BCG Daily Monday 23rd March 2020
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Press clippings
Shappi Khorsandi, Soho Theatre On Demand review
She talks about the moment she knew she wanted to be a comic.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 23rd March 2020This Country stars say they've blown all their BBC cash
Despite four BAFTAs, three RTS Awards and a trio of critically-acclaimed series, This Country has not made the brother and sister stars of the show as rich as you might think.
The Sun, 23rd March 2020Saturday Night Live from the Stand review
Lockdown-schmockdown, the show must go on!
Dora Bodrogi, The Play's The Thing UK, 23rd March 2020Review: The Trip The Greece - Sky One
I'm going to do a thing that I don't think I've ever seen a critic do before. I'm going to say that my review was wrong. When I reviewed the first episode of the latest series of The Trip, set in Turkey and Greece, I wrote how I was disappointed by it. Having watched the first episode I felt that the tone had changed. There had always been a running theme about the rivalry between Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon but here I thought there was too much needle and nastiness. The joke wasn't all that funny any more. But that review was only based on the opening episode.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd March 2020Dane Baptiste podcast signs to Acast
Fresh from the launch of his brand new live show The Chocolate Chip, Dane Baptiste's hit podcast - Dane Baptiste Questions Everything - has been snapped up by the world's biggest podcast company Acast.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd March 2020Stay at Home festival review
Mark Gatiss's dystopia flashbacks kick off comedy series.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd March 2020The comics standing up for mental health
As the series Comedy Against Living Miserably launches, two comedians explain how their jobs affect their emotional wellbeing - and how they hope to help their audiences.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 23rd March 2020How theatre tuned into classic TV sitcoms
From a musical version of Only Fools And Horses to a stage show based on The Good Life, small-screen comedies are inspiring theatre-makers.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 23rd March 2020Clive Anderson interview
'I should have done comedy first, and then the law'.
Boudicca Fox-Leonard, The Telegraph, 23rd March 2020Improv corner - embrace "boring" suggestions...
When you start doing shows on a regular basis you notice that you end up getting or you can receive the same suggestions over and over again.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 23rd March 2020Review: This Country - final episode
And so the third and final series of This Country bows out in style.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd March 2020This Country, finale review: tearful farewell to a gem
So farewell to This Country (BBC Three), which bowed out after three perfect series.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 23rd March 2020Farewell to This Country, a modern-day masterpiece
Like so many great British series, This Country is quitting while it's ahead - but Sean O'Grady hopes this is not truly the end of the road for the Mucklowes.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 23rd March 2020This Country finale, BBC3, review
The sitcom was a warm, mocking look at a British village where the views are nice, but there's eff all to do.
Barbara Speed, i Newspaper, 23rd March 2020Videos
TV & radio
Class Dismissed
Series 5, Episode 6 - The Phantom Toilet BlockerIt's chaos at Quayside as the toilets are blocked - but who is the phantom toilet blocker?
The Musical Life Of...
Series 1, Episode 3 - BoudicaThis week, it's the turn of Celtic Queen Boudicca to be brought to tuneful, and almost wholly fictional life.
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!
Series 4, Episode 1 - Police, Camera, Milton!High drama in the line of duty when Milton is asked to form a Police Corruption Unit and takes it a little too literally.
Georgina's Isolation Diaries!
Episode 4 - Day 4Day 4 and Georgina is at breaking point as the champagne begins to run out...
This Country
Series 3, Episode 6 - HarvestIt's the annual harvest festival, an event that brings the whole village together. But one resident's announcement has unexpected emotional consequences for the community.
The Stand Up Sketch Show
Series 2, Episode 5Routines by comedians Bobby Mair, Judi Love, Catherine Bohart, Ivo Graham, Adam Rowe, Adam Hess, Lily Phillips, Sean McLoughlin and Rhys Nicholson are reconstructed as sketches.