BCG Daily Monday 5th August 2019
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Terry Deary on being 'a fish out of water'
"The problem with non-fiction books is they're written by experts who wouldn't know a child if it jumped up and bit them on the kneecap," he says.
Steven McIntosh, BBC, 5th August 2019
Reviews: Gone Fishing, Herbert Clunkerdunk
Reviews of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (*****) and The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk (***).
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 5th August 2019
Our best comics are being picked up by US streamers
Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and other online streamers are snapping up the UK's best comedy talent as the BBC loses favour.
Ian Burrell, i Newspaper, 5th August 2019
Sexual & sectarian attacks on female comics at Fringe
Yesterday's blog mentioned Samantha Pressdee and her show Covered (in PQA Venues @ Riddle's Court), which is largely about mental health. Last night, she posted this on her Facebook page:
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th August 2019+3 interview: Down It Fresher!
"Every August I see the town transform for Fringe as it gets filled with the most fantastic people there are; storytellers."
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 5th August 2019+3 interview: Wild Women and Oneironauts
"We're bringing two shows to the Fringe that are being performed back-to-back, [f]Wild Women and Oneironauts[fd]. Wild Women is a hilarious lady bouffon trio and Oneironauts is a dance/circus theatre experience surrounding dreams. Two exciting polar opposites."
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 5th August 2019
Izzy Mant interview
Izzy Mant on her 15th visit to the Edinburgh Fringe, and why the festival is the best for comedians.
The Herald, 5th August 2019
Phil Cornwell interview
Phil Cornwell on cracking jokes in strip clubs, impersonating celebrities and his new Fringe show.
Teddy Jamieson, The Herald, 5th August 2019Sam Morrison interview
American comedian Sam Morrison's speciality is finding hilarity in the awkward adventures of being a closeted gay man...
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th August 2019
Upstart Crow Fact Check - The Play's the Thing
The title of this episode is from Hamlet and the words are spoken by Hamlet himself.
A Dose Of David Mitchell, 5th August 2019Comedian found out at Fringe his fiancee had cancer
When comedian Rosco McClelland began his Edinburgh Fringe run last year he had no idea the month would contain the worst day of his life.
Edinburgh Evening News, 5th August 2019Chris McGlade: gallows humour shows path to forgiveness
If there's a prize for the most jarring opening line of an Edinburgh comedy, Chris McGlade has won. "I've called this show Forgiveness; it's about my dad's murder," he says, stern faced, in an Edinburgh bar.
Mike Wade, The Times, 5th August 2019
Arabella Weir interview
I was a few months pregnant and my Mum asked 'Have you any idea how fat you are?'
Craig McLean, The Telegraph, 5th August 2019Meet the 2019 Funny Women Awards Finalists: Laura Smyth
We were at Dingwalls in Camden for our London leg of the 2019 Funny Women Awards semi-finals and yet again the competition was fierce!
Funny Women, 5th August 2019
Phil Cornwell picks his comedy favourites
'It was always a joy to play opposite Steve Coogan'
Phil Cornwell, Chortle, 5th August 2019
Catherine Bohart: interview
Irish stand-up tells us about the loathing she seemed to trigger in one audience member at last year's Fringe.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 5th August 2019Fringe performers refuse sterling payment due to Brexit
Artists ask to be paid in euros and dollars as pound continues to fall amid no-deal risk.
Frances Perraudin, The Guardian, 5th August 2019
Marcus Brigstocke interview
Comedian draws on his dad's love of wine and his own addiction in his first play, finds Katie Copstick.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 5th August 2019
H2G2: how the new TV series can get it right
Looking ahead to the Hulu adaptation of Douglas Adams' classic, here's what the showrunners can learn from previous adaptations....
James Hunt, Den Of Geek, 5th August 2019
Dominic Frisby recalls his most memorable gigs
The Mitchell Brother, a Belgian Muslim, and a reporter from the Daily Star...
Dominic Frisby, Chortle, 5th August 2019
Most inconsequential thing you've seen a child strop
Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions.
Chortle, 5th August 2019Worker's tweet about crying in box office goes viral
Caitlin Cavanagh said: "Can't stress this enough if ur in Edinburgh for the fringe be KIND to the customer service industry".
Hilary Mitchell, Edinburgh Live, 5th August 2019
Comedy Reviewer #Edfringe top picks 2019
Five top acts.
@ComedyReviewer, 5th August 2019Podcasts
TV & radio
6:30pm30 min
Just A Minute
Series 85, Episode 1The comedy panel show returns for its 85th series, hosted as ever by Nicholas Parsons. The first edition sees Graham Norton, Zoe Lyons, Jenny Eclair and Paul Merton try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation, on a range of topics.