BCG Daily Friday 13th December 2019
News
Features
Press clippings
Upright review
Tim Minchin's pitch-perfect Aussie odyssey.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 13th December 2019ImprovFestUK 2019 - interview - Box of Frogs
As part of ImproFestUK 2019 Box of Frogs Birmingham's premier Improv Group comes to London with an hour of high-octane improvised comedy fun, I caught up with them to find out what they have in store for audiences at their first time performing at the festival.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 13th December 2019Interview: Josie Long ahead of Fife gig
She is the cult comedy icon, activist, podcaster and 2019 Celebrity Masterchef contestant who first visited Fife around a decade ago when she attended the legendary Fence Home Game events in the East Neuk.
Michael Alexander, The Dundee Courier, 13th December 2019Brendan O'Carroll interview
Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll reveals why The Queen may have already watched the Christmas special.
Elaine Reilly, What's On TV, 13th December 2019A passionate defence of Mrs. Brown's Boys
Truth be told - and no matter how on-trend or cool it is to dismiss this show with any one of a million negative adjectives - it's actually a gem. A gem! It plays up to its reputation and owns the 'trashy telly' label that it's branded it with. It can be tacky and tasteless, yet it's also sweet, smart and carefully created. Hits on this scale don't happen by accident.
Katie Byrne, Digital Spy, 13th December 2019Comedy club bans Tory voters
Comedy-by-Bow, a free weekly open-mic night gig in an East London pub, has vowed that anyone who voted Conservative is 'fundamentally incompatible' with its values.
Chortle, 13th December 2019Andrew Doyle goes on an 'anti-woke' tour
Comedian Andrew Doyle is to tour with right-wing journalist Douglas Murray with a show attacking politically correct 'woke' culture.
Chortle, 13th December 2019Annie McGrath interview
The stand-up and writer on the things that make her laugh the most.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 13th December 2019Interview: Phil Smith
Thornaby's Phil Smith is the founder and owner of comedy promoter Shoe Cake Comedy and eighties disco show, Club Visage, as well as a performer in improv comedy act, The Discount Comedy Checkout. His comedy alias is Middlesbrough F.C super-fan Ted Hanky who has taken the podcast world by storm with his Teesside themed comedy/football podcast, Ted Talks - The Ted Hanky Podcast. We catch up with Phil to find out more ahead of his show with The Discount Comedy Checkout on Thursday 19th December at The Georgian Theatre, Stockton.
Narc Magazine, 13th December 2019Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
The Country Girls
Girls In Their Married Bliss, Episode 5Baba and Kate are grown women, a long way from their West of Ireland childhood, and as close and as alienated from each other as they ever were.
Dead Ringers
2019 Specials - Election Special 2020An Election special, featuring hot-off-the-press comedy sketches and impressions.
Have I Got News For You
Series 58, Episode 9 - Election SpecialAlexander Armstrong hosts this post-election special, with guests Jon Richardson and Nicky Morgan.
Mock The Week
Series 18, Highlights Special - CompilationDara O Briain and Hugh Dennis present a special edition of the topical comedy show featuring best bits, outtakes and unseen material.
The Last Leg
Series 18, Special - Election SpecialOn the day after the British public have cast their votes in the third election in four years, Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Brooker and their guests Miriam Margolyes, Richard Osman, Rory Stewart and Anna Soubry analyse the results, look back at the highs and lows of the campaign and do their best to make sense of the chaos the election has left behind.
The State Of It
Episode 4 - DemocracyScumbag politician Jim Donaghan is out pounding the streets to get your votes. A particularly loathsome cretin, his questionable morals are overshadowed by his larger-than-life character... for some voters, at least.
The Graham Norton Show
Series 26, Episode 11 - Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Hugh Grant, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Bublé, ColdplayDame Judi Dench says she thinks Idris Elba might be the next Bond, Jennifer Hudson talks about the emotion of singing, Matthew McConaughey jokes about Britishisms he learnt, Hugh Grant says he couldn't resist playing a detective for a tabloid newspaper, Michael Bublé reveals he starts Christmas in October and Coldplay perform live in the studio.
Where's The F In News?
Series 3, Episode 6Jo Bunting is joined by guests Zoe Lyons, Helen Lewis, Olga Koch and Jayde Adams.