BCG Daily Tuesday 28th July 2020
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Nish Kumar on missing the Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh's cancelled. So why am I still dreaming about performing naked there?
Nish Kumar, The Guardian, 28th July 2020The sisters who became ferociously funny comedy duos
When you've shared jokes since childhood, you can be brutally honest with each other. Flo & Joan and Ruby Wax's daughters, Maddy and Marina Bye, on becoming family double acts.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th July 2020Sky Arts to become free to watch from September
Director Philip Edgar-Jones says channel's mission is to 'champion and celebrate creativity'. The channel has been home to original comedy programmes like Psychobitches and documentaries such as Comedy Legends with Barry Cryer.
Mark Brown, The Guardian, 28th July 2020TV review: The Young Offenders
The Young Offenders are certainly guilty - of being funny.
Stevie Gallacher, The Sunday Post, 28th July 2020Bill Bailey reveals how one woman shaped him
Comic, musician and writer Bill, 55, reminisces on his 2011 Sonisphere performance and reveals the influence who inspired him.
The Daily Express, 28th July 2020Daily Mash publisher swells its coffers
The company behind spoof website Daily Mash has doubled its cash balance in six months.
Chortle, 28th July 2020Comedy in the Courtyard, BAC review - al fresco gags
Short season of outdoor gigs opens, with performances from Iain Stirling, Luke Kempner, Glenn Moore and Steff Todd.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 28th July 2020EdFringe listings open
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has opened registration for a new listings platform for events taking place online for the time when EdFringe 2020 would have taken place, August 7 - 31.
Thom Dibdin, All Edinburgh Theatre, 28th July 2020Aardman 'Life in Lockdown' captures pandemic fears
A new animated short uses the struggles of people in lockdown to raise awareness of wild animals in captivity. Aardman Animations and Engine have made Creature Discomforts: Life in Lockdown for the Born Free Foundation.
BBC, 28th July 2020David Walliams has 4th week on top of bestseller charts
David Walliams and Tony Ross' The World's Worst Parents (HarperCollins Children's) has notched up a fourth week as the UK Official Top 50 number one, selling 22,993 copies through Nielsen BookScan's TCM.
Kiera O'Brien, The Bookseller, 28th July 2020Slapstick Festival online events during August
Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of silent and classic comedy is adding a choice of celebrity-led live online events to the series of archive treasures it has been sharing via its YouTube channel since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020Review: The Young Offenders, Episode 3.2
If nothing else good comes out of the pandemic at least there is a chance that more people will see The Young Offenders.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020Katie Pritchard launches clothes range
Award-winning comedian Katie Pritchard has discovered a new career in art during lockdown. Initially offering to create her trademark "Crap Art Portraits" of your photos from just £5 (which you can still purchase via her Ko-Fi page). And now Katie has decided to go ahead and ruin T-Shirts and Jumpers too with her fun artwork under the title "Katie PritchArt", which launches this week.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020David F Ross' comic novel adapted for online drama
David F Ross' novel The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Vespas is to be adapted for an online production, airing on 30th July.
Ruth Comerford, The Bookseller, 28th July 2020Videos
TV & radio
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 2, Episode 12 - The Abominable ShowmanJJ is torn between Blamjitsu with the yeti, and helping the Dinmakers write a school song.