BCG Daily Monday 14th May 2018
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Katy Brand on feminism
The actor and comedian explains how her debut play, 3Women, captures the age divide within feminism - and the defiance of the #MeToo era.
Katy Brand, The Guardian, 14th May 2018Dirty jokes in the dock
The policing of smutty humour needs to stop.
Fraser Myers, Spiked, 14th May 2018This Country stars on that Swindon Town dress
"I just thought 'why not? If I'm going to do this once, I'm going to go big'," says This Country's Daisy May Cooper.
BBC, 14th May 2018Nathan Lang: The Stuntman review
Nathan Lang's The Stuntman is advertised as being suitable for a 12+ age group, which seems misguided. For this is pretty much a kids' show, and one which doesn't quite have enough invention to transcend that.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th May 2018Why I Had to Leave the North, Brighton Fringe review
This show is about where you take your cues from about what it means to be a man, and how these are often not helpful. We know this because Simon Topping - an emigré from Leyland in Lancashire - says so at the start, very explicitly spoon-feeding the audience.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th May 2018BBC Comedy Shorts 2018 review
If the BBC's Comedy Shorts seasons is intended as a testbed for possible new series, the comedians in this year's class seem to have missed the email. For although one or two have repeat potential, none feel like pilots in the conventional sense. Rather they are self-contained short films, and all the more satisfying for that.
Chortle, 14th May 2018Rarely Asked Questions - Edd Hedges
There is no such thing as an overnight success in stand-up comedy. Five years is probably the going rate from being first noticed to breaking through, which suggests that 2018 could be Edd Hedges year.
Beyond The Joke, 14th May 2018Interview with maker of Daisy May Cooper's BAFTA dress
It was the most talked about dress on the BAFTA Red Carpet. Daisy May Cooper, one of the stars of the BBC mockumentary This Country wowed the crowds with an asymmetrical Swindon Town dress. SoGlos has caught up with Fiona Hesford, the designed behind the now famous dress.
So Glos, 14th May 2018Johnny Vegas splits from wife
Comic reveals he and Maia Dunphy have parted ways with a 'heavy heart' after seven years of marriage.
Daily Mail, 14th May 2018When good TV goes bad: The Inbetweeners
Teenage innocence and anxieties kept the viewers laughing but with the characters reaching adulthood, the humour lagged behind
Daniel Dylan Wray, The Guardian, 14th May 2018Mr Twonkey interview
The Fringe wouldn't be the Fringe without Mr Twonkey, so all praise to the Comedy Gods because he's coming back to Edinburgh this August.
The Mumble, 14th May 2018How To Talk To Girls At Parties review
HTTTGAP is undeniably ramshackle and the plot machinations are, frankly, of the fruit-loop variety - but, having said that, the film has a gutsy charm that makes you forgive its excesses and it somehow manages to capture the exuberance of the Punk Rock movement in a way few other films have.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 14th May 2018Videos
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Just A Minute
Series 81, Episode 1Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Fern Britton and Graham Norton try to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation. Why does Paul think there are too many cooks? What does Shelia have to say about the quiet carriage, does Graham like jam, has Fern swam the English Channel, and did Nicholas really admit to wearing fishnet stockings?
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Series 4, Episode 7 - The AccountantWhen the Crown and Toga is hit by a mega tax bill, Marcus does everything in his power to find a top-notch accountant. Jason isn't helping things by giving away free drinks to his barber in exchange for haircuts. And Grumio finds a fast snail in the bar.