BCG Daily Thursday 11th October 2018
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Press clippings
Scot Squad to move to new BBC Scotland channel
The popular police force comedy will be screened first on the new channel then shown on BBC1.
Steve Hendry, Daily Record, 11th October 2018The Bisexual, Channel 4 review - joyless comedy drama
No taboos broken here.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 11th October 2018In defence of deadnaming and Graham Linehan
Graham Linehan must be free to blaspheme against the trans ideology.
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked, 11th October 2018Joanna Lumley: It's All About Me review
The veteran comic's enduring ability to captivate a crowd saves a best-of evening that occasionally descends into tedium.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 11th October 2018Romesh Ranganathan interview
"What I'm essentially doing is polishing a turd": comedian Romesh Ranganathan opens up about rap battles and self-belief.
ShortList, 11th October 2018Review: Jamali Maddix - Vape Lord
The show, in all, was chilled and relaxed but full of laughs.
Tara Bharadia, The Mancunion, 11th October 2018The Bisexual is the perfect show to fill Fleabag hole
If you're looking for a funny and irreverent commentary on dating culture from an LGBTQ perspective, set in East London, then The Bisexual is the comedy for you.
Yahoo, 11th October 2018Mixed reactions to Seann Walsh Strictly apology
Viewers tweeted a range of reactions to Seann Walsh and Katya Jones's apology on It Takes Two.
BBC, 11th October 2018Two Ronnies TV clip racism row at Stroud school
A Stroud school has issued an apology after horrified parents expressed their shock at being shown what some have referred to as a racist sketch during a school information evening.
Stroud News, 11th October 2018How therapy becomes comedy in Women on the Verge
Journalist Lorna Martin wrote a memoir about her years in therapy - now she and Horgan have turned it into the anti-Sex and the City.
Emma Cox, Radio Times, 11th October 2018Mel Giedroyc interview
The conversation turns inevitably to Brexit: "I think it's devastating, I'm embarrassed. I feel humiliated, feel mortified."
Emily Jupp, i Newspaper, 11th October 2018CBeebies renews Waffle the Wonder Dog
CBeebies has commissioned 30 more episodes of Waffle The Wonder Dog.
C21 Media, 11th October 2018Women on the Verge review
A scabrous creation from Sharon Horgan that doesn't quite hit the peaks.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 11th October 2018Review: No Offence, series 3, episode 5
The witches of Eastwick mean business as we get to the serious end of series three.
Michael Lee, The Custard TV, 11th October 2018Review: Women on the Verge
It picks away at modern neurosis the way you pull at a loose stitch, or the quick of your thumb - with the funny, fierce instinct that everything, and everyone, is steadily unravelling.
Peter Crawley, The Irish Times, 11th October 2018Terry Jones now 'barely recognises his comedy pals'
The comedy legend, 76, was diagnosed with the condition in 2015 after he started to forget lines during the troupe's live reunion shows.
Benjy Potter, The Sun, 11th October 2018Women on the Verge is your new must-watch comedy
Sharon Horgan strikes gold again with this brutally honest series about three women whose lives are messy, boozy and filled with terrible, terrible men.
Alex Fletcher, BT, 11th October 2018What it's really like to work on set
Day to day, I work in Production, which means I organise anything that is essential to the general making of the programme. It's logistics, basically.
Laughing Matter, 11th October 2018Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
So Awkward
Series 4, Episode 8 - Date NightLily plans a perfect date night to celebrate her anniversary with Rob... but her mum and Ken might ruin everything. Meanwhile, Martha reluctantly agrees to a tech detox.
Reluctant Persuaders
Series 3, Episode 2 - Happiest Place On EarthThe mood at Hardacre's advertising agency is black. Teddy is determined to lift their spirits.
A League Of Their Own
Series 13, Episode 7Mad challenges await ex-Spice Girl Geri Horner, Chelsea legend John Terry and funnyman Josh Widdicombe as they team up with Jamie, Freddie and Romesh for another riotous round of the James Corden-hosted hit show. On the cards this week is a heady heading challenge and a splashing, slam-dunking race through water.
No Offence
Series 3, Episode 5Caroline McCoy's political reign begins, inciting chaos on the streets of Manchester, and catapults the hardline, no-nonsense DCI Terry Taylor into Friday Street cop shop, to bring the police in line with her agenda. While avoiding Terry's interferences, the team focus on using Bonnie and Dennis to expose Caroline and bring in killer Beckett.
Don't Hate The Playaz
Series 1, Episode 1Ghetts, Maya Jama, London Hughes and Dane Baptiste go up against Lady Leshurr, Darren Harriott, Jack Fowler and Paisley Billings. They go head to head in rap battles, dance-offs and hip hop karaoke challenges. Jordan Stephens hosts, with help from Amelia Dimoldenberg.
Women On The Verge
Episode 1After a potential work promotion, a family christening and a messy love triangle collide disastrously, Laura decides it is time to take action to stop herself from completely unravelling.
Celebrity Juice
Series 20, Episode 5Keith Lemon hosts the comedy panel show. Joining the panel are showman John Barrowman, dancer Jordan Banjo, Corrie star Lucy Fallon and musical legend Suggs.
Sick Of It
Series 1, Episode 5 - The KidKarl decides buying flowers is the only way to win Zoe back. But his plan to woo her goes out the window when he gets caught up in the lives of a father and his estranged son.
Stand Up At BBC Wales
Episode 1Kiri Pritchard-Mclean hosts the best in stand-up from Wales and beyond. This week's episode features Mike Bubbins, Anne Edmonds, Jordan Brookes, Sarah Breese and Felicity Ward and is recorded in front of a live studio audience at BBC Wales's iconic Studio 1.
Newsjack
Series 19, Episode 5Angela Barnes, Mike Wozniak, Celeste Dring and Raph Wakefield deliver your topical jokes.
Sick Of It
Series 1, Episode 6 - Bunged UpSuffering from a bad bout of constipation, Karl heads to the doctor to find out the only way to get things moving is to get over Zoe and start looking for love again.