BCG Daily Saturday 14th April 2018
Features
Press clippings
Famalam (BBC3): a sublime achievement of satire
Sean O'Grady enjoys another great BBC3 comedy.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 14th April 2018Noel Fielding names son after surrealist Salvador Dali?
Noel Fielding has taken his fascination with artist Salvador Dali to a whole new level. I can reveal he's named his new born baby Dali after the painter.
The Sun, 14th April 2018Meera Syal interview
The actor and writer on singing on a bus, netball and stretch marks.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 14th April 2018David Walliams on a career in comedy
"There's nothing more funny than being sent up by your friends" say the comedian and writer ahead of Britain's Got Talent 2018.
Emma Cox, Radio Times, 14th April 2018Mark Thomas: Showtime from the Frontline review
This is a piece of political theatre, but mostly it's fucking funny.
Joanna Trainor, The Play's The Thing UK, 14th April 2018Graham Linehan on the art of the risky joke
There's a difference between transgressive comedy and hiding racism in plain sight argues the Father Ted writer.
Graham Linehan, Radio Times, 14th April 2018Russell Brand films show for Netflix
Russell Brand is filming is latest show, Re:Birth. It will be streamed on netflix at a later date.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th April 2018Gavin Webster hosts post gig reports show
Comedy Gavin Webster has set up a late night Saturday night audio show where comedians can tell everyone how their gigs have just gone. The fourth edition of The Comedy Results airs tonight at midnight via mixlr.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th April 2018Comedy review: Russell Brand: Re-Birth
There's no other comic quite like Russell Brand, dispensing cookies to his audience made by the Hare Krishnas and remaining onstage during the interval, posing for photos with the multitude that want them.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 14th April 2018Is it time to put HIGNFY out of its misery?
Ian Hislop's recent comments about female hosts being too 'modest' to present the show were indicative of the show's tired and flabby complacency.
Fiona Sturges, The Guardian, 14th April 2018Holly Willoughby: 'We're so used to sexism'
She is, she says, as if preempting an attack, very good at defending Celebrity Juice now. "It's really good fun, and I'm with Fearne and Leigh and Gino, and we have a really good time." The humour can be quite to the bone... "Again, I get asked this quite a lot." She has a way of briskly jumping on to a question, to get to the end more efficiently. "Yes, he's cheeky, and yes, he's naughty, but he's actually the butt of our jokes. It's us that are the empowered two."
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 14th April 2018Simon Pegg interview
"Nick Frost and I always used to love to go ghost hunting in our spare time," Simon Pegg tells me.
Elizabeth Aubrey, The Quietus, 14th April 2018Ed Sheeran is set to star in a Richard Curtis movie
When scriptwriter Richard Curtis started thinking about which star he'd like to appear in a film about The Beatles, the answer must have been blindingly obvious - All You Need Is Ed. And now the chart-topping singer Ed Sheeran is set to land a leading role in Curtis's new production about the Fab Four's music.
Daily Mail, 14th April 2018Videos
TV & radio
Geoff Lloyd's Hometown Glory
Series 1, Episode 4 - Simon EvansWith stand-up supreme, self confessed genius and lover of Luton - Simon Evans.
Ready Or Not
Episode 3London's back with her death-defying quiz ride, something fruity's happening at a market stall in Plymouth, Tom Allen's making a scene in Birmingham, and visitors to a peaceful art gallery in Edinburgh get a little more than they bargained for.
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Series 2, Episode 1Helping Harry Hill fill the fun capsule to prevent an alien invasion in this episode are comedian Micky Flanagan, political journalist Robert Peston, Coronation Street actor Sally Dynevor, and broadcasting legend Anneka Rice.
The Keith & Paddy Picture Show
Series 2, Episode 1 - GreaseThis edition presents Keith and Paddy's version of Grease, featuring Stacey Solomon, Nicole Scherzinger, Fearne Cotton, Marvin Humes, Emily Atack, Pat Oliver, James Crossley, Emma Willis, Adam C Booth, Hank Osasuna and George Potts.
Sam Delaney's News Thing
Episode 13 - London Hughes's News ThingWith Sam on holiday, comedian London Hughes has a few things to say about this week's big issues - East vs. West. Burglar vs. OAP. Man vs. Chilli... Plus the World News Roundup from Viper Higgins. With Athena Kugblenu, David Mills and Danielle Ward.