BCG Daily Tuesday 7th July 2020
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Line-Up announced for August online Fringe festival
Laughing Horse Comedy has launched its programme of shows today for its 2020 Edinburgh Fringe line-up that has been taken online. The spirit of the Fringe will continue online this year, with a month of comedy shows, plus children's shows, cabaret and spoken word.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th July 2020Joe Lycett designs badge to thank volunteers
Lycett is one of various celebrities to design a badge for volunteer groups during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th July 2020Review: @TheDriveIn Comedy, Blackheath, SE3
Ivo Graham and Andrew Maxwell were among the performers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th July 2020Fave film aged 12: Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
With four-letter words and violence by the bucketload, Guy Ritchie's gangster flick had everything a 12-year-old boy could want - and it still does.
Alex Hess, The Guardian, 7th July 2020Comedy can brings us back together (if we'll let it)
I may be biased because yes, I would like to be able to make a living again and feed my family and all that other la di da stuff we middle class performing artiste types bleat on about. But to laugh together is a deep and urgent societal need, says Simon Evans.
Simon Evans, The Spectator, 7th July 2020John Robins: there are men in our industry raping women
As someone who was once in a relationship with a comedian I will always value the insight it gave me into just how different things are for my female peers - the abuse online, the comments about their appearance, the derogatory remarks made before they were brought onstage, the endless references to having sex with them, the groping (and infinite attempts made). But I also remember the guilt at how little I had known about it, how blind I had been to the problem.
John Robins, Metro, 7th July 2020Kayode Ewumi interview
The #HoodDocumentary and Enterprice star on devouring everything from Ramy to Donald Glover's dramedy ... via Hollyoaks and TOWIE.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 7th July 2020Review - Comedians: Home Alone Series 1 Episode 6
I really hope the comedians involved have a little more time to create something funnier, as all too often this wasn't close to the level of quality they're normally associated with.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 7th July 2020Interview with editor Gary Dollner
Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Armando Iannucci's editor finds the "human rhythms" of comedy.
IndieWire, 7th July 2020HarperCollins defends David Walliams
HarperCollins has defended David Walliams after food writer Jack Monroe claimed his children's books were "sneering classist fat-shaming grim nonsense".
Mark Chandler, The Bookseller, 7th July 2020Videos
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Al Murray: One Man, One Guvnor
Al Murray returns as The Pub Landlord in this TV edit of his 2014 stand-up DVD, One Man, One Guvnor.