BCG Daily Thursday 9th July 2020
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Jessica Hynes: No one cares about me
As the dark new BBC comedy returns for series two, its star tells Fiona Sturges she feels lucky to still be getting acting jobs.
Fiona Sturges, The Independent, 9th July 2020Hate law 'may criminalise comedy'
Changes to hate crime laws threaten to criminalise comedians who tell the classic "Scotsman, Irishman and Englishman go to a pub" joke, a leading QC has claimed. Roddy Dunlop, QC, vice-dean of the Faculty of Advocates, said plans to expand legislation to include "stirring up hatred" - as well as more protection for victims of prejudice on the basis of age, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender - could impede free speech.
Arthi Nachiappan, The Times, 9th July 2020Love Sarah review
There are echoes of Fleabag and Richard Curtis in this tale of a mother's attempt to run a bakery that her late daughter was set to open.
Cath Clarke, The Guardian, 9th July 2020Puffin to release collection of Terry Pratchett stories
Puffin is releasing a collection of early stories by Terry Pratchett which he penned during his career as a reporter. The Time-travelling Caveman brings together tales he wrote in the 1960s and 1970s for local papers the Bucks Free Press and the Western Daily Press.
Mark Chandler, The Bookseller, 9th July 2020Disability need not be a punchline
British television and British humour are two worlds that go hand in hand. British comedy television contains many representations of various groups, but disability often meets comedy at an intersection where disabled people sit at the butt of cheap jokes: from the severely sight impaired American cartoon character Mr Magoo to the use of mental health problems for comedic gain in Peep Show.
Bethany Dawson and Tobias Soar, Black on White TV, 9th July 2020David Tennant: "Parenting is often sentimentalised"
As comedy-drama There She Goes returns for series two, the cast and creators explain why unvarnished honesty is central to its story of parenting a child with severe learning disabilities.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 9th July 2020Love Sarah, review
A comedy so desperate to seem progressive that it ends up a Brexiteer.
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 9th July 2020Review: There She Goes
Couple's comedy is heartbreakingly honest about life with a disabled child.
Susannah Butter, Evening Standard, 9th July 2020Jack Whitehall: I'm a dirty secret
Even though he is an A-list comedian and has recently made his first Hollywood movie, Jack Whitehall reckons his posh school considers him its "dirty little secret".
He jokes that he has been erased from its history - unlike another very famous pupil who also attended Marlborough College.
Stuart Pink, The Sun, 9th July 2020QI gives us a glimpse at TV panel shows' strange future
Audience-free episodes of the hit trivia show filmed in March offer a hint at what to expect in the "new normal" - but would we be better off leaving the format behind for now?
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 9th July 2020Scottish actor and comedian Johnny Beattie dies aged 93
National treasure passed away peacefully at hospice.
Gary Flockhart, The Scotsman, 9th July 2020There She Goes review
Sensitive parenting comedy with a spiky edge.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 9th July 2020Netflix or Hill? The stand-ups streaming on NextUp
Bec Hill, Laura Davis and Eshaan Akbar can be watched on this online home for comedy's rising stars and circuit regulars
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 9th July 2020There She Goes series 2 review
It's not always an easy watch, but on its new home on BBC Two, There She Goes deserves to be seen.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 9th July 2020There She Goes, series 2, episode 1, review
Finding hope, humour and joy in the bleakest situation.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 9th July 2020Videos
TV & radio
ReincarNathan
Series 2, Episode 1 - CatNathan Blakely was a popstar, but he died and was reincarnated - as a pet cat. But there's a catch - he has to live in the home of his actual granny. Nathan was a terrible grandson when he was a human. But now he's a cat, will he learn how to be loyal and kind? And will he ever it make it back to human again?
TV Flashback
Series 3, Episode 2 - AdventureTudur Owen is on a quest for adventure as he picks through another selection of funny and fascinating clips from the past 50 years of Welsh TV, featuring everything from bucking broncos and medieval warriors to Hawaiian hula girls.
QI
Series R, Episode 7 - RevolutionsSandi Toksvig quizzes the panel on a few revolutionary ideas, with Alan Davies, Gyles Brandreth, Susan Calman and Jessica Fostekew going round the houses trying to come up with a decent answer.
There She Goes
Series 2, Episode 1 - Speech And LanguageRosie starts to say the word mama, raising hopes that her communication might finally take off.