BCG Daily Monday 23rd April 2018
News
Press clippings
Joe Bor: how comedy can fight antisemitism
I was asked if I thought Corbyn hated my people - and I felt as uncomfortable as, well, a Jew in the Labour Party. Personally, I do think there has been a rise in anti-Semitism, not just in the Labour Party, but in society as a whole.
Joe Bor, The Scotsman, 23rd April 2018Comedy review: Michael McIntyre at the Manchester Arena
Somehow, his very facility with funniness makes him endearing rather than exhilarating -- yet was I ever bored in his company? Never.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 23rd April 2018Robert Webb takes down journalist's 'privileged' claim
Robert Webb has deconstructed journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer's claim that her acceptance into Oxford was unaffected by privilege, demonstrating how the discussion about privilege shouldn't be interpreted as a personal attack on an individual's ego.
Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 23rd April 2018Interview: Rob Kemp
Rob Kemp's show Elvis Dead was the breakout underground success of last year's Edinburgh Fringe, gathering a nomination for Best Newcomer in the Edinburgh Awards, winning accolades and rave reviews, celebrity fans and more. He speaks with Victoria Nangle about it all.
Victoria Nangle, The Latest, 23rd April 2018Funny Cow review
If Adrian Shergold's film tells us anything about life in 1970s England, the overriding message is that being a female standup comedian was clearly no laughing matter.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 23rd April 2018Carl Hutchinson Live! review
Carl Hutchinson has been around for a while and has always been a quality performer.
One4Review, 23rd April 2018Ronald Chesney obituary
Ronald Chesney, who has died aged 97, was one half of a comedy duo known as "the two Ronnies" before Barker and Corbett launched themselves as a TV double act with that name.
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 23rd April 2018A chat with James McAvoy, co-stars & film creators
Following the box office success of their first animated garden adventure, the team behind Gnomeo And Juliet premiere its equally star-studded sequel Sherlock Gnomes in London. The long-awaited children's movie brings back the familiar literary lovers alongside a host of new characters in an ode to Arthur Conan Doyle's oft-adapted detective.
Rosamund Kelby, The Upcoming, 23rd April 2018Cast announced for site-specific Summer Holiday
Octagon Theatre Bolton have announced full casting for their forthcoming site-specific production of the musical Summer Holiday.
Theatre Weekly, 23rd April 2018Much Ado About Nothing at Rose Theatre, Kingston
Much Ado About Nothing certainly holds itself up as one of Shakespeare's more reputed comedies - flush with a central pairing of Benedick and Beatrice, allowing star power to tease laughs out of some whip-sharp Bard dialogue.
Alex Wood, Theatre Bubble, 23rd April 2018The Awkward Silence: Bufo Bufo
For a strong blend of comedy and action with a well-realised cast of fascinating oddballs, the Awkward Silence are speaking volumes.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd April 2018Maxine Peake interview
When Maxine Peake's not a big enough name to finance a film you know things are tough for women in the industry.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 23rd April 2018Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Famalam
Series 1, Episode 3In Midsomer, Detective Moses Mountree has problems with some traditional country pastimes. Big problems.
Curious Under The Stars
Series 4: The King Under The Hill, Episode 1 - Part 1Glan Don receives a strange visitor.
Spike Milligan: Inside Out
Episode 2Michael Palin and Jane Milligan reveal the first broadcast of archive material which uniquely captures Spike Milligan's perspective of his life and career.
The Unbelievable Truth
Series 20, Episode 4John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders and Graeme Garden are the panellists joining David Mitchell who are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as The Rolling Stones, vegetarianism, eggs and Harry Potter.
Plebs
Series 4, Episode 4 - The SatiristThe boys launch a cabaret night in the bar when Marcus starts dating the popular Roman satirist, Minerva. But can he cope with her dissecting their relationship live on stage? Meanwhile, Jason, Aurelius and Grumio form a house-band.
Russell Howard & Mum
USA Road Trip - Series 2, Episode 5 - Being Happy In NaplesRussell and Ninette's American Road Trip has brought them to the place voted the happiest city to live in in the USA: Naples, Florida. While in the happy capital, the Howards are on a mission to uncover if this mecca of merriment can infect them with happiness and reveal the secret to eternal joy.
The Taylors
Sitcom about fun-loving nouveau riche couple Gary and Melissa and their noisy family, who have relocated to a middle-class street in Slough.
Censored
Julian Clary hosts the game that takes the sense out of censorship, bleeping everything from celebrity soundbites to TV clips and interviews with members of the public.