BCG Daily Monday 13th January 2020

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Jessica Fostekew

Jessica Fostekew interview

When her trainer called muscly women 'unfeminine', the standup turned her outrage into a hilarious show full of sweat, barbells, chalk and childbirth.

Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 13th January 2020
Sex Education. Image shows from L to R: Eric Effiong (Ncuti Gatwa), Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey), Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield). Copyright: Eleven Film

Ncuti Gatwa talks about his experience of homelessness

The Scottish-Rwandan actor who stars as Eric Effiong in the hit Netflix show Sex Education has spoken out about his experience with homelessness.

Catherine Anderson, The National (Scotland), 13th January 2020

Leicester Comedy Festival Gala Preview Show review

A mixed bag in mixed bill. Ian Stone ends evening on a high note.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 13th January 2020
Greg Proops

Greg Proops: I won't make jokes about women any more

Even celebs are off-limits as he finds 'evil white men' are better targets.

Chortle, 13th January 2020
Tom Lucy

New comedy podcasts from Radio X launched

Radio X has launched six brand new comedy podcasts including shows from Matt Morgan, Heidi Regan, Tom Houghton, Maisie Adam & Tom Lucy and more...

Radio X, 13th January 2020
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

How J-Lo inspired Fleabag

Accepting the Critics' Choice Award for best comedy series for Fleabag, Waller-Bridge said: "This is a bit of a random shout-out. But you have no idea how you can accidentally inspire people just by doing your work, and somebody inspired this show in a way that you'll never know, and that's J-Lo!"

Chortle, 13th January 2020
Bridget Christie

Comedians on their famous lookalikes

Bridget Christie, Frank Skinner, Ben Miller, Rylan Clark-Neal and Jade Thirlwall channel the famous people they get mistaken for.

The Guardian, 13th January 2020
The Tuckers. Image shows from L to R: Billy Tucker (Joshua McCord), Glyn Tucker (Steve Speirs), Peggy Tucker (Lynn Hunter), Natalie Tucker (Alexandria Riley), Bobby Tucker (Ben McGregor)

TV review: The Tuckers, BBC One Wales

Some critics have suggested that the sitcom is a negative portrayal of working class Welsh valley stereotypes. I don't have a problem with that (though of course I'm not from the Welsh valleys). I'd have just liked it to have been funnier.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th January 2020
Magic Goes Wrong

Magic Goes Wrong show evacuated due to suspicious item

London's Vaudeville Theatre was evacuated on Saturday night due to reports of a "suspicious item" in the area.

Giverny Masso, The Stage, 13th January 2020
Mariana Feijó Fernandes

Interview: Mariana Feijo

Today we talk to stand up comedian Mariana Feijó.

Holly, Phoenix Remix, 13th January 2020
Bec Hill. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne

Live review: Bec Hill - Out Of Order

Hill is an extremely engaging comedian and her happy, carefree manner is incredibly infectious, she's someone who will have you smiling from the very first second and laughing an enormous amount as well.

Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 13th January 2020
Trygve Wakenshaw

Trygve Wakenshaw: Only Bones v1.4 review

Trygve Wakenshaw's solo show packs plenty of creativity into a bare-bones staging but ultimately feels self-indulgent.

Dave Fargnoli, The Stage, 13th January 2020
Magic Goes Wrong

Review: Magic Goes Wrong (Vaudeville Theatre)

All in all, Mischief Theatre have done it again with another fun night at the theatre where more goes right than wrong . . . or should that be more goes wrong than right?

Tony Peters, West End Wilma, 13th January 2020
Phoenix Nights. Brian Potter (Peter Kay). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions / Ovation Entertainments

The story behind Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights

Twenty years ago, an entire comic universe - full of 'real people doing real things' - was formed in an unknown comedian's Bolton bedroom. Will we ever return to the Phoenix Club asks Tom Fordy.

Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 13th January 2020
Stan Laurel's Glasgow. Stan Laurel

New museum to showcase comedy memorabilia in Blackpool

Stan Laurel's bowler hat, costumes belonging to Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise and one of Tommy Cooper's props are to go on display in a new entertainment museum on Blackpool's Golden Mile.

Chortle, 13th January 2020
Magic Goes Wrong

Theatre review: Magic Goes Wrong

What's missing is the unexpected -- this is a series of uneven sketches on the same running gag, although there is also some proper, brilliant magic too.

Claire Allfree, Metro, 13th January 2020
Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed interview

Dressed in pyjamas and wellies, the great actor talks about his astronaut training in Russia, the original Cats - and putting his might behind his daughter Rosalind's very personal plays.

Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 13th January 2020
Group. Image shows from L to R: Steph (Sally Reid), Nell (Lucianne McEvoy), Rob (Grant O'Rourke). Copyright: Pirate Productions

Group, BBC One Scotland, review

The problem with Group is it lacks laughs. There are moments when you will smile, particularly at the passive-aggressiveness of some of the female characters ("You're the one person who will never be too busy to pick up the phone"), but laugh out loud moments come there none.

Alison Rowat, The Herald, 13th January 2020
Trigger Happy. Dom Joly

My first home: Dom Joly

There were 120 credit cards under the floorboards of the comedian's Notting Hill pad, but it oozed cool.

Oliver Stallwood, Metro, 13th January 2020
Cold Feet. Image shows from L to R: Pete Gifford (John Thomson), Karen Marsden (Hermione Norris), David Marsden (Robert Bathurst), Jenny Gifford (Fay Ripley), Adam Williams (James Nesbitt)

Cold Feet review: Less than the sum of its parts

More than two decades since Cold Feet first arrived on screens, the new series is a curiously uneven watch - and not as much like putting on a comfy old cardy as you'd imagine.

Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 13th January 2020
Cold Feet. Image shows from L to R: Pete Gifford (John Thomson), Karen Marsden (Hermione Norris), David Marsden (Robert Bathurst), Jenny Gifford (Fay Ripley), Adam Williams (James Nesbitt)

Cold Feet, series 9, episode 1, review

A superior soap opera packing a real punch.

Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 13th January 2020
Dapper Laughs. Daniel O'Reilly

Dapper Laughs to make theatrical debut

Daniel O'Reilly is better known to some as the controversial character Dapper Laughs, is now set to make his theatrical debut alongside fellow his former Celebrity Big Brother house mate Paul Danan in gritty crime thriller Time.

Theatre Weekly, 13th January 2020

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

Radio 4
4pm
30 min
Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics

Series 5, Episode 4 - Homer: The Iliad

Natalie performs a comedy routine about Homer's Iliad, an epic work about gods, Greeks and Trojans, men and women, mothers and fathers and lovers.

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 21, Episode 1 - Science of Laughter

Professor Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince are joined by Frank Skinner, Professor Sophie Scott and Professor Richard Wiseman as they look at the science of what makes us laugh.

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 23, Episode 3

David Mitchell is joined by Marcus Brigstocke, Lou Sanders, Cally Beaton and Neil Delamere are the panellists lie on the subjects of chocolate, the human body, the Netherlands and rats.

Welcome Strangers. Copyright: BBC

Welcome Strangers

Series 1, Episode 2

Comedy sketch show inspired by the lyrical poetry of Wales.

Cold Feet. Image shows from L to R: David Marsden (Robert Bathurst), Mary (Michelle Holmes)

Cold Feet

Series 9, Episode 1

Adam finds himself in hot water at work, while his relationship with Karen continues to affect the group. Jenny's finished her cancer treatment, but her struggle is far from over. David begins to see Mary in a new light.

Group. Image shows from L to R: Steph (Sally Reid), Nell (Lucianne McEvoy), Rob (Grant O'Rourke). Copyright: Pirate Productions

Group

Group is a comedy about addicts' weekly sessions. About our addiction to seeking a better version of ourselves, and the need to tell the world about it. Everyone needs an audience.

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