BCG Daily Tuesday 10th October 2017
News
Features
Press clippings
Sir Bruce Forsyth honoured with NTA award
The National Television Awards have renamed their entertainment prize in honour of the late Sir Bruce Forsyth.
BBC, 10th October 2017Frank Skinner: people doubt my art credentials
Midlands-born host of Landscape Artist of the Year says he is 'opera buddies' with co-host and Labour peer Joan Bakewell.
Graham Ruddick, The Guardian, 10th October 2017The Party review
Patricia Clarkson steals the show, but everyone in Potter's gifted cast gets their moment to shine in a sharp-edged, claustrophobic parlour piece that puts the boot into middle-class mores.
Phil De Semlyen, Empire, 10th October 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Tim Key
You really should know Tim Key by now.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th October 2017Kerry Godliman, comedy review
Kerry Godliman ponders whether to stick with the sourdough-loving hipsters or twist for a taste of the countryside.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 10th October 2017A fancy man at the Fringe confused by English language
Katsura Sunshine lives half his year in Tokyo and half in Camden Town in London. He always wears a kimono in the street and, usually, a bowler hat.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 10th October 2017TV review: GameFace, E4
If you are the kind of person who doesn't watch E4 because you think it is a bit too youthy, then make an exception for GameFace, the new series written by and starring Roisin Conaty.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th October 2017How To Be Champion by Sarah Millican - book review
Sarah Millican's first book falls partway between biography and self-help guide. You sense that she's a modest woman who feels a simple story of her life might be considered arrogant, so tempers those fears with a more altruistic purpose.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th October 2017TV review: Josh, Series 3, Episode 2, BBC3/BBC1
I wish somebody would explain the logic of how the BBC schedules programmes. Why, for example, is the whole of Upstart Crow available online from the moment the series starts on BBC2, whereas Josh, which is an online BBC3 series is being drip-fed to fans week-by-week as if, well, as if it was a real TV programme. Yes, I know it is a real TV programme, but you know what I mean. And just to muddy things further it also airs on BBC1 - it just feels like fuzzy logic to me. If anything is going to be released boxed set-stylee it should be an online show surely...
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th October 2017The problem with joke theft
When Dave's Funniest Jokes of the Fringe (for which I was on the judging panel, oh stop it's no big deal really) was released at the end of August I noticed a glug of something on social media. That glug was, to put it plainly, joke nickin'. People tweeting and updating their Facebook statuses with jokes I recognised from the list, which was distributed widely among the press, and not attributing the joke to the writer.
Kate Stone, Funny Women, 10th October 2017Review: Greg Davies amuses & repulses in equal measure
Just moments after charging onto stage to R Kelly's Ignition, Greg Davies warned the audience the content of the show was going to cross boundaries. And the Shropshire giant was true to his word. Not for the fainthearted, Greg regaled the audience with stories of his parents, his terrifying love life and his days bullying children as a drama teacher.
Alison Stacey, The Birmingham Mail, 10th October 2017Review: The Comedy Story, Warrington
Reviews of Toby Hadoke, Mick Ferry, Larry Dean and Zoe Lyons.
Lucy Moore, Female First, 10th October 2017Young Frankenstein review
Enjoy the daft jokes, relish the pace (only slows down a bit, in the villagers' scenes, before the barnstorming Act 1 closer with the Creature rampaging down the aisle). Cheer for the splendidly disgraceful objectification of women with big breasts and a Creature with unusual endowment south of the belt. Take a happy break from news bulletins about Brexit. Mel Brooks loves us, so we must be all right after all.
theatreCat, 10th October 2017Review: Young Frankenstein
This is a wonderful night out, frequently reaching that all too rare comic plateau where it becomes literally impossible to stop laughing. A triumph.
Alun Hood, What's On Stage, 10th October 2017Interview: Mae Martin
That series was based on my 2015 show Us, which explored sexuality, looking at it through the lens of my own super-bohemian upbringing.
Steve Wright, Bristol 24/7, 10th October 2017Best ticket sales yet for Southport Comedy Festival
Not only is this year's Southport Comedy Festival bigger than ever, but it has also seen a huge increase in ticket sales. The festival is now in its seventh year, and organisers are very pleased about the gradual growth of the event.
Chantelle Heeds, Soutport Visiter, 10th October 2017Kat Sadler and Cameron Loxdale interview
Following the release of their new online sitcom Sadface, Why did the Chicken? caught up with the show's writers Kat Sadler and Cameron Loxdale to discover the secret of their success...
Why Did The Chicken?, 10th October 2017Dawn French interview - I was jealous of Ab Fab
Dawn French talks candidly about her father's suicide, and being "really annoyed" when Absolutely Fabulous became a hit.
Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 10th October 2017'Funny Cow': London review
Maxine Peake is defiantly good as a Northern comic working the sexist circuit of the 1970s and 80s.
Wendy Ide, Screen Daily, 10th October 2017The true story of The Death Of Stalin
Armando Iannucci's upcoming dark comedy pulls from the stranger-than-fiction real-life events surrounding Stalin's death.
Smithsonian, 10th October 2017Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
The Tim Vine Chat Show
Series 2, Episode 5Tim Vine has been travelling the length and breadth of this fair land to not only uncover the best stories of the Great British public but also to take every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.
Spotlight Tonight With Nish Kumar
Series 2, Episode 4In a second series of this late-night topical comedy, Nish Kumar is here to cast his spotlight on the week's most talked about news items, taking an in-depth look at the biggest stories from the past seven days as well as scrutinising the bigger issues of the moment.