BCG Daily Sunday 22nd March 2020

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Press clippings

Laura Lexx. Copyright: Karla Gowlett

A comedian walks into a coronavirus crisis...

For the nation's stand-up comics, jokes about Covid-19 are being delivered through gritted teeth -- for an industry that was the first gig economy, the total shutdown of most comedy venues means the nation's gagsters are short of cash and short of an audience.

Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 22nd March 2020
Always June. Image shows from L to R: June Pursglove (Vicki Pepperdine), Karen Buckle (Morgana Robinson)

Always June review

Pepperdine is the stand-out turn, with June likely to be just sort of eccentric but identifiable creation you could hang a decent sitcom on. And there are a reasonable number of amusingly scatty lines, often drawn from a Victoria Wood-style of amplified mundanity and super-specific references to the likes of 'the Parker Knoll'. But those around her are far less interesting bunch.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd March 2020
Ed Patrick

Infectious Personalities review

Given there have been talk shows and panel shows based on just about every topic known to man, it's a surprise there hasn't been a medical-themed one - until now.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd March 2020
Quenby Harley

Quenby Harley interview

Quenby Harley talks sharing euphoria in their Trans Joy zine.

Blizzard Comedy, 22nd March 2020
Phill Jupitus

Saturday Night Live at The Stand review

Nothing beats a live gig, but if this is to be the new normal of stand-up comedy for a while... well, it's not too bad.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd March 2020
Suzi Ruffell. Copyright: Andy Hollingworth

Explicable Me review

With her gregarious, in-control nature, it was probably only a matter of time before Suzi Ruffell landed a presenting slot of her own.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd March 2020

Emma movie review

Emma lands on streaming, delivering a sharply satirical and whimsically witty reworking with The Witch's Anya Taylor-Joy on fabulous form.

Casimir Harlow, AV Forums, 22nd March 2020

TV & radio

YouTube
6pm
1 min
Ground Rules. Matt (Eric Geynes)

Ground Rules

Episode 4 - Pens

Matt's search for a missing pen is unintentionally solved by Molly.

YouTube
6:30pm
2 min
Radio 2 logo
9pm
30 min
Suzi Ruffell. Copyright: Andy Hollingworth

Explicable Me

Hosted by Suzi Ruffell, assisted by Ahir Shah, Explicable Me is a comedy entertainment show built around personality tests. We all love those Buzzfeed and Cosmopolitan tests that discover what pizza topping we are, what percentage Kardashian we are and if our sex life were a movie what movie would it be. With Tom Allen and AJ Odudu.

Radio 2 logo
9:30pm
30 min
Celebrity Groupchat. Image shows from L to R: Laura Whitmore, Tina Daheley, Jodie Kidd, Russell Kane. Copyright: Lime Pictures

Celebrity Groupchat

We all love being in a social media groupchat. They're a constant source of entertainment. But what do celebs talk about in an all-star groupchat? Presented by Tina Daheley.

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