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BCG Daily Tuesday 8th May 2018

Features

Press clippings

Car Share Unscripted review

Scripted element of Peter Kay and Sian Gibson's effort far outshines the improvised material.

Julia Raeside, The Guardian, 8th May 2018

TV review: Peter Kay's Car Share Unscripted, BBC1

It was telling that the funniest moments were actually the scripted ones.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th May 2018

Peter Kay's Car Share Unscripted, review

Beautifully mundane but you miss the drive of a plot.

Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 8th May 2018

Peter Kay's Car Share Unscripted: hilarious & touching

What a lovely amuse-bouche this was as we eagerly await the main course - the very last episode of the Bafta award-winning Car Share, which is broadcast later this month.

Veronica Lee, The Telegraph, 8th May 2018

Chuckle Brothers don't see each other often

The Chuckle Brothers were reportedly growing apart until Channel 5 approached them about a new show.

Female First, 8th May 2018

Car Share leaves nation with question about sandwiches

Peter Kay made his triumphant TV comeback tonight with a special 'Unscripted' episode of Car Share.

Sian Gibson left the comedian and viewers in stitches with her character's important question about the meaning behind a club sandwich's name.

Kyle O'Sullivan, The Mirror, 8th May 2018

Ava Rage review

Ambivalence is not the easiest trait to make funny, with no overblown emotion or disastrously impulsive behaviour to draw on, but Shaw - formerly part of sketch duo That Pair - manages it.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th May 2018

Comedy review: Jason Manford

You would be hard pushed to find many comedians with his hit rate and crowd-pleasing ease at playing the knackered parent.

Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 8th May 2018

GrĂ¡inne Maguire review

Maguire has a likeable stage persona which draws the audience in with her easy-going and self-assured presence.

Annabel Pribelszki, Broadway Baby, 8th May 2018

Car Share unscripted review

With lines straight out of Phoenix Nights, the new episode makes you love John and Kayleigh even more.

Simon Binns, Manchester Evening News, 8th May 2018

Book review: A Normal Family

It is their personal story, but even so, others will surely find great value in it.

Chortle, 8th May 2018

Sketch about London street gangs goes viral

A parody sketch of two rival London gangs threatening each other in a series of escalating videos has gone viral on Twitter and Reddit.

Sam Haysom, Mashable, 8th May 2018

Matt Reed interview

I intend to release more of my own content I do my own show called Gag Reels at The Stand which is a film-based panel show and works stupidly well.

Narc Magazine, 8th May 2018

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 3, Episode 2 - The Genealogist

Milton becomes an expert genealogist and gets stuck up an unexpected family tree.

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