BCG Daily Saturday 27th June 2020
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Withnail and all of us
The cult tragicomedy captures the spirit of post-imperial Britain.
Janan Ganesh, The Financial Times, 27th June 2020The Weekly Stand-up with Jason Manford review
Pubs are set to reopen; comedy clubs are not. So the comedian and club owner Jason Manford has taken matters into his own hands.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 27th June 2020Palin, Lindsay and Lumley in virtual Waiting for Godot
Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley are to star in a Waiting For Godot virtual table read.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 27th June 2020Graham Linehan suspended from Twitter
Last week, the Father Ted co-creator briefly lost his blue tick verification after several of his tweets accusing an LGBTQ+ group of grooming were reported; however, he later regained his verification and a Twitter spokesperson said he had been unverified in error. But now, Linehan's @glinner account appears to have been suspended entirely.
Emma Kelly, Metro, 27th June 2020Interview: Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas has been one of Britain's greatest and most critically acclaimed comedians for well over three decades now, but more impressively than that is the myriad of important causes he's highlighted and helped, from human rights violations to the state of the NHS, the corruption of major political figures and the depressingly disgraceful behaviour of major corporations, and though much of this has been bleak to learn he's always managed to make it pointedly funny stuff.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 27th June 2020Sherrie Hewson: 'Never say never' to Benidorm returning
The actress and Loose Women star admits she has begged the show's creator Derren Litten to bring it back, hailing it 'the most amazing job'.
Janine Yaqoob, The Mirror, 27th June 2020Graham Linehan ban reaction: Twitter, where 2 + 2 = 5
Do you - like the overwhelming majority of people - believe that men aren't women, that biological sex is real? Well then, you better keep it to yourself, on Twitter anyway.
Spiked, 27th June 2020The future of Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
Monkey Barrel, it should be said, is not Underbelly and faces completely different challenges to the festival's more established institutions. When I caught up with director and co-owner David Bleese, I found that's something they are meeting head on by founding a record label and enthusiastic expansion of their programme of weird and wonderful shows.
Sceptical Scot, 27th June 2020Videos
TV & radio
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Michael McIntyre's Big Laughs, Highlights SpecialSend To Alls from singer Olly Murs and Albert Square's Danny Dyer. Singer Peter Andre gets a shock when Michael wakes him in the middle of the night to play The Midnight Gameshow, and one audience member gets the surprise of her life when she discovers Michael snuck onto her cruise for a very special culinary surprise!