BCG Daily Tuesday 9th June 2020
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Features
Press clippings
Interview: Kunt and the Gang
I try to make these blogs fairly immediate. But, in this case, I have failed miserably. After trying and failing two or three times to meet up online during the early days of the coronavirus lockdown, Kunt (of Kunt and The Gang - is there any other?) and I eventually chatted via FaceTime on 14th May - that's almost a month ago now.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 9th June 2020Trisha Goddard: Leigh Francis emboldened casual racism
Trisha Goddard has said that Leigh Francis' use of blackface on Bo' Selecta "emboldened casual racism", while revealing that she has accepted his recent apology for the comedy sketches.
Adam White, The Independent, 9th June 2020Ronnie Barker's lucky penny goes up for auction
Coin given as change on comic's bus ride to job interview expected to raise up to £5,000.
Steven Morris, The Guardian, 9th June 2020Armando Iannucci warns of terrifying future for arts
The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci has warned that the coronavirus crisis may destroy the UK's cultural landscape if the government doesn't offer financial support to save it.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 9th June 2020Days of the Bagnold Summer (2020) review
A feel good and sweet natured British film focusing on the strained relationship between a mother and her 15-year-old son.
Sarah Morris, The Fan Carpet, 9th June 2020Videos
TV & radio
My Teenage Diary
Series 9, Episode 6 - Bill OddieBill Oddie reads his teenage diaries, written on an Outward Bound course in 1958 involving hill walking, abseiling and jumping into freezing cold waterfalls.
The Paddock
Episode 2Comedy from Natasia Demetriou, Ellie White, Leo Reich, Babak Ganjei and Nick Mohammed.
You'll Do
Episode 6 - Single Life with Joe LycettJoe Lycett joins Catherine Bohart and Sarah Keyworth to chat about getting on the apps, spontaneous holidays and finding time for therapy.