BCG Daily Saturday 9th September 2017
Press clippings
Cold Feet, series 7, ITV review: more comedy than drama
After last year's comeback, it's a fresh start for Mike Bullen's friends.
Barney Harsent, The Arts Desk, 9th September 2017Hugh Laurie is an Emmy frontrunner
Hugh Laurie (Veep) is the Emmy frontrunner for Best Comedy Guest Actor, but our readers prefer Tom Hanks (Saturday Night Live)
Daniel Montgomery, Gold Derby, 9th September 2017Comedy writer Brona C Titley has last laugh at wedding
Brona C Titley, an actress and writer, and Suranee Abeysuriya, a director of a design research consultancy, were married on August 12, 2017.
Morag Preston, The Times, 9th September 2017David Mitchell: Shakespeare, a classic sitcom character
David Mitchell strikes comedy gold as the put-upon Will Shakespeare in a new series of BBC comedy Upstart Crow.
James Rampton, The Daily Express, 9th September 2017My haven, Jon Culshaw
The impressionist, comedian and astronomer, 49, in the dining room of his home in West Lancashire.
York Membery, Daily Mail, 9th September 2017The Comedy Cafe re-opens in London and Oslo
Yesterday, I talked to comedy club owner Noel Faulkner via FaceTime. It was raining heavily. He couldn't be bothered to go out. I did not blame him. I was getting drenched coming back from Iceland. The supermarket, not the country.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 9th September 2017Preview - The Jonathan Ross Show
Brightening up the early autumn evenings, Jonathan returns to ITV with the new series of his chat show where he is joined by a range of guests from musicians and actors, to comedians and Olympians.
Eloise Craven-Todd, On The Box, 9th September 2017Mister Winner review
Mister Winner is sweet enough - especially had it gone out in an early evening slot - even if its jokes are sometimes obvious.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th September 2017Susab Calman 'offended' by dance partner row
Susan Calman has strongly defended her decision as an openly gay woman to dance with a male professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing.
Lauren Turner, BBC, 9th September 2017TV: Upstart Crow, BBC2
Ben Elton's eloquent defence of the mainstream sitcom last month was illuminating, fascinating and persuasive. And in a way maybe it could be seen by some as an incidental pre-emptive strike against critics who might have their hatchets sharpened for the new series of Upstart Crow, Elton's popular sitcom about Shakespeare's early years starring David Mitchell. If that is the case though Elton needn't worry. The only thing he has to live with here is critics trotting out the "not-as-good-as-Blackadder" line.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th September 2017TV review: Comedy Playhouse, Mister Winner, BBC1
Whether this will be a series is another matter though.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th September 2017The Death Of Stalin review
Iannucci's brand of political satire is applied to one of the darkest chapters in modern history, with sensational results.
Nick De Semlyen, Empire, 9th September 2017The Death of Stalin review
The Thick Of It and Veep writer's tilt at Soviet-era satire, which opens the Toronto film festival, boasts an outstanding cast, with Simon Russell Beale as the secret police chief with a satanic surprise.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 9th September 2017Videos
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TV & radio
10:20am15 min
Little Roy
Series 2, Episode 24 - Grow Up RoyRoy is excited about going to the park to climb trees with Becky and Tristan. But when Maura tells Roy he is too small to climb trees, Roy decides he is sick of being small and stretches himself out until he ends up eight feet tall.
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 15, SpecialParalympic legend Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, former GB athlete and Olympic bronze-medallist Kath Merry, journalist and sports broadcaster Steve Bunce and comedian Justin Moorhouse join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry in front of a live audience at the Tyne Theatre & Opera House in Newcastle.
1pm30 min
Please Hold
Sitcom pilot about a council telephone helpline.
9:15pm60 min
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series 12, Episode 2 - Rag'n'Bone Man, Natalie Dormer, Jack DeeOn this week's show, Jonathan is joined by BRIT award-winning, multi-platinum selling singer Rag'n'Bone Man, Game of Thrones and Hunger Games actress Natalie Dormer and comedian Jack Dee ahead of his upcoming new sitcom Bad Move.
10:25pm30 min
Sam Delaney's News Thing
Episode 34 - How To Punch A HorseSam looks at the great British past-time of horse-punching and Kate Hoey explains why Jeremy Corbyn can't be trusted with Brexit. With Munroe Bergdorf, David Mills and Ken Cheng.