BCG Daily Sunday 13th September 2020
Press clippings
Billy Connolly: I can't perform the way I used to.
Sir Billy Connolly has revealed his terrible moments of stage fright and the fear he couldn't think of anything funny.
Deborah Anderson, The Herald, 13th September 2020TV review: Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club, ITV1
A heck of a lot packed into a thirty-minute slot. An hour would've been so much better.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th September 2020Simon Evans: Funny and right? That'll be me then
Lampooning pomposity, whether it be from left or right, is the only real job of a comic on the BBC.
Simon Evans, The Observer, 13th September 2020Katherine Ryan: Alpha Female
Katherine Ryan, creator and star of The Duchess, shares what it means to bring a good mum and a bad person to the small screen.
Katherine Ryan, Netflix Queue, 13th September 2020Katherine Ryan: daughter is the reason for 'zero' sex
Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan, 37, plays the lead in new Netflix sitