BCG Daily Wednesday 28th August 2019

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Still Game. Image shows from L to R: Victor McDade (Greg Hemphill), Jack Jarvis (Ford Kiernan)

Still Game stars promise 'different vibe' at live show

Still Game stars Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill have vowed to stage a huge "retirement party" for Jack and Victor when they take their final bow at the Hydro in Glasgow - with classic characters from Chewin' the Fat set to help give them a send-off.

Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 28th August 2019

Bobbie Jones gets real about dad jokes and daddy issues

"If you need to trample on the oppressed for a laugh you're a shit comedian."

Blizzard Comedy, 28th August 2019
Tony Cowards

2019 Fringe was easily the toughest: Tony Cowards

This year's Fringe was easily the toughest of the six I've performed at.

Tony Cowards, Beyond The Joke, 28th August 2019
Funny Women Awards

Announcing Funny Women comedy writing & shorts awards

A diverse and hugely talented array of judges are in place to judge the Comedy Writing Award and the Comedy Shorts Award.

Funny Women, 28th August 2019

How many recalls would you consider suitable?

That entirely depends on the type of production and what you will be expected to do in the show. Usually, I think the top limit of recalls should be three, but often I hear of actors being called back 10 times, sometimes even more. And this is ludicrous.

West End Producer, The Stage, 28th August 2019
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Fleabag is not the only F word on everyone's lips

In a hard-hitting "exclusive" piece of investigative journalism, the Sun has revealed that Phoebe Waller-Bridge uttered a tremendous 33 swear words during her "shockingly filthy stage show", which runs at Wyndham's Theatre in London until September 14.

Tabard, The Stage, 28th August 2019
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Fleabag review

Words land with precise comic weight, but also with a relish for their sound, beat and emotion. Each character and situation is exactly encapsulated and what you get on stage - which you didn't on TV - is her vivid mimicry of the people she meets.

Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 28th August 2019
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Fleabag review

A triumphant return.

Natasha Tripney, The Stage, 28th August 2019
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Review: Fleabag in West End premiere

The first night, playing to a celebrity-packed audience, felt like a coronation but Waller-Bridge still has the ability to spring surprises.

Michael Billington, The Guardian, 28th August 2019
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Fleabag review

Hotter than Potter - the Waller-Bridge stage play that became a televisual masterpiece.

Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 28th August 2019
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Review - Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag

It's not a "show for posh girls". It's a play about modern life, and its depressions and complexities and things you'd never dream of saying out loud.

Will Longman, London Theatre, 28th August 2019

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

Radio 4
10:45am
15 min
The Country Girls

The Country Girls

The Country Girls, Episode 8

Baba and Kate leave village life behind them & move to Dublin.

Radio 4
2:15pm
45 min
Blend. Copyright: BBC

Blend

Comedy about a mixed race couple debating having a child.

Go Jetters. Copyright: BBC

Go Jetters

Series 3, Episode 3 - Fatberg, London Sewers, England

While Lars, Kelly and Xuli go into the sewers to help keep London clean, Glitch and the Grimbots create some enormous blockages after flushing thousands of wet wipes down the toilet. It's up to the Go Jetters to clear away the fatberg Glitch has created, clean the sewers and save the city's streets.

Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier. Image shows from L to R: Tom Allen, Jon Richardson, Rosie Jones, Matt Forde. Copyright: Talkback

Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier

Series 2, Episode 9 - Holidays

Tom Allen, Rosie Jones and Matt Forde join Jon to ask if they could they survive a foreign prison? Are drones getting out of hand? And can Jon overcome his fear of public nudity?

Radio 4
11pm
15 min
The John Moloney Show. John Moloney. Copyright: Dabster Productions

The John Moloney Show

Series 4, Episode 4 - The Different Dog

John Moloney takes to the stage with his trials of modern life.

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