BCG Daily Thursday 22nd June 2017
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Harriet Braine: Edinburgh Fringe 2017 interview
2016 Funny Women Award winner, So You Think You're Funny? Finalist and Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Harriet Braine presents her debut hour of funny songs about the great and good of the art world.
Laugh Out London, 22nd June 2017#EdFringe17: Kevin James Doyle is a 30 Year Old Virgin
Raised a devout Christian, Kevin knew sex was meant for marriage only. When his engagement fell apart, he thought he'd missed the train for sex. And yet.... Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with the co-host of New York City's live comedy show, 'Great Times!'
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 22nd June 2017#EdFringe17: Ben Van der Velde's Sidekick
Some people are life's heroes: leading men and women full of swash, buckle and derring-do. Others just hold their jackets. Join Ben for 15 minutes of stand up and chat as he salutes the Barney Rubbles, Boo-Boos and Dr Watsons of the world.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 22nd June 2017Preview - Host the Week
Channel 4 has commissioned another comedy topical entertainment show but this show - Host The Week - follows a very different set-up.
Eloise Craven-Todd, On The Box, 22nd June 2017Jimmy Carr reveals how comedy helped with depression
He's one of the nation's favourite stand-ups but Jimmy Carr says how he got into comedy was no laughing matter.
Jack Teague with Dominque Hines, The Daily Express, 22nd June 2017Why Susan Calman hates the DUP deal
I have been talking about issues for gay people for years so I already had in the show about homophobia and equality. But in the re-write I say''Have you suddenly realised we now have the DUP who don't like gay people?'
Laura Enfield, The Wharf, 22nd June 2017Paul Vickers to write play about David Lynch
So I had a chat with Mr Twonkey aka Paul Vickers at King's Cross station in London. He was on his way back home to Edinburgh. Last year, he won the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality at the Edinburgh Fringe.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 22nd June 2017Stewart Lee, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre - review
Stewart Lee returned to the West Midlands to bring his Content Provider tour to the Wolverhampton Grand on Wednesday.
The Express and Star, 22nd June 2017Jimmy Carr's 'greatest hits' review
In a long-running tour, the supercilious stand-up brings back old gags, leaving a bad smell - and a loveless worldview - in his wake.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd June 2017Sir Billy Connolly receives honorary degree
Sir Billy Connolly has received yet another honorary degree despite joking the closest he got to university "was to deliver coal". The Big Yin became an honorary doctor of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, just days after he was given a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
The Daily Express, 22nd June 2017New Fringe award for mental health show announced
A new award has been launched for the Edinburgh Fringe show that most successfully explores the subject of mental health.
Chortle, 22nd June 2017Barry Humphries reviews Australian National Dictionary
A personal account of the development of Australian slang.
Barry Humphries, The Times Literary Supplement, 22nd June 2017Gina Yashere: first lady of black British comedy speaks
Ahead of her appearance at Underbelly Festival tomorrow, we spoke to the successful comedian about TV, LGBT and the future of black British comedy.
Young Voices, 22nd June 2017TV review: Host The Week, C4
But I have to be honest, I'm struggling to find something good to say about this.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd June 2017An interview with Nick Revell
Nick Revell talks about his forthcoming Fringe show.
Mumble Comedy, 22nd June 2017Host the Week review
File alongside ITV's Nightly Show as an experiment gone wrong.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd June 2017How to be a good audience
I just spent most of May in various venues around Brighton, seeing comedy shows at this year's Brighton Fringe and it was brought to my attention that not everybody knows how to be a good audience member.
Kate Stone, Funny Women, 22nd June 2017Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Live From The BBC
Series 2, Episode 2 - Doc BrownFresh from co-starring with Ricky Gervais on his movie Life On The Road, Ben Bailey Smith - AKA Doc Brown - brings his seamless mix of rap and stand-up to the BBC, as he dissects country life, fatherhood and being cool.
Paul Sinha's History Revision
Series 3, Episode 2 - Gay HistoryPaul looks at the rise of fake news and introduces some unheralded gay figures from history.
Host The Week
Scarlett Moffatt plays guest host for the first episode of the brand new topical studio entertainment show hosted by a different celebrity each week - but there's a twist. She won't have a rehearsal, won't have a script and won't have any idea of what's coming next.
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 12 (Channel 4: Series 13), Episode 4Jimmy Carr hosts a new edition of the panel/quiz show mash-up. In this episode, Jon Richardson and Joe Lycett take on Sean Lock and Michelle Wolf, with Adam Riches in Dictionary Corner.
Mock The Week
Series 16, Episode 3Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis look back on another eventful week, with guests Angela Barnes, Gary Delaney, Ed Gamble, Kerry Godliman and Nish Kumar.
CelebAbility
Series 1, Episode 2This week, celebs Laura Whitmore, Louis Smith, Stephanie Pratt, Sair Khan and Ed Gamble join forces. Ensuring everyone is playing by the book is official adjudicator Marek Larwood.