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BCG Daily Saturday 27th April 2019

Press clippings

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit. Copyright: Aardman Animations

Aardman to build immersive Wallace & Gromit experience

The new immersive experience will be rich and multi-layered, realised through innovation and technology, bringing Wallace & Gromit alive in an entirely new way, while also creating a new platform for storytelling for the audience of the future. The ambitious plan includes a multi-month campaign leading into a groundbreaking location-based multi-user augmented reality experience in 2020.

Aardman Animations, 27th April 2019
Sadia Azmat

Comedy club will host sex-positive event during Ramadan

Sex Standing Up Comedy hosts a sex-positive event every month. This May it includes a special twist. The evening will be themed to Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar observed by Muslims, and aims to tackle Muslim stereotypes as well as provide a healthy dose of laughs and sexy jokes.

Almara Abgarian, Metro, 27th April 2019
Seann Walsh

Strictly dancer axed from show over Seann Walsh kiss

Katya Jones, 29, has been told she won't be getting a celeb partner after she was snapped snogging Seann.

Hannah Hope, The Sun, 27th April 2019

Grace Campbell foreswears politics in Fringe gig

A year after launching a career as a stand-up, the daughter of Tony Blair's most trusted confidant, Alastair Campbell, will be at the Gilded Balloon with a show entitled Why I'm Never Going Into Politics.

Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 27th April 2019

Videos

TV & radio

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 16, Episode 31

Colin Murray acts as judge and jury as Jake Wood, Lynsey Hooper, Clinton Morrison and Matt Forde fight for punditry points whilst discussing the sporting stories of the week.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:10pm
55 min
All Round To Mrs. Brown's

All Round To Mrs. Brown's

Series 3, Episode 6

Agnes and the family are joined by Dani Dyer, Paddy McGuinness and Jason Donovan, and Foley's bar is pumping with music from Busted.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9:15pm
60 min
The Jonathan Ross Show. Jonathan Ross. Copyright: Hot Sauce / ITV Studios

The Jonathan Ross Show

Series 14, Episode 9 - Michael Palin, Alexander Armstrong, Ashley Banjo, Katherine Ryan, Michael Sheen, Mark Ronson, Lukke Li

Jonathan's guests this time include iconic Monty Python star and travel presenter Michael Palin, and Pointless host Alexander Armstrong and Diversity member Ashley Banjo ahead of the return of the much-anticipated celebrity stripathon The All New Monty. Comedian Katherine Ryan will also be on the sofa alongside award-winning actor Michael Sheen, and chart-topping Mark Ronson will be performing with Lykke Li in the studio.

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