BCG Daily Wednesday 24th June 2020
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My favourite film aged 12: Bridget Jones's Diary
Garrulous and inappropriate, Renée Zellweger's heroine drove home the farce of impossible, gendered standards. I couldn't have had a better guide for my teen years.
Laura Snapes, The Guardian, 24th June 2020Jen Brister longlisted for Polari Prize
Jen Brister has made the longlist for the Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ literature for her book The Other Mother: A Wickedly Honest Parenting Tale for Every Kind of Family.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th June 2020Quarantine questions: Stevie Martin
Interview with Stevie Martin during lockdown.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 24th June 2020Mel Gibson fired from Chicken Run sequel
Mel Gibson has been axed from the Netflix Chicken Run sequel.
It comes after the actor - who played Rocky in the 2000 original - was accused of making an anti-Semitic remark to Winona Ryder in 1995.
Brian Welk, The Sun, 24th June 2020The charming silliness of lockdown comedy Staged
At points it can seem a bit, well, staged (a few meandering scenes aside, it mostly feels scripted, not improvised). But it is nevertheless charming: absurdly silly in a quiet, understated way.
Anna Leszkiewicz, The New Statesman, 24th June 2020Jason Manford helped cyclist during Iceland job
The Salford comedian has recalled how he helped a cyclist who was involved in a collision with a van.
Katie Fitzpatrick, Manchester Evening News, 24th June 2020The Scotsman Sessions #58: Susie McCabe
Here, Glaswegian comedian Susie McCabe reflects on caring for her parents during lockdown.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 24th June 2020The best TV shows of 2020 so far
Includes Sex Education, Feel Good and This Country.
Hugh Montgomery and Eddie Mullan, BBC, 24th June 2020TikTok comedian Meggie Foster on her rise to fame
Laughs may have been thin on the ground over the past three months but one young comic has sent the internet into hysterics with a string of hilarious sketches.
Emma Pietras & Katy Docherty, The Sun, 24th June 2020Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
The Break
Series 3, Episode 3 - The Haunting Of Jeffrey WhittakerWill the Flamford False Phantom Fakers fall victim to the most inexorable power of all - social media?
Tudur Owen: Zoo
Episode 2Tudor Owen recalls the aftermath of a national newspaper describing his father's zoo as the worst in Britain, and the attempts to find the animals new homes.
Agatha Raisin
Series 3, Episode 5 - The Love From Hell - Part 1When James vanishes after a blazing row with Agatha leaving behind only a trail of blood and a dead body, everyone is left fearing the worst.
Agatha Raisin
Series 3, Episode 6 - The Love From Hell - Part 2Agatha attends the reading of the victim's will and then her suspect list gets shorter when a charity auction becomes deadly.
Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair
Series 6, Episode 3 - Me and Tina Were Up West When We Bumped Into AvrilWhen Dee and Tina run into Avril it's clear that she's not done badly for herself. Memories of the past play out against a mugging that leaves Dee distraught. With Linda Robson.
Staged
Series 1, Episode 5 - UlyssesSimon brings in an old friend to try to convince David and Michael to put their faith in him. David has managed to stay afloat in Georgia's absence. Not only has he kept the house in order and the home-schooling ticking over, but he's finished a draft of his screenplay. Michael spies an ambulance next door and worries about his neighbour.
Staged
Series 1, Episode 6 - The Cookie JarThe producer drafts in the voice of experience to get Michael and David in line. Georgia has shared David's work without him knowing. Michael seeks resolution on what has happened to his neighbour. David is pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic response his work receives.