BCG Daily Monday 11th June 2018

News

Features

Press clippings

An interview with Nathaniel Metcalfe

After a four year absence, Nathaniel Metcalfe is back at the Fringe!! The Mumble managed to catch a wee blether...

Mumble Comedy, 11th June 2018

Comedy review: An Audience with The Goodies

Once they found their rapport we were reminded what complementary talents they were.

Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 11th June 2018

Joe Lycett review

Joe Lycett's speciality is mischief and there is plenty in his latest show.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 11th June 2018

Flowers series 2 preview

It is certainly a one-of-a-kind programme that will stay with you.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th June 2018

Where stand-up and Alcoholics Anonymous meet

Late afternoon in a dark, intimate room in London and people are sharing their experiences of addiction. Alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, sex and love, their raw pain and degradation revealed to strangers. But there's laughter too.

Jay Richardson, i Newspaper, 11th June 2018

Joe Lycett & Harry Hill submit work to Royal Academy

Joe Lycett and Harry Hill are among the aspiring artists who have submitted work to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th June 2018

Flowers, episode 1 and 2, review

Rejoice as this melancholy curio blooms once again.

Patrick Smith, The Telegraph, 11th June 2018

How Ross Noble responded to awkward moment on stage

"Why the f**k are you on your phone!?" yells Ross Noble at a startled chap sitting in the front row, halfway through his Bristol Comedy Garden set on Sunday afternoon. The man stops and turns to Nobel to tell him that he's just been informed his father has collapsed. Uh oh.

Robin Murray, The Bristol Post, 11th June 2018

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

Radio 4
10:45am
15 min
Radio 4

House Rules

Series 1, Episode 1

A funny real-time drama set around a kitchen table at the weekly meetings of a 21st century family who are not even managing to 'just about manage'.

Radio 4
11:30am
30 min
The Break. Image shows from L to R: Andy (Tom Palmer), Uncle Jeff (Philip Jackson)

The Break

Series 2, Episode 5 - The Clench

Andy and Jeff clash with The Mayor as a missing sweet shop sets off a tale of kompromat, corruption and coastal erosion.

Animal TV

Animal TV

Episode 6 - The Cage

The contestants in the Guinea Pig Brother house are unimpressed by their weekly task, while the judges on Frisky Come Dancing are seriously impressed by a pair of Clarke's Grebes.

Bitz & Bob

Bitz & Bob

Series 1, Episode 21 - Rock And Roll

Bitz and Bob are helping famous artist La Purl move a very large rock across the beach, as she needs it for a mysterious work of art.

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
Gyles Brandreth

Just A Minute

Series 81, Episode 5

Guest host Gyles Brandreth is joined by Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Sara Pascoe and Tony Hawks again. Has Tony ever said 'I do'? Does Sara often travel first class? How often does Josie tend her garden and was can Paul tell us about the Isle of Wight?

The Unexplainers. Image shows from L to R: John Rutledge, Mike Bubbins. Copyright: Zipline Creative

The Unexplainers

Series 4, Episode 2 - Does 'Healing' Work?

When Mike's knee trouble starts getting in the way of The Unexplainers' research, the team set out in search of the best healing powers in Wales.

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