BCG Daily Tuesday 8th October 2019
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Do Not Adjust Your Set / At Last The 1948 Show review
Reviews of pre-Monty Python sketch series Do Not Adjust Your Set (*****) and At Last The 1948 Show. (***)
Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk, 8th October 2019Richard Gadd interview
'I can't emphasise enough how much of a victim my stalker is'.
Alexandra Pollard, The Independent, 8th October 2019Richard Gadd interview
Richard Gadd has made his experience of being stalked into a compelling new play. It's a tale of survival, he says.
Emily Jupp, i Newspaper, 8th October 2019Rob Beckett review
A mixed bag of observations. The scattergun approach yields both killer lines and tame misses.
Owen Richards, The Arts Desk, 8th October 2019TV review: Motherland, BBC2
It was announced just before this second series started that there would be a third series of Motherland. It's be interesting to see how it evolves as there are a few changes in the opening episode of the second run.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th October 2019Meet 2019 Funny Women comedy writer Lydia Rynne
We had over 700 entries for this year's Funny Women Comedy Writing Award and it was a tough competition! But Lydia Rynne's hilarious script, Living Wild, about a group of teens going on a bushcraft camp in the New Forest came top with our panel of judges.
Funny Women, 8th October 2019The Day Shall Come review
The truth is stranger than fiction in Chris Morris' first film since 2010's Four Lions.
Steven Sheehan, The Digital Fix, 8th October 2019Rob Beckett: Comedy is a hobby that got out of hand
TV's most relatable comic - with TV's most distinctive teeth - talks about sleeping in toilets, being 'chavvy' and how Twitter trolls drove him to therapy.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 8th October 2019John Robins: I'm 94% introvert
Elis James and I took the Myers-Briggs personality test. I scored 94 per cent introvert, and only six per cent extrovert.
Metro, 8th October 2019Ari Eldjárn review
This is a stand-up show which has a high gag rate and which impresses the majority of the time.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 8th October 2019The Personal History of David Copperfield review
People are bound to say Iannucci has gone soft, but don't listen to them. The Personal History Of David Copperfield is the work of a confident filmmaker at the top of his game. It melds the best parts of Ianucci and Dickens into a wholesome family adventure.
Alex Plant, Loose Lips, 8th October 2019Josh Widdicombe review
A furious act that lacks the element of surprise.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 8th October 2019Tim Renkow gets a Bafta booster
Tim Renkow has been selected as one of 21 performers to be given a career booster from Bafta.
Chortle, 8th October 2019Women of improv month - Angie Waller
This month I chatted to over 30 female improvisers from all over the UK to celebrate the talent that we have - we also discuss some of the important debates surrounding this topic as well. Today I talk to an improviser that is part of Impropriety CIC - Angie Waller.
Phoenix Remix, 8th October 2019Podcasts
TV & radio
Mr Bean
Series 3, Episode 26 - Trophy BeanMr. Bean is forced to baby-sit Mrs. Wicket's nephew on an Outward Bound day course.
Clare In The Community
Series 12, Episode 3 - Questions QuestionsClare's got tickets to Any Questions. This is going to be the best night of her life, even is she does have to take Mrs Singh. Elsewhere, Brian's gone back to Men's Group and discovered there's been some developments.
How To Burn A Million Quid
Episode 4 - Rule 4At the height of their success the KLF can do no wrong. But they really want to. News of their forthcoming BRIT Award confirms their status as music industry establishment - exactly the thing they're fighting against - and so they go in search of an idea so outrageous, so disgusting, that they would succeed in becoming outcast from the industry. At the BRIT Awards ceremony of 1992 they try out their idea...
Defending The Guilty
Episode 4A series of odd incidents on the Tube lands Caroline and Will with a tough to read client, and Ashley is calling for strike action on the Government's new proposals for legal aid.
Zomboat!
Episode 1Two sisters have the bright idea of fleeing zombie-infested Birmingham by canal, reasoning that zombies cannot swim and narrowboats move slightly faster. However, as they set off on their journey, they find themselves with two stowaways - a pair or friends who got caught up in the bloodshed during a stag night.