BCG Daily Thursday 24th August 2017
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Have I got news for you: no more BBC panel shows
The television panel show could soon be a thing of the past after a BBC executive said that no new shows in the format would be commissioned.
Matthew Moore, The Times, 24th August 2017Festival feature: Ryan Lane & Elf Lyons
Ashling Findlay-Carroll speaks with the creators of Hilda & the Spectrum.
Ashling Findlay-Carroll, Across The Arts, 24th August 2017Comedy bus is just the ticket at the Fringe
A comedian stumbled upon a career as a promoter and that is taking him to festivals all over the country.
Dave Waller, The Times, 24th August 2017Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe winners announced
Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe Winners have been announced today.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th August 2017Welcome back League of Gentlemen, you work of genius
It was brutal, terrifying - and hilarious. After a 15-year break, we are more than ready to return to Royston Vasey with Edward and Tubbs and the local people.
Alexi Duggins, The Guardian, 24th August 2017IT Crowd's 'Work Outing' is comedy's greatest farce
The IT Crowd is the kind of classic sitcom that should never have worked in the mid-00s.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 24th August 2017+3 interview: Juan Vesuvius: I am Your Deejay
"The story is autobiographical and it does what it says on the tin. I have been telling these anecdotes in the pub for years."
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 24th August 2017Eat Your Heart Out With Nick Helm preview
It's engaging, without being compelling, but surely able to stand the multiple repeats a Dave programme needs. For if there's one thing TV has shown us, viewers can't get enough of cookery shows.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th August 2017Chris Martin's perfect playlist
'He sounds like a hipster shaman'
Chris Martin, Chortle, 24th August 2017Lemon are putting a diverse twist on London's comedy
Two friends are launching a comedy night in London that aims to highlight the lack of diversity in stand-up.
Lizzie Edmonds, Evening Standard, 24th August 2017Micky Bartlett's inforgettable five
'A woman sang Halo by Beyonce through a tracheotomy hole'
Mickey Bartlett, Chortle, 24th August 2017What would be your fantasy sketch quartet?
Comics pick four performers past or present to make the team.
Chortle, 24th August 2017Ross Noble excited by Young Frankenstein role
Northumberland-born funnyman Ross Noble says he is perfect for Mel Brooks' stage version of Young Frankenstein stage - because he brings his "own hump".
BBC, 24th August 2017An interview with Luke Nowell
Luke Nowell interview.
The Mumble, 24th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 23
A takeover bid for the Malcolm Hardee Awards.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 24th August 2017Alex Salmond 'roasted' by Trump impersonator at show
Alex Salmond's attempts to ridicule Donald Trump in a special edition of his Edinburgh festival fringe show last night saw the former First Minister upstaged by a pitch perfect impersonation of the US president.
Tom Peterkin, Edinburgh Evening News, 24th August 2017Circuit Bunny: 5 star stuffed bell end
Photo comic strip.
FringePig, 24th August 20177 sensible questions: Phil Ellis
He is comedy's first prince of carefully-crafted amateurism. Here he talks to our stuffed monkey.
FringePig, 24th August 2017Poo-pooing the thesps
Where is that awful stench of not-proper comedy coming from? From a theatre near you, says Nathan Cassidy.
Nathan Cassidy, FringePig, 24th August 2017Some of the best Brexit gags from Edinburgh Fringe
Leaving the EU is not an inherently humorous topic but as the saying goes 'if you don't laugh, you'll cry'. Here John Nicholson rounds up some of the best Brexit gags from Edinburgh Fringe.
John Nicholson, The New European, 24th August 2017It's No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl review
This debut show deserves a better platform for the sheer chutzpah - there's a lot more fun to be extracted out of Rachel's experiences about her time performing in a Jewish girl band and with a bit of time, space and additional production values this would make this an immensely powerful touring show.
Funny Women, 24th August 2017Podcasts
TV & radio
8:45am15 min
The Zoo
Series 1, Episode 9 - Going ApeNaomi the grey gibbon and Gambira the orangutan share and island but famously don't get on. Naomi likes everything to be clean and tidy, while Gambira is messy with poor personal hygiene. Everyday they shout and chase each other - until one day Naomi mysteriously disappears. At first, Gambira can't believe her luck - she finally has the place to herself without her bossy roommate, but then Jurgen the gorilla decides he's moving in and Gambira begins to miss her old island buddy. Was Naomi really that bad?
11:30am30 min
Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
Series 3, Episode 4 - JuvenalNatalie Haynes stands up for Roman satirist Juvenal with the help of special guests Armando Iannucci and Llewelyn Morgan.
6:30pm30 min
The Now Show
Episode 1 - The Now Show At The FringeSteve Punt and Hugh Dennis visit the Edinburgh Fringe and present the week in news through stand-up and sketches. Featuring rising star Fern Brady, South African comedian Loyiso Gola and SNP MP Tommy Sheppard.
8pm30 min
Eat Your Heart Out With Nick Helm
Episode 1 - IslingtonIn the opening episode, Nick is on his home turf, Islington, eating a Vietnamese banquet at The Little Viet Kitchen.
8:30pm30 min
Eat Your Heart Out With Nick Helm
Episode 2 - CamdenFollowing his recent break-up, Nick wakes up in Camden.
11pm30 min
Bunk Bed
Series 4, Episode 1Patrick Marber and Peter Curran wonder what services were on offer after hearing rare archive of H. G Wells admitting that he used to earn his living as 'a prostitute', grapple with one of the most ferociously bad pop singles of all time - Cinderella Rockerfella - and get to the heart of the British aristocracy's perverse attitude to dogs. The unlikely bedfellows also deal with the emotional scars left by seeing a father wearing trousers made from horizontal corduroy.