BCG Daily Thursday 5th April 2018
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Limmy to write new memoir
Limmy said: "It's going to be wee things that pop out in my mind, all the bad stuff, all the mad stuff that's happened. I love all that."
Daily Record, 5th April 2018Women are too 'modest' to host a comedy quiz show?
From the late 16th century, the word 'modest' when applied to women has meant 'not forward or lewd' - a quality so often policed by men.
Steven Poole, The Guardian, 5th April 2018Bjorn Wentlandt to be UTA's touring agent
UTA has hired comedy touring agent Bjorn Wentlandt for its London office.
Hollywood Reporter, 5th April 2018Lee Kyle on being a working-class comic
'There are a lot of reasons to be bitter as a working-class comic'. Lee Kyle on his jealously of the middle-class safety net, and how he's trying to redress the balance.
Lee Kyle, Chortle, 5th April 2018Review: This Country, episode 6, Family Loyalties
After a successful first series, the second series of This Country has kept up the momentum and high quality level with six more glorious episodes.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th April 2018Going to see comedy? Don't let slip you voted Leave
When I went to see Matt Forde's first gig in his latest tour I was accompanied by a fellow Labour Party member. At the bit where Forde asks if anyone in the audience had voted Leave in 2016, I had no alternative but to respond, loudly, in the affirmative.
Tom Harris, The Telegraph, 5th April 2018Hislop should ask why women are too modest for HIGNFY
If HIGNFY has created an environment that women are reluctant to enter, that is not on women - that's on Hislop and friends.
Tracy King, The New Statesman, 5th April 2018Improvi... doing it ag... making it bett- rewriting
Writing is re-writing, according to Ernest Hemingway, or Dorothy Parker, depending on which internet search engine you're looking at.
Dave Cohen, Dave Cohen, 5th April 201826 of Stewart Lee's most gloriously acerbic jokes
"I hate Twitter. It's like a state surveillance agency staffed by gullible volunteers."
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 5th April 2018Producer Lydia Hampson discusses cult sitcom Fleabag
We talk to the BAFTA Breakthrough Brit about her career, what to expect from season two of Fleabag, and her advice for young writers.
Dazed, 5th April 2018Dave Allen at Peace; Larry Grayson: Shut That Door!
BBC Two remembers Dave Allen in a disappointingly flat biopic, while ITV3 pays homage to the enduringly funny Larry Grayson.
Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 5th April 2018Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Holbein's Skull
A comic peek behind Hans Holbein's painting The Ambassadors and the enigma that surrounds it.
Bitz & Bob
Series 1, Episode 19 - Jungle Fashion ShowIt's fashion show time. Bitz has designed some fantastic hats, Bob is taking the photographs, Purl is modelling them and Bevel is guiding them through the jungle to find the perfect place to hold the show.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Hexagonal Phase, Episode 5 - Fit The Thirty-FirstAs the Vogons approach Nano, Thor and Wowbagger prepare for their battle.
Not Going Out
Series 9, Episode 5 - Pants On FireWhen Lee and Lucy cancel dinner with Toby and Anna at the last moment it opens up a can of worms.
Still Game
Series 8, Episode 5 - PieThere's an appetite for destruction as steak pies dominate Jack, Victor and Craiglang's own hilarious version of the hunger games. Only the strongest will reign supreme.
Celebrity Juice
Series 19, Episode 3Joining the panel this week are First Dates star Fred Sirieix, Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon, fashion guru and TV presenter Gok Wan and Celebrity Juice regular Gino 'Sheffield' D'Acampo.
In The Long Run
Series 1, Episode 3Valentine signs up for open trials at Leyton Orient football club. Meanwhile, Agnes and Kirsty discover their elderly neighbour Ernie has been dead for days.
Limmy's Homemade Show
Episode 1 - Limmy's Homemade ShowIn his homemade show Limmy, aka Brian Limond, opens the door to a tradesman who gets more than he bargained for and to a group of young men whose dabblings in the spirit world prove unsettling. There's also the appearance of a mysterious individual during a routine piece of filming at home. A visit to the museum prompts a vision of the future and while meandering by the river, Limmy attempts an academic explanation of how comedy works to a tough audience. Meanwhile a walk in the park which he takes to improve his health goes down a strange route after he recalls a previous encounter with a litterbug.
Beef And Dairy Network
Series 2, Episode 1In this episode, we interview Michael Banyan, the former bovine poet laureate who is now in hiding after a brush with the Bovine Farmers' Union.
Clickipedia
Episode 2Matt Edmondson and guests search the web for the best facts and useless knowledge.
Battle Acts
Episode 2Two teams of comedians compete in a series of ridiculous and increasingly difficult challenges.
Ray Moss: No Stone Unturned
Episode 2Ben Partridge from the award-winning Beef and Dairy Network podcast returns as Ray Moss to investigating the seemingly small personal mysteries of fictional listeners.