Wood's 9.3m split between family and charity
Victoria Wood split her £9.3 million fortune between her family and the Victoria Wood Charitable Trust.
Female First, 18th March 2017Great British Bake Off bosses at war over Noel Fielding
Great British Bake Off bosses are at war over the signing of hell-raiser Noel Fielding as host -- as it emerged a string of A-listers turned the job down.
The Sun, 18th March 2017Fleabag WILL be back in 2018
Speaking at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, Phoebe Waller-Bridge revealed that she was only keen to bring Fleabag back if she had a "an idea that was good enough". "I think I have one," she says, although she won't reveal what that is.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 18th March 2017Carnage, review
Simon Amstell's first feature-length film is not only hilarious, but puts a highly convincing case forward for veganism without once being preachy.
Max Benwell, The Independent, 18th March 2017Review: Carnage - Swallowing The Past
Carnage is definitely an interesting film and Simon Amstell is clearly interested in the subject - he has touched on it onstage. It is an odd hybrid though.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th March 2017Videos
TV & radio
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Series 1, Episode 6 - HumourIn the week of his final challenge, Liam is depressed. And so is Millipede. But could his final challenge - to make a prank video - provide an opportunity to turn things around for both of them?
The Real Comedy Controllers
Episode 1 - OriginsThe Real Comedy Controllers take us back to the stars of Variety and the entertainers of World War II, the men and women (though largely men) who entertained us through the dark days of conflict and the drab times of austerity and rationing.
Justin's House
Series 4, Episode 18 - Reggie The RobotRobert's much cooler younger brother Reggie is coming to visit Justin's House, so Robert tries everything he can to show that he can be just as cool.
Fighting Talk
Series 14, Episode 24Former GB badminton player and Olympic silver-medallist Gail Emms, sports commentator John Rawling, journalist and presenter Martin Kelner and comedian Bob Mills join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
Sam Delaney's News Thing
Episode 11 - England vs. ScotlandSam asks how long it is before Nicola Sturgeon declares war on Theresa May, while SNP MP Angus MacNeil makes the case for Indyref2. With Bobby Mair, Felicity Ward and John Hastings.