BCG Daily Saturday 15th August 2020
Press clippings
Is it time for canned laughter to return to TV?
An artificial laugh track hasn't been used for decades, but with Covid making studio audiences impossible it could be a useful tool.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 15th August 2020
Tributes paid to Anthony Goodrick
It has been reported on social media that Anthony Goodrick has died. Tony was well known to anyone who was ever involved in the annual NATYS New Act of the Year competition which started out at the Hackney Empire in the 1980s and recently returned there after taking place at various venues around London.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th August 2020
Russell Brand criticised for 'mansplaining feminism'
Russell Brand has been criticised for posting a video asking whether Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's new music video is "a feminist masterpiece or porn".
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 15th August 2020
Ruth Jones interview
Ruth Jones may have chosen a different direction to her Gavin & Stacey co-creator James Corden - but she too has found success and contentment.
Louise Gannon, The Telegraph, 15th August 2020
Harry Enfield 'splits from wife of 23 years'
The 59-year-old comedian has been married to 57-year-old fashion designer Lucy Lyster since 1997 - but their romance is said to be all over and he's moved out of their London home.
Seamus Duff, The Mirror, 15th August 2020
Diane Morgan's dimwitted big-dreamer is comedy tonic
I'm not sure if it's the constant gurning, shiny puffer jacket that screams "flammable" or the gravity-defying vertical hairdo, but Mandy Carter is a woman I cannot stop watching.
Sara Wallis, The Mirror, 15th August 2020TV & radio
10:30am30 min
You're Dead To Me
Series 1, Episode 2 - Josephine BakerGreg Jenner is joined by historical expert Dr Michell Chresfield and comedian Desiree Burch to travel to 1920s Paris to meet the phenomenal Josephine Baker, a renowned performer and entertainer in Paris, a civil rights activist and even a spy during the German occupation of France.
9pm90 min
We Love...
Episode 1 - We Love Gavin & StaceyA celebration of Gavin & Stacey, featuring cast, crew and celebrity fans, revealing a world of back-stage insight into the production of the comedy series.