BCG Daily Thursday 14th June 2018
Features
Press clippings
Mindy Kaling: remaking Four Weddings - but less white
'I'm remaking Four Weddings and a Funeral - but less white'
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 14th June 2018Lynn Ruth Miller's Irish adventure
Just over a week ago, Lynn Ruth Miller, the 84-year-old currently-globetrotting stand-up comic, blogged here about her trip to Prague. She is off to Berlin on Monday and has just returned from Dublin. Here she goes again...
Lynn Ruth Miller, John Fleming's Blog, 14th June 2018C4's Flowers is much more than just a 'dark comedy'
Flowers, which ran all week on Channel 4, was thrillingly good to watch -- but is, I now realise, extremely tricky to summarise.
James Walton, The Spectator, 14th June 2018Live review: Brennan Reece, Soho Theatre, W1
Brennan Reece's second show Everlong confirms that he is a comedian on the rise. In fact it is better than his debut which picked up an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nomination in 2016. With a third show at the Edinburgh Fringe this August he is definitely a name to watch.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th June 2018Rebecca Humphries (Prom Kween): the Edinburgh interview
Interview with Rebecca Humphries.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 14th June 2018Comedy super fans attempt epic cycle ride to Fringe
Comedy super fans David and Carole Chapple are attempting a marathon cycling/gigging trip on the way to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th June 2018Joe Lycett interview
Pun loving comedian drops some names and explains where he got this latest tour title from.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 14th June 2018Monkey Barrel Fringe preview
Exceptional comedy venue offers a Fringe line-up to match.
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 14th June 2018How establishment can help working-class comics
Sian Davies wants more equity at the Fringe.
Sian Davies, Chortle, 14th June 2018Review - Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
It has to be said, Mortimer and Whitehouse seem incapable of taking life seriously. Instead, they mess about constantly like a couple of kids giggling at the back of a classroom.
Saga Magazine, 14th June 2018Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
House Rules
Series 1, Episode 4With the family facing money problems, all eyes turn to stay-at-home-dad, Sean.
Bitz & Bob
Series 2, Episode 2 - Tower Top Princess PartyPrincess Purl and Princess Bitz have decided to create the best party ever for Sir Robo Bob and Sir Bevel.
The Week That Wasn't
Episode 5Holly and Phil have had a puff of the green; the boys on Love Island discuss their financial savings; and the Trump-Kim meeting finally occurs. The summer's tennis season gets under way, and Trolldark is not amused by a celebrity football match ahead of the World Cup.
Mock The Week
Series 17, Episode 2Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis examine the week's events in the topical comedy series, with guests Angela Barnes, Ed Gamble, London Hughes, Rhys James and Milton Jones.
Grn Scrn Gr8s
Episode 5Nathan Bryon, Jose The Comedian, Danielle Vitalis and Jimmy James Jones play Simon London's games.
Flowers
Series 2, Episode 5Amy is determined to get ready for The Pink Cuttlefish Orchestra's scheduled concert in Omsk, but she crashes down into a depressive state and finds herself exhausted and at a loss.
Lobby Land
Series 1, Episode 2 - Poker FaceWestminster lobby hack Sam has just written her best political story yet. But in journalism, what you write isn't always what pople read.