BCG Daily Thursday 20th August 2020
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Gavin Mitchell: virus rules impossible in Clansman
Gavin Mitchell reckons Isa would have scuppered social distancing policy as he tells of real-life fears for Scotland's entertainment industry after lockdown.
Paul English, Daily Record, 20th August 2020Mo Gilligan joins Series 2 of The Masked Singer UK
The BAFTA-winning comedian steps in to replace Ken Jeong on the panel and joins Davina McCall, Rita Ora and Jonathan Ross when the hit ITV show returns in 2021.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 20th August 2020Simon Bird considers a return to stand-up
The Friday Night Dinner star started as a sketch performer and stand-up while at Cambridge University - where he was runner-up in the Chortle Student Comedy Award - before being propelled to fame in The Inbetweeners.
Chortle, 20th August 2020Emily Atack has made £500k in nine months
Emily Atack has made £500k in nine months after her I'm A Celeb stint and landing a sketch show and stand-up tour.
Funny girl Emily, 30, banked a six-figure profit at her performing arts company Twin Soul nearly two years after she appeared in the jungle series.
Mary Gallagher, The Sun, 20th August 2020Tania Edwards: streaming is no substitute for audience
Lockdown has been cruel to comics. Our clubs are closed. A few places are opening tentatively, promising the kind of under-attended, socially distanced gigs most of us haven't seen since our first Edinburgh Festival. We'll take them, of course. Our loved ones insist. They can't listen to any more jokes. This has been unbearable for them too.
Tania Edwards, Metro, 20th August 2020Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists named
The finalists have been named in the week the final should have taken place at the Edinburgh Fringe. Details of what form the final will actually take will be revealed once we know them!
Chortle, 20th August 2020Laura Lexx on imagining marriage in her new book
"It was fun to write sexy literature about domestic actions that make you feel tingly."
Blizzard Comedy, 20th August 2020Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing preview
Shallow waters run deep in this heartfelt programme.
Chris Harvey, i Newspaper, 20th August 2020Mandy viewers left 'vomiting' after wee gag
A scene in which Mandy wees in a wine bottle and drinks the contents made some viewers feel sick.
Jack Pusey, The Sun, 20th August 2020Alexis Dubus' fantasy album tracklisting
The rules are simple(ish): they can't repeat an album, and to just make it that little bit more interesting they have to use the same track number from another album. Dubus' choices cover Kate Bush, The Smiths and Chris Morris's Blue Jam.
Fran Jolley, Reyt Good Magazine, 20th August 2020Videos
TV & radio
So Awkward
Series 6, Episode 4 - Possession ObsessionMartha and Ollie go head to head to win custody of Edison, a cuddly lightbulb.
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
Episode 3 - Playing Pool With PlanetsA look at the real and invented science that has marked out Red Dwarf as truly unique for over 30 years. Plus, the main cast about just how special Red Dwarf has been to them.
A League Of Their Own
Series 15, Episode 1Jamie Redknapp, Freddie Flintoff and Romesh Ranganathan take the helm for the fifteenth series of sports-based trivia, challenges and laughs. In the first episode of the series, it's Rom taking the helm as the host, keeping a sleepy eye on team captains Jamie and Freddie. Joining Jamie will be three-time Grand Slam winner and two-time Olympic gold medalist Andy Murray and Countryfile presenter Helen Skelton, while Freddie's team consists of comedians and friends of the show Rob Beckett and Jimmy Carr.
Live At The Apollo
The One About..., Highlights Special - RelationshipsThis episode features classic routines about relationships from John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Phil Wang, Ellie Taylor, Ed Byrne and more.
Mandy
Series 1, Episode 3 - RussianNothing less than the future of the world as we know it is at stake in this thriller set in the cloak-and-dagger world of international geopolitics.
Semi-Detached
Episode 3Stu's extended family take a ferry trip to scatter the ashes of a loved one at sea. Whilst looking for his diarrhoea medication in his car, Stuart discovers a stowaway, some class A drugs and pornography prohibited by maritime law.
Squeamish About
Episode 3 - LondonFrom the Great Fire to the Blitz, jellied eels to Howard Westend, after whom the West End is named, Squeamish offers some distinctive opinions on Britain's capital and the people who live there.
In The Long Run
Series 3, Episode 5Valentine takes Kobna to Tilbury Docks to pick up his special shipment of records from West Africa and DJ the arrival party for the sailors.