BCG Daily Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Press clippings
Rose Matafeo, Soho Theatre review
New Zealand comic with original takes on the big stuff.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 22nd February 2018Jonathan Pie: Back To The Studio review
Powerful stuff - and very often funny, too.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd February 2018I sympathise with Louise Beamont: comics seek truth
Looking for the laughs in painful personal stories makes for interesting subject matter, but emotionally it's a high-risk path.
Arnab Chanda, The Guardian, 22nd February 2018Rachel Parris on going viral, Morgan & Rees-Mogg
Comedian Rachel Parris has become a highlight of The Mash Report, and incurred the wrath of Piers Morgan. She explains her approach to Nick Mitchell.
Nick Mitchell, i Newspaper, 22nd February 2018Armando Iannucci on Brexit, Trump & The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci, Britain's satirist-in-chief, talks to Nick Mitchell about the similarities between Stalinist Russia and Trump's America, his new Dickens-inspired project, and the return of Alan Partridge.
Nick Mitchell, i Newspaper, 22nd February 2018Worldwide comments on Louise Reay's husband court case
I don't think the current court case could easily be the subject of some future TV documentary. More a TV sitcom.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 22nd February 2018Jack Whitehall could be the next James Corden: good
Hosting the Brit Awards is a notoriously tough gig. The venue, London's O2 Arena, is a soulless corporate barn of a room. For one night only, it's stuffed to the guestlist gills with back-slapping music biz freeloaders, who are thirstily availing themselves of the free-flowing booze, making frequent bathroom trips and more interested in braying at each other than paying attention to what's happening on-stage.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 22nd February 2018Is stand-up caught in a cycle of masculinity?
For an industry blighted by depression and suicide, the 'mild antidepressant' effect of comedy sounds like just the thing that might attract us. And what else is blighted by depression and suicide? Why, masculinity, of course.
Martin Willis, The Independent, 22nd February 2018This Country: Return to Planet Mucklowe
Daisy and Charlie Cooper are back for a second series of their hit comedy, and it's funnier than ever.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 22nd February 2018Coogan's Run: the Inside No 9 forerunner
Steve Coogan may be best known for his hapless comic creation Alan Partridge. But Partridge is far from the only character in Coogan's canon, and before there was I'm Alan Partridge, there was Coogan's Run.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 22nd February 2018When is a scene not a scene?
If you're a comedy writer, you probably don't find jokes all that hard. Finding the right jokes that fit a situation and a character can be harder.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 22nd February 2018Stewart Lee, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury - review Read m
The sexual practices of impoverished Midlanders are not your usual stand-up material but then Stewart Lee is no ordinary comedian.
Harry Leather, The Shropshire Star, 22nd February 2018Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
The Young Offenders
Series 1, Episode 4Conor and his mam Mairead's much-loved fridge, bought by Conor's dad, has finally given up on them.
Is That... Chris Ramsey?
Live stand-up performed by Chris Ramsey.
Millie Inbetween
Series 4, Episode 9 - The Camera Never LiesLauren's confidence takes a knock when she's turned down for a photography course. Millie boosts her but the results are uncomfortable. Franma's birthday gift tests Fran and Jake.
The Mash Report
Series 1, Episode 10Nish tries to find a definition for "Brexit". Desiree Burch investigates the political party 'Justice For Men & Boys', and Andrew Hunter Murray attempts to find out if Labour has a single defined attitude toward Brexit.
Newsjack
Series 18, Episode 3Anglea Barnes, Arnold Jorge, Luke Kempner and Alison Thea-Skot call Theresa May's Security Hotline and meet Greybeard. Plus Huw Edwards tells us everything's fine.