BCG Daily Monday 25th May 2020
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Desiree Burch, Soho Theatre On Demand review
Burning Man, sex, race - and LSD.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 25th May 2020Des Clarke on doing stand-up from his sofa
Well, they say, laughter is the best medicine, but for locked-down stand-ups the joke's wearing thin.
Jenna Macfarlane, The Sunday Post, 25th May 2020Britain's Greatest Comedy Character review
Chairperson Sally Phillips, best-known as Miranda Hart's sidekick, set the tone at the start when she bemoaned the fact that most of the candidates were male and white -- as if what every sitcom needs to make it funny is a lot more political correctness. It's a good job that old bigot Alf Garnett wasn't in the running, or Sally might have felt a right silly moo.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 25th May 2020Sandi Toksvig interview
Now a national treasure, the comedian and presenter was once vilified for being gay. She talks about those dark days, the lighter side of lockdown and why Bake Off was just another gig.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 25th May 2020Britain's Greatest Comedy Character review
Humour is personal, but this was a Fawlty poll.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 25th May 2020Armando Iannucci leads calls for a 'Boo for Boris'
Scottish satirist Armando Iannucci has led the growing calls for a national "boo for Boris".
Gregor Young, The National (Scotland), 25th May 2020An undeniably great episode: Bottom - Gas
Picking an all-encompassing episode of a sitcom that gets to the very heart of a show isn't always an easy task. However, with some sitcoms an episode will naturally leap out at you, and none more so than Bottom's Gas - a farce of epic proportions that became a modern classic.
Jazzy Janey, The Comedy Blog, 25th May 2020Bob Mortimer's Train Guy pulls into the BBC
Bob Mortimer's online character Train Guy is coming to the BBC. He is one of the characters in the new lockdown series Comedians: Home Alone, which starts on BBC Two on June 1 at 10.15pm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th May 2020Britons back offensive jokes
More than two-thirds of people think that comedians should be free to tell jokes, even if they cause offence. That's the result of a poll conducted for the newly-formed Campaign for Common Sense, set up to combat what it sees as too much political correctness in society.
Chortle, 25th May 2020Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe - review
Antiviral Wipe wasn't perfect, but the weaker elements didn't overly affect the show.
Reece Goodall, The Boar, 25th May 2020Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Just William Pursuing Happiness
Episode 1 - William's Treasure TroveMartin Jarvis performs five of Richmal Crompton's stories, beginning with 'William's Treasure Trove', in which the titular hero intends to track down smugglers' hidden treasure.
Go Jetters
Series 3, Episode 33 - Go Jet Academy: New SpeciesThe team go in search of a mysterious new creature on the Academy Island.
Ricky & Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip
Episode 3In Yorkshire, Ricky joins Ralf for a boxing and fitness session at a men's community health group in Leeds - the results aren't pretty.
All Star Happy Hour With Mo Gilligan
Episode 4Mo Gilligan is joined by Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood, reality star Joey Essex, and social media's KSI.