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BCG Daily Monday 16th September 2019

News

The Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft. Image shows from L to R: Anna Richardson, Leigh Francis TV

Keith Lemon to co-host Channel 4 craft series

Comedy character Keith Lemon will co-host a new Channel 4 show called The Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft.

Milton Jones. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne Live

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland Comedy Club to return

Comedy is due to return to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland for a second year.

State Of The Union. Image shows from L to R: Louise (Rosamund Pike), Tom (Chris O'Dowd). Copyright: BBC TV

Emmy awards for BBC Two's State Of The Union

State Of The Union, the BBC Two comedy series starring Chris O'Dowd and Rosamund Pike, has won three awards at the Creative Arts Emmys.

Features

Comedians Giving Lectures. Sara Pascoe. Copyright: 12 Yard Productions TV

Sara Pascoe - Comedians Giving Lectures interview

Sara Pascoe introduces her new TV show, and reveals she enjoyed being cheeky as host.

Shaparak Khorsandi. Copyright: Heathcliff O'Malley Live

On the Road, to the Maxx, with Shappi Khorsandi

As her UK tour rolls into Soho Theatre, Circuit Training finds Shappi Khorsandi in a high street store, actively juggling life and comedy. It's a balance that wasn't really working before her big TV break - but this show celebrates those circuit days. Although that I'm A Celebrity windfall was clearly handy too...

BCG Pro

The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Alexandra Feachem, Robin Ince, Brian Cox Pro

Interview with The Infinite Monkey Cage's producer

We talk to Alexandra Feachem, the producer of Radio 4's science-based comedy show The Infinite Monkey Cage.

Press clippings

Asian Provocateur. Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: BBC

Romesh Ranganathan, Brighton Dome review

The TV favourite hits the ground running at the start of his Cynic's Mixtape tour.

Thomas H Green, The Arts Desk, 16th September 2019
The Thick Of It. Image shows from L to R: Oliver Reeder (Chris Addison), Terri Coverley (Joanna Scanlan), Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front), Glenn Cullen (James Smith), Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi). Copyright: BBC

The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century

The Thick Of It is the highest rated British comedy in fourth place. Also listed: The Office (6), Fleabag (8), Peep Show (9), Nighty Night (16), Black Mirror (23), Spaced (29), Catastrophe (34), Brass Eye (37), Detectorists (38), Nathan Barley (47), Black Books (53), Inside No. 9 (66), Shameless (70), The Inbetweeners (74), Gavin and Stacey (81), Fresh Meat (86), Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (92), The Trip (95) and The Mighty Boosh (98).

The Guardian, 16th September 2019
At Last The 1948 Show. Image shows from L to R: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Aimi MacDonald, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman. Copyright: Rediffusion London

DVD review: At Last the 1948 Show

You've all heard this one: four Yorkshiremen sit round a restaurant table and try to outdo each other with tales of how they had it tough when they were but lads. It's one of the most famous sketches to come from the Monty Python team, and has been restaged several times, including the album Monty Python Live at Drury Lane and the Amnesty International charity show and film The Secret Policeman's Ball. But in fact it's not a Python sketch at all. It first appeared on TV on At Last the 1948 Show.

Gary Couzens, The Digital Fix, 16th September 2019
Frankie Boyle

Frankie Boyle review

On his first home tour for a decade, Boyle tempered bad-taste gags by trying to decide whether his trademark humour has any worth in extreme times.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th September 2019
Asian Provocateur. Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: BBC

Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic's Mixtape, review

The stand-up tackles male sexual desire, parenthood and Michael Jackson in his new touring show.

Thomas H Green, i Newspaper, 16th September 2019
Funny Women Awards

Meet the 2019 Funny Women awards finalists: Celya AB

We spotted Parisian Celya AB in our Coventry heat and invited her to our London semi-final at Dingwalls where we knew we had to have her in the 2019 Funny Women Awards final!

Funny Women, 16th September 2019
The Play That Goes Wrong

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong

The Play That Goes Wrong is still as side-splittingly funny as ever, performed by a cast of loveable hilarious bumbling idiots it's easy to see why audiences (that didn't choose to see Mamma Mia! instead) continue to love the show as it celebrates five years at the Duchess Theatre.

