BCG Daily Thursday 20th April 2017
News
Press clippings
Symfunny, comedy review
Jason Manford compered a strong line-up of comedy and music at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of Parkinson's.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 20th April 2017Review: Twelfth Night - NT Live
Michael Cox reviews 'a very enjoyable staging of one of Shakespeare's best comedies'.
Michael Cox, Across The Arts, 20th April 2017Nish Kumar interview
Nish Kumar on being a meme, the legacy of Goodness Gracious Me and choosing comedy over law.
Rohan Banerjee, The New Statesman, 20th April 2017Craig Ferguson to make Fringe comeback after 20 years
Craig Ferguson is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe after an absence of more than 20 years.
Edinburgh Evening News, 20th April 2017Ayesha Hazarika, Soho Theatre review
What a day to open your political stand-up show, entitled State of the Nation, a few hours after Theresa May had announced a snap election. If Ayesha Hazarika needed any extra material, yesterday morning's events would certainly have supplied it.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 20th April 2017My bucket list, by Miriam Margolyes
The 75 year-old star of Bucket has her sights set on India and Norway - and fancies a role in a TV detective series.
Michael Hodges, Radio Times, 20th April 2017Danger Mouse Ultimate app released
Danger Mouse Ultimate, a new app based on one of CBBC's most loved shows, is available to download for free today.
BBC, 20th April 2017Sofie Hagen plans marathon live stream
The comedian joins forces with Mark Watson for a marathon livestream.
Jenni Ajderian, The Skinny, 20th April 2017TV: Bucket, Episode Two, BBC4 review
The story ebbs and flows but with Mim suffering from a terminal illness - hence the Aldi budget bucket list journey, no swimming with dolphins off the Great Barrier Reef just yet - one can assume that this is building to a climax in the fourth and final episode. Presumably Mim will die a moving death in her daughter's arms or something and we will all sob a bit - unless there are plans for a second series.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th April 2017Joel Dommett review
Skype sex and confetti cannons are harnessed to full effect by a likable performer who breathes new life into a time-honoured persona.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th April 2017Comedy review: Ayesha Hazarika
The former spin doctor's best material is about what it felt like to be inside the party machine, but it takes too long for her to get to it.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 20th April 2017Finding Fatimah review: faintly desperate dating comedy
This indie comedy about Muslim people looking for love in Manchester suffers from terrible production values, wasted talent and a critical lack of laughs.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 20th April 2017Interview: Limmy reveals coding skills made him famous
The creator of the hit BBC Scotland series Limmy's Show followed an unconventional route to stardom.
Chris McCall, The Scotsman, 20th April 2017The Philanthropist review
Simon Bird and Lily Cole are a treat in this pungent tragi-comedy.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 20th April 2017The Philanthropist review
While there's a measure of wit to Christopher Hampton's 1969 play The Philanthropist, Simon Callow's production conspires to hide it.
Natasha Tripney, The Stage, 20th April 2017Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare review
Let's get one thing straight: this is not a show for theatre lovers. Actually, it beggars belief that anyone could be so hard-up for entertainment that they would willingly part with money to endure it.
Sam Marlowe, The Times, 20th April 2017Videos
TV & radio
4 O'Clock Club
Series 6, Episode 9 - FuneralOwen bunks off school to avoid sports day but finds himself trapped in a living nightmare. And something smells fishy when a joke Amber plays on her class backfires horribly.
Reluctant Persuaders
Series 2, Episode 3 - Give A Man A FishThe team attempt to soothe their souls with some charitable work.
John Bishop In Conversation With...
Series 2, Episode 6 - Davina McCallJohn Bishop talks to Davina McCall.
The Nightly Show
Episode 39Dermot O'Leary is joined by actor Dennis Quaid and Line Of Duty's Martin Compston.
Bucket
Episode 2Mim has a plan to fund their bucket list by selling the contents of a time capsule which she buried at her alma mater, Cambridge.
The Trip
The Trip To Spain, Episode 3 - La Posada del LaurelWhile taking in some local cuisine, the pair have time to reminisce over those who sadly left us in 2016, and then compete over who can do the better impersonation of them. Later they visit one of the many attractions down the 'Dinosaur Road', allowing Rob to pose for a picture in front of a fibreglass iguanodon. "Which one is the dinosaur?" quips Steve.
Celebrity Juice
Series 17, Episode 5Joining the panel this time are First Dates favourite Fred Sirieix, Loose Women's Andrea McLean and TOWIE star Bobby Norris.