BCG Daily Thursday 14th September 2017

Pictures: David Jason with a bushy beard

Sir David Jason sported a bushy beard while out filming.

The Other One review

It's good to see a comedy pilot that is more about character and narrative momentum than it is about gags. And one that doesn't come with laughter included; you get to decide yourself whether to or not, almost like you're an adult. I am not convinced the premise screams six-episode series, but I'd be delighted to be proved wrong.

Preview - John Bishop: In Conversation With...

The Liverpudlian comic returns to W with his third interview series, starting with a fellow comedian: David Walliams.

Red Dwarf: revisiting the third series

Before its twelfth series lands on Dave in October, I'm rewatching all of Red Dwarf from the beginning. This week it's time to give quiche a chance and ponder where all the calculators go in Red Dwarf III.

How to perform comedy to an audience with dementia

So I chatted to comedy performers Pope Lonergan and Ben Targét... "The two of you have this joint project," I said. "Does it have a name?"

"At the moment," Pope told me, "it just has the banner title of The Care Home Tour. One thing we are doing is a three-hour Alzheimer's benefit Forgetting But Not Forgotten, organised with Angel Comedy at the Bill Murray in London on 2nd October. Lots of different comedians."

TV preview: A League Of Their Own returns to Sky

BAFTA-winning game show A League of Their Own returns for a new series this week hosted, as ever, by James Corden.

Greenwich Comedy Festival, review

Comedian Ellie Taylor showed how she has recently upped her game as she kicked off a night of comedy, writes Bruce Dessau.

Profile: Richard Herring's podcast

The interviews often hit a lull before coming back to life again; emergency questions (absurd and/or lewd questions rolled out to avoid uncomfortable silences) are repeated across episodes, then forgotten about, before being welcomed back like old friends.

Behind the scenes: Porters

If at first you don't succeed, keep the faith.

Greenwich Comedy Festival gig review

Review of four comedians performing at the Greenwich Comedy Festival.

The Death Of Stalin review

Shot before Trump became US president, The Death Of Stalin is one of many films to arrive in a global landscape different from what their creators might have expected.

Death Of Stalin review

The Death Of Stalin is Iannucci's most complex and almost nihilistic rendering of what politics is: A team of bumbling and weak-minded people who lack any real conviction other than a desire for power and position. They aren't quite in hell; they're definitely not in heaven. It's death by middle position, the bleakest version of purgatory on earth with no redemption allowed, and the biggest joke of it all is that they've put themselves there on purpose.