Stuart James, West End Wilma, 16th September 2019
Asian Provocateur. Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: BBC

Review - Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic's Mixtape

Romesh Ranganathan has quickly supplanted Jack Dee as comedy's favourite grouch.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th September 2019
Taskmaster. Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television

1,000 fans respond to Taskmaster challenge

Around 1,000 people descended on a small Buckinghamshire park yesterday to complete one of the challenges in the Taskmaster book.

Chortle, 16th September 2019
Asian Provocateur. Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: BBC

Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic's Mixtape, review

Romesh Ranganathan has firmly established himself as one of Britain's best-loved comedians and his Brighton Dome show underlined his growing popularity.

Jamie Walker, Brighton Argus, 16th September 2019
Steve Delaney

How Count Arthur Strong conquered comedy

As the dyspeptic old-school entertainer embarks on a tour, his creator Steve Delaney reflects on dedicating his life to one character.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th September 2019
Stath Lets Flats. Stath (Jamie Demetriou). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Stath Lets Flats, review

Jamie Demetriou's comedy is superlatively weird and deliriously funny.

Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 16th September 2019

Videos

Comedy Threesomes: Fully Blown. Image shows from L to R: Vanessa (Donna Preston), Demi (Verona Rose) Online

Comedy Threesomes: Fully Blown - Soton 4 Life

6 mins, 14 secs

Starz and Gap C try to scrape together a music video, but Gap C has a secret playing on her mind.

Image shows from L to R: Kirsty Mann, Katharine Bennett-Fox Online

Can I Borrow Your Charger?

2 mins, 5 secs

A comedy sketch about the importance of not sharing.

Where Did It Come From?. Presenter (Ralph Jones) Online

Where Did It Come From? - The Spoon

2 mins

A look at soup's natural predator.

Podcasts

My Dad Wrote A Porno. Image shows from L to R: James Cooper, Jamie Morton, Alice Levine

My Dad Wrote A Porno: Series 5, Episode 2

41 minutes

'Beep...Beep...Beeeeeep'. The members of the Confidential Order of Cookware Knights hold vigil at Bella's bedside as she fights for her life. Is this the end for her?

TV & radio

Radio 4 4:30pm
30 min
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 20, Episode 1 - Dinosaurs

Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince return with the show taking an irreverent look at the world according to science. In the first edition they are joined by comedian Rufus Hound and palaeontologists Susannah Maidment and Steve Brusatte to discuss the latest research into dinosaurs.

CITV 4:30pm
15 min
The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

Series 1, Episode 21 - Bog Roll Roll

It's the biggest sporting event in Grimsby - the bog roll roll. All Dave has to do is chase the bog roll down the hill and catch it.

CITV 4:45pm
15 min
The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

Series 1, Episode 22 - Spud-Ageddon

The Spuds don't care about a carbon footprint, since George has come home with a haul of free electronics that they all want to test out.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5:30pm
30 min
Horrible Histories. Image shows from L to R: Gemma Whelan, Ryan Sampson, Tom Stourton

Horrible Histories

Series 8, Special - Heroic Home Front

A look at how World War II played out on the home front, featuring Churchill's secret loo, the heroic 'ATA Girls' and German spies being caught out by their delicious sausages.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Beth Granville. Copyright: Alex Brenner

Foiled

Series 3, Episode 2 - Everything's Spikes

Richie's charity stepathon is banjaxed when Sabrina rescues a family hedgehogs.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 85, Episode 7

Nicholas Parsons challenges Tony Hawks, Phil Wang, Sheila Hancock and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation on a range of topics.

Radio 4 8pm
30 min
Simon Evans

Simon Evans Is Right

Recently Simon Evans has been labelled as a, if not THE, right-wing comedian, so here he takes a look at where those accusations have come from and whether he is guilty as charged.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
Stath Lets Flats. Image shows from L to R: Cem (David Mumeni), Sophie (Natasia Demetriou), Stath (Jamie Demetriou). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Stath Lets Flats

Series 2, Episode 5 - A Stressfully Date

Stath is excited about his annual siblings dinner with Sophie, until she decides to invite new boyfriend Cem. Stath has to face up to the terrible state of his own love life, while Sophie gets second thoughts after a fun day out with Al.

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