BCG Daily Sunday 30th August 2020
Press clippings
It's no joke to say comedy clubs make our lives better
Comedy is an art form every bit as life-affirming and essential to the human spirit as music or drama or literature. Yet the pandemic has brought it to its knees, threatening the very existence of comedy clubs as essential to the circuit as The Stand.
Joe Hullait, The National (Scotland), 30th August 2020Ruby Wax on finding domestic bliss
American comedian reveals how she found the recipe for domestic bliss by living miles away from her TV producer husband in a tiny house in the countryside.
Louise Gannon, Mail on Sunday, 30th August 2020Review: Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
It seems unfair to measure either of them against each other, but really this was Mortimer's episode. He had one spectacular reverie imagining what his father might have seen last when he died in a car crash. "He'll have seen this container coming towards him - maybe it said Sunshine Peaches on the side?" The irony being "he didn't like peaches... And then bang, tin of peaches," he mimed it landing on his dad's head. Comedy at its absolute hardest.
Camilla Long, The Times, 30th August 2020Comedians make Britain's Got Talent semi-final
Myra Dubois, Steve Royle, Nabil Abdulrashid, Allan Finnegan, Hakan Berg and Jon Courtenay go through.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th August 2020Sandi Toksvig interview
The comedian and activist on the invisibility of women in the public sphere, homophobia and why it was time to leave Bake Off.
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 30th August 2020Joanne Lau interview
Joanne is a Canadian-Chinese writer living in the UK and is absolutely KILLING it. She's had success with basically every writing competition going (including the BBC Writersroom and BAFTA Rocliffe), writes regularly for TV, radio and stage, and somehow also manages to be an actual scientist.
The Comedy Loser, 30th August 2020Videos
TV & radio
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 3, Episode 2 - Paul's Childhood River (River Lea, Hertfordshire)Paul takes Bob to Hertfordshire's River Lea, where Paul fished as a teenager.
Harry Hill's World Of TV
Episode 2 - Medical DramasThe former doctor looks at medical dramas, from Dr Finlay's Casebook through to Emergency Ward 10 and 1975's Angels to Holby City and Casualty.
The Fast Show: Just A Load Of Blooming Catchphrases
Episode 2 - More Blooming CatchphrasesCelebrating even more of the comedy magic that made The Fast Show a roaring success in the 90s. Join Charlie Higson as he visits The Fast Show archives in the vaults of the University of East Anglia.