BCG Daily Monday 6th July 2020
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The Kemps: All True review
Comedy gold, but how much was really true?
Carol Midgley, The Times, 6th July 2020The Kemps: All True, BBC Two review
pandau Ballet-boys show willing but spoof rock-doc misses the point.
Adam Sweeting, The Arts Desk, 6th July 2020Why female comedians have been speaking out
While the live comedy circuit has been non-existent during lockdown, another, darker side of comedy has reared its head. And this one is no laughing matter. In recent weeks we have seen its ugly side emerge into the light as a grassroots #MeToo movement has sprung up, with allegations of sexual misconduct dominating social media feeds and making headlines.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 6th July 2020The Kemps: All True review
The show packed in so many offbeat scenes that will lodge in the brain, that The Kemps: All True is surely the stuff of cult longevity. It's comedy Gold.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th July 2020Michaela Coel: Chewing Gum incident like 'slave ship'
Coel recalled one particular moment on the first day on set in which five of the show's black cast members were forced to share a trailer while a white actor had one to herself, comparing the scene to "a f***in' slave ship".
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 6th July 2020The Drive-In Club, review
Daniel Sloss (***) quickly up to speed but Dom Joly (**) has 'the first car crash at a drive in'.
Veronica Lee, i Newspaper, 6th July 2020TV review - The Kemps: All True
This really was delightfully ridiculous and gloriously funny material, both of the Kemps were on fantastic form and Thomas assembled a superb supporting cast too, all of whom made this exceptional material consistently hilarious.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 6th July 2020The New York Times hits out at panto
Pantomime has been an essential part of British theatre for generations. Not only is it often a child's first, magical experience of the stage, but it is also arguably one of the few consistently profitable sectors in the industry, that often props up theatres and other shows that don't have the same financial heft. It was a fact that appeared to shock the New York Times though.
The Spectator, 6th July 2020Videos
TV & radio
The Unbelievable Truth
Series 24, Episode 4David Mitchell is joined by Holly Walsh, Miles Jupp, Sara Pascoe and Frankie Boyle as they lie on the subjects of bread, ABBA, men and experiments.
Stuart Goldsmith's Infinite Sofa
Episode 27With guests Vikki Stone, Christopher Bliss and Daliso Chaponda.
Comedians: Home Alone
Episode 6Pub landlord Al Murray is locked down and locked in, while Richard Herring challenges himself to a tense game of snooker and Jayde Adams moans about living underneath fitness guru Joe Wicks. Phil Wang tries to tidy up his flat in the style of Marie Kondo, and Vic Reeves performs in his garden.
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
A quirk of a catastrophic head injury, Paul's humour no longer impresses his wife Lindsay.