BCG Daily Tuesday 12th May 2020
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Press clippings
Rosie Wilby's second book to be published by Bloomsbury
Comedian, writer and podcaster Rosie Wilby is set to have her second book published. Sharing its title with her podcast, The Breakup Monologues follows Wilby's first book Is Monogamy Dead?
Funny Women, 12th May 2020Quarantine questions: Anthony Jeannot
Seven weeks into the UK's coronavirus-induced lockdown, now is a time where we need comedy more than ever. Unsurprisingly, it's also a time where it's perhaps hardest to find something that's actually damn funny. MoodyComedy is trying to remedy this. Anthony Jeannot talks to MoodyComedy about Australian stand-up specials and all sorts of other lockdown distraction techniques...
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 12th May 2020BBC Writersroom blog: Sara Cocker and Léonie Higgins
Sara Cocker and Léonie Higgins, two-thirds of Manchester's Eggs Collective, describe how their recent day devoted to comedy writing played out in a socially-distanced world.
BBC Writersroom, 12th May 2020Dave Brooks, RIP - astonishing original
I was asleep today - about 11 in the morning - when Martin Soan phoned to tell me Dave 'Bagpipes' Brooks - an early member of The Greatest Show on Legs - had died.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 12th May 2020I'll Get This, BBC Two, review
Problems with the concept and no chemistry between the 'celebrities'. This creaky celebrity game show seemed to come from the 'notes to self' folder on Alan Partridge's dictaphone.
Adam Sweeting, i Newspaper, 12th May 2020Jason Manford selling off property to pay for divorce
Jason Manford is selling off his ten-home property empire - to pay for his costly divorce. He has already sold eight of them, banking more than £3million, which will help him settle the bill for his 2017 legal split from first wife Catherine.
Simon Boyle, The Sun, 12th May 2020Videos
TV & radio
My Teenage Diary
Series 9, Episode 2 - Jenny MurrayRufus Hound talks to Jenni Murray about her teenage years in 1960s Barnsley. The first entry in her diary deals with the surprising news that her parents are moving to India.
Rob And Romesh Vs
Series 2, Episode 2 - NBA BasketballThis week Rob and Romesh are on a mission to learn all about one of America's favourite sports - basketball.
I'll Get This
Series 2, Episode 5Johnny Vegas, Sue Perkins, Mike Tindall, John Barnes and Fleur East play a series of games, with the overall loser picking up the bill for the whole group.
You'll Do
Episode 2 - Ageing with Zoe Lyons and Sindy De JongComedian Zoe Lyons and nurse Sindy De Jong join Catherine Bohart and Sarah Keyworth to talk about their marriage, falling in love and out of vans.