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BCG Daily Sunday 3rd June 2018

News

Press clippings

Njambi McGrath - interview

Kenyan comedian Njambi McGrath isn't a white man, which she says makes her different from most comedians working in the UK.

But challenging people's preconceptions about Africa is all part of the act.

Njoroge Muigai, BBC, 3rd June 2018

Lynn Ruth Miller re-evaluates why people become comics

Just over a month ago, I posted a blog about UK-based US comic Lynn Ruth Miller's extraordinary up-coming world travels. This week, she is off for a couple of days work in Dublin. She has just returned from nine days performing in the Czech Republic. This is (part of) what happened there.

Lynn Ruth Miller, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd June 2018

Jo Brand accidentally gives the finger on live TV

She's been a staple of the British comedy scene for almost thirty years. And despite her decades of TV experience, Jo Brand got caught out for flipping her middle finger live on air during Sunday Brunch.

Cecily Snowball, Daily Mail, 3rd June 2018

Joseph Morpurgo: Hammerhead review

Joseph Morpurgo: Hammerhead is a laugh out loud, rip-roaring monster hit.

Elanor Parker, Broadway Baby, 3rd June 2018

Frankie Goes to Russia review

Acerbic stand-up proves the natural heir to Michael Palin.

Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 3rd June 2018

Videos

TV & radio

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Ashley Blaker. Copyright: BBC

Ashley Blaker's Goyish Guide To Judaism

Episode 1 - 2018 Episode

Ashley Blaker, Britain's only ultra-Orthodox stand-up comedian, presents an insider's view of his religion.

BBC Two 9pm
60 min
Frankie Goes To Russia. Frankie Boyle. Copyright: ITN

Frankie Goes To Russia

Episode 1

In Moscow, Frankie joins a specially selected, photogenic group of young people at a World Cup volunteer training course where students are being taught how to greet tourists - as well as how to survive a chemical attack.

YANGA! channel logo. 11:30pm
30 min
Number 6. Mansour Bellow

Number 6

Episode 13

In this week's line-up are Nabil Abdulrashid and Samuel Williams.

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