BCG Daily Friday 23rd August 2019
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Fringe female performers 'sexually harassed'
Women working on shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have reported facing sexual harassment on a daily basis while out promoting their performances, the BBC has been told.
Chris Hemmings and Jessica Furst, BBC, 23rd August 2019Transworld snaps up Russell Kane's memoir
Editorial director Michelle Signor acquired world rights to Son of a Silverback from Danny Julian at Off the Kerb. It will be published in hardback, ebook and audio on 31st October.
Katie Mansfield, The Bookseller, 23rd August 2019Daniel Muggleton interview
"Australian comedian and tracksuit enthusiast Daniel Muggleton's just woke enough to know he's an asshole. But who wants to be a hero these days anyway?"
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 23rd August 2019Jessica Fostekew picks her comedy favourites
This felt like it was a show just for me.
Jessica Fostekew, Chortle, 23rd August 2019Jeremy Clarkson on the Jo Brand acid controversy
Jeremy Clarkson has hinted that Jo Brand's political leanings were the reason why the comedian kept her job at the BBC following her controversial battery acid comment.
Kimberley Bond, Radio Times, 23rd August 2019Will Adamsdale: power-hungry puppets ate my career
Pesky meerkats, War Dogs, Basil Brush ... The puppets are taking over, says the standup - and they're sabotaging his Edinburgh show.
Will Adamsdale, The Guardian, 23rd August 2019London Hughes interview
The standup, writer and presenter on the things that make her laugh the most.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 23rd August 2019This Way Up review
This Way Up is a funny, moving exploration of loneliness.
Anna Leszkiewicz, The New Statesman, 23rd August 2019The funniest thing that ever happened to you a funeral
Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions.
Chortle, 23rd August 2019Final Edinburgh Fringe First Award winners revealed
Five final winners have been revealed by The Scotsman.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 23rd August 2019Counter Culture interview with Radu Isac
Radu Isac interview.
Pat Harrington, Counter Culture UK, 23rd August 2019Matt Price interview
Matt Price was asked to work on a writing project with a former criminal.
Keira Brown, The Fountain, 23rd August 2019John-Luke Roberts interview
Blam blam! The critically acclaimed idiot, John-Luke Roberts, returns with a brand-new hour of extraordinary daft-hearted comedy, following a complete sell out at last year's Fringe.
Keira Brown, The Fountain, 23rd August 2019Fringe Dog's 4th Annual Terrier Awards
o boy o boy! fringe dog is here to celebrate best shows of edimbrugh fringe in year 2019.
Fringe Dog, The Skinny, 23rd August 2019Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer transfers to Bush Theatre
Fresh from a sell-out critically acclaimed world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where the production was awarded a Fringe First, Baby Reindeer is an unmissable debut play and chilling personal narrative exploring obsession, delusion, and the aftermath of a chance encounter.
Theatre Weekly, 23rd August 2019Tom Parry: interview
Fresh from his Best Newcomer nomination in 2015, Tom Parry is back with a brand-new hour celebrating life, love and going tops off! Join the largest (girth, height) third of the legendary sketch team Pappy's as he sweats, shouts and explains everything he loves about a wedding.
Keira Brown, The Fountain, 23rd August 2019Sarah Keyworth: interview
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee for Best Newcomer and winner of the Herald Angel Award, Sarah Keyworth returns with a brand-new hour of comedy about the little things, the smallest details, the fixed and distinct aspects that make up what we definitively are, how we expressly think and who we unambiguously love.
Keira Brown, The Fountain, 23rd August 2019First ever To Do List awards announced
Without further ado, here's our award-winning pick of the underdogs and offbeat treats that you just have to check out at the Fringe!
Rupert Dannreuther, To Do List, 23rd August 2019Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing review
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse make a splash with this effortlessly funny, profoundly life-affirming meditation on friendship, leisure and mortality.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 23rd August 2019Eight step Fringe: Robyn Perkins
Comedian and ThreeWeeks Preview Edition cover star Robyn Perkins offers some tips on how to get the most from the Edinburgh Festival, in eight steps...
ThreeWeeks, 23rd August 2019Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
The Country Girls
The Country Girls, Episode 5Away from home, Kate thinks she can cope better with Baba's brutal style of friendship.
Beta Female
Episode 1 - PilotSitcom hinging on a young Asian woman's desire to be all these things and more - to keep her mum and dad happy by allowing her to believe that she and her boyfriend don't live together, and to keep her boyfriend happy by getting a job and contributing to the rent. Like many women of her background and age, Amna wants to have her differences acknowledged, but to be treated the same as everyone else. From work to love to family to social media, Amna walks a tightrope of identity.
Breaking The News
Series 13, Episode 10Des Clarke is joined by Andy Zaltzman, Catherine Bohart, Laura Lexx and Raymond Mearns.
The Now Show
Episode 1 - The Now Show At The FringeHugh Dennis and Marcus Brigstocke present a special edition from the BBC Hub at the Edinburgh Fringe, with Josh Berry and Karen Bartke and stand-up from Jena Friedman and Alice Snedden. Plus, music by Johnny and the Baptists.
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 2, Episode 4 - The Perch (Upper Tamar Lake, Devon And Cornwall)Paul and Bob fish for the predatory perch in the Upper Tamar Lakes on the Cornwall and Devon border.
Hold The Sunset
Series 2, Episode 4 - The Lemming FamilyEdith and Phil discover a bookshop hosting local author Wendy Stevens. Meanwhile, Roger's hopes of becoming a Social Services-supported carer look like being revived.
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 17 (Channel 4: Series 18), Episode 5Sean Lock and Sara Pascoe take on special guest team captain Alan Carr and Tom Allen, while Rosie Jones joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. Hosted by Jimmy Carr, with regular Countdown mathematician Rachel Riley looking after the numbers and letters.
Asian Network Comedy
2019 Specials, Episode 2 - Live from Edinburgh 2019Asian Network Comedy returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a showcase of the funniest stand-ups from across the festival, featuring Shazia Mirza, Arnab Chanda, Sumit Anand, Eshaan Akbar and Emily Lloyd-Saini.
The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan
Series 1, Episode 6For the final time in this series, Mo is joined by guests including X Factor's Dermot O'Leary, presenter Eamonn Holmes, Caroline Flack, Anderson Paak and Ovie Soko from Love Island, plus Rak-Su for the End Game.
Susan Calman's Fringe Benefits
Series 1, Episode 3Susan Calman's Fringe Benefits is getting the comedy inside story from a range of seasoned performers. Among the line-up is Janet Ellis, who has been appearing at the book festival, acting legends Arabella Weir and Cora Bissett, and comedians Nish Kumar and Mark Nelson.
4 Extra Stands Up
4 Extra Stands Up At The Fringe, Episode 2Interesting attractions at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.
TV Flashback
Series 1, Episode 8 - LoveThis time Tudur is on a quest to discover the truth about love. It's a story of lonely hearts, stag nights and kissogram nuns.
Edinburgh Nights With Nish Kumar
Series 2, Episode 3Comedian Ed Byrne explores whether he has any traits that are worth passing on to his children and Hear Word brings together ten of Nigeria's biggest stars in a frank and funny show.