BCG Daily Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Cold Feet's ageing Jack the Lads are creepy
Everything that gets on my wick about Cold Feet (ITV) was summed up in the moment when John Thomson's character, cabbie Pete, arrived at court for jury service in his best suit and tie.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 21st January 2020
Cold Feet review
What? Yet another unexpected family visit?
Carol Midgley, The Times, 21st January 2020
Ian Hislop gets lost in translation
Satire is wasted on Americans. Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, was surprised to discover recently that his magazine had been included on a list of fake news outlets compiled by a university in Massachusetts. It was all because of a story he ran at Thanksgiving saying that a turkey had pardoned Donald Trump. Hislop told Delayed Gratification magazine that he had rung the university to explain to them what a joke was. "Some of the other stuff we put in the magazine isn't true either," he told them. "Theresa May doesn't run a school. She actually was the prime minister."
Patrick Kidd, The Times, 21st January 2020
The right-wing comic standing up for the working class
Geoff Norcott is not Britain's only right-wing, working-class comedian, but it sometimes feels like it. Indeed, so rare is it to hear a comedian suggesting that Leave voters aren't necessarily racist or that increased government spending isn't necessarily the way to tackle social problems that his appearances on The Mash Report, Live At The Apollo or, for that matter, Question Time have often led to criticism or abuse online.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 21st January 2020
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's new show is coming to the UK
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's next comedy, Run, is coming to British TV - but only if you subscribe to Sky or Now TV. Run, which she wrote with her Fleabag collaborator Vicky Jones, has just been announced as part of the line-up for Sky Comedy, a new channel for US programming which launches on Monday.
Chortle, 21st January 2020
Interview - TNT Improv Sketch Comedy Society
Today we speak to Kent based Short Form Troupe - TNT Improv Sketch Comedy Society.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 21st January 2020
Shelf talk gender, sexuality and performing Straight
"I want people to find something they can relate to, whatever their identity is."
Blizzard Comedy, 21st January 2020
Katy Wix writes her memoirs
Comedy actor Katy Wix is writing a 'shocking, raw and darkly funny' memoir.
Chortle, 21st January 2020
Friday Night Dinner Series 6 filming completed
Filming has finally finished on Series 6 of Friday Night Dinner, with the show set to air on Channel 4 in the spring.
Amelia Ward, Lad Bible, 21st January 2020
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie talk about reunion 'often'
Hugh Laurie has said he and Stephen Fry "often" discuss reforming their comedy double act, 25 years after their sketch show, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, ended.
BBC, 21st January 2020
Rob Delaney: Jackie review
He's a charismatic, naturally funny, teller of tales, whose self-deprecating, and counterintuitively life-affirming, anecdotes will lighten up the hour you spend with him.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st January 2020
Armando Iannucci interview
Armando Iannucci on avoiding politics and 'celebrating Britain' with his take on David Copperfield.
Tom Beasley, Yahoo, 21st January 2020
Live review: Matt Forde - Brexit, Pursued by a Bear
At one point in the gig a joke is so poorly received that Forde admits he won't be doing it the following night, and depressingly I found myself wishing that had applied to about 90% of the material he did this evening.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 21st January 2020
The comic the next Labour leader could learn a lot from
Forde's hour-long routine is jam-packed with crisply comedic analysis and uncanny mimicry, although at times it feels as if you're listening to Tony Blair's cheeky younger brother. It is safe to say more than 48 per cent of his Monday-night audience were Remainers, but he offers much for Brexiteers to enjoy too. If Labour's next leader wants to reconnect with the party's lost voters, they need to bring back Forde and learn how to deliver their shtick with his charm and humour.
Asa Bennett, The Telegraph, 21st January 2020Videos
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