BCG Daily Thursday 18th October 2018
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London's Winter Wonderland to host nightly comedy club
London's annual Winter Wonderland event is to host a nightly comedy club for the first time in its 11-year history.
Chortle, 18th October 2018The Comedy About a Bank Robbery review
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery in the simplest terms gives you exactly what it promises in the title. On top of that, though, it gives you subtlety, intelligence, and bigger laughs than you'd ever expect watching someone try to steal a diamond.
Lu Greer, The Reviews Hub, 18th October 2018Good Omens cast on the show's distinctive identity
The cast of Good Omens gives our US chums insight into how director Douglas Mackinnon brought Good Omens to the screen...
Kayti Burt, Den Of Geek, 18th October 2018How #MeToo has changed the stand-up scene forever
As soon as the revelations about Harvey Weinstein emerged last year, I knew this was a big moment. And not just because of what he allegedly did to that poor plant pot.
Ayesha Hazarika, Evening Standard, 18th October 2018No Offence: a distasteful end to a promising series
Far too many films and TV shows exploit rape as a dramatic device. Anarchic police procedural No Offence (Channel 4) concluded with not one but two such sexual violence storylines in a confused and misfiring finale.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 18th October 2018Review: No Offence, series 3, episode 6
Nobody imploded, nobody got shredded by a helicopter blade and the deftness of touch this time round offers a new twist in a show that is willing to evolve and astound.
Matt, The Custard TV, 18th October 2018The Bisexual: A comedy that wants to have it both ways
Brian Gleeson is the straight man in a sex comedy set among millennial Londoners.
Peter Crawley, The Irish Times, 18th October 2018The Favourite review
Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone put in career-best performances in Yorgos Lanthimos' period comedy masterpiece.
Nikki Baughan, The List, 18th October 2018Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
So Awkward
Series 4, Episode 9 - Practice Makes PerfectLily, Martha and Ollie become Prefects and the power goes to their heads.
Reluctant Persuaders
Series 3, Episode 3 - Connecting PeopleHardacre's ad agency find themselves competing for an unusual account - Befriendr, a dating-style app designed to help lonely city-dwellers make friends.
A League Of Their Own
Series 13, Episode 8With just 45 minutes left of the series, James and the boys sub former England left back Ashley Cole, swimming champ Ellie Simmonds and comedian Rob Beckett into the fun. The series ends with plenty of laughs, trivia and stitch-ups as famous faces show up for Popstar Penalties and things get messy in a commando assault course.
No Offence
Series 3, Episode 6Beckett's death leads the team with no option but to go after the Mayor herself and they put a spectacular plan in motion to bring her down once and for all. But the team's ingenious strategy is threatened when one of their own is kidnapped.
Don't Hate The Playaz
Series 1, Episode 2Maya Jama, London Hughes, Ricky Haywood Williams and The Receipts Podcast go up against Lady Leshurr, Darren Harriott, Jess Robinson and Lisa Maffia. They go head to head in rap battles, dance-offs and hip hop karaoke challenges.
Women On The Verge
Episode 2Laura feels elated after her first therapy session. Alison's nervous about dinner with Martin's parents and in a bid to take the heat off her, she persuades Laura and Katie to come along.
Celebrity Juice
Series 20, Episode 6Joining the panel are singer and actress Nadine Coyle, Sunday Brunch's Simon Rimmer and Tim Lovejoy, Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson and top comedian Jimmy Carr.
Stand Up At BBC Wales
Episode 2Kiri Pritchard-McLean hosts the best in stand-up from Wales and beyond. This week's episode features Matt Rees, Lou Sanders, Tudur Owen, Evelyn Mok and Angela Barnes recorded at BBC Wales's iconic Studio 1.
Newsjack
Series 19, Episode 6Angela Barnes presents her final episode, with George Fouracres, Freya Parker and Lewis Macleod.