BCG Daily Wednesday 13th May 2020
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Charlie Brooker interview
The master of dystopian TV is returning for a coronavirus-themed Wipe. How has the current global catastrophe compared with those in his imagination?
David Smith, The Guardian, 13th May 2020Limmy is entertainment's original self-made man
With Limmy's Homemade Show, the comedian has unexpectedly found his isolated, self-sufficient existence capturing the zeitgeist.
Paul English, The Big Issue, 13th May 2020DLT Entertainment launches new podcast division
Award-winning production and distribution company DLT Entertainment has launched its new podcast division alongside two new comedy podcast series, When No One's Watching and National Treasures with Laura Lexx & Will Duggan.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th May 2020BBC makes comedy sets available as Zoom backgrounds
If those endless tedious Zoom meetings are getting you down the BBC has done something that might spice them up. They have made their archive of images of sets available to use as online meeting backdrops. These include sets from The League of Gentlemen, Yes Minister, The Young Ones, Only Fools and Horses and Dad's Army.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th May 2020Bath Comedy Festival launches crowdfunding campaign
To allow the organisers to continue to bring first class comedy to Bath a GoFundMe page has been set up.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th May 2020Interview: Lee Kyle
North-East comedian, Lee Kyle, has had his fair share of job roles, from Spice Girls tribute act, professional wrestler, stand up comedian, sketch performer, podcaster, comedy writer and kids comedian. Lee can now add 'online sensation' to the list as he adapts to the COVID-19 pandemic to bring us, Precedented: An hour of stand up about 'all this', his online show recorded at home and broadcast from his Facebook/Youtube page on 19th May. Eager to find out more we contacted him to answer a few questions.
Narc Magazine, 13th May 2020Edinburgh Fringe starts releasing its old programmes
The Edinburgh Fringe has started releasing copies of its old programmes in full online, starting with 1990's. It is part of its Fringe in the Attic project, seeking to archive mementoes and memories from festivals past, after this year's event was cancelled.
Chortle, 13th May 2020Jacob Hawley shares the contents of his shelves...
'I was going to use this smoke grenade for my Edinburgh photoshoot...'
Chortle, 13th May 2020Scholastic UK bags Dara O Briain's 2nd children's book
Scholastic UK will publish Dara
Tamsin Hackett, The Bookseller, 13th May 2020Baked Potato: Matt Lucas teams up with BBC weatherman
Comics Matt Lucas and Rob Brydon have teamed up to perform the Baked Potato Song with drumming weatherman Owain Wyn Evans.
BBC, 13th May 2020Review - Where To, Mate?
Much fuss was made earlier this month when it was announced that the BBC was remaking Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologues with a new cast. Well, with a lot less fanfare, this low-key Radio 4 quarter-hour comedy occupies similar comedy, territory with wry and revealing character-led conversations, all taking place on cab journeys around Manchester.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th May 2020Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile
Episode 1Martin Jarvis directs a star cast in Michael Frayn's latest comic pieces. This week, a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Nonclementure Committee, an article asks if everything is alright with itself, and we wait for Godot.
Quanderhorn
Quanderhorn 2, Episode 3 - WaspThe Professor comes up with a plan, but it means the crew have to avoid their previous selves or they could unravel their own timelines. To keep sure that they are talking to the original versions of themselves, they make sure to end every sentence with the word "Wasp" wasp.
Code 404
Series 1, Episode 3Dennett has given Major and Carver a new assignment, but Major would rather stake out Kelly's work.
What's Funny About...
Series 1, Episode 1 - The Vicar Of DibleyPeter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Dawn French and Richard Curtis about their much-loved sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley. They discuss how to make a fundamentally nice character funny, Richard's curious appetite for writing quite so many weddings, and Dawn's strangest ever Vicar Of Dibley gig.
Where To, Mate?
Series 1, Episode 1 - "...Walt Disney has a sister...?"This week Bernie picks up Milton and they strike up a friendship; and Ben picks up a healer who tries to help him against his will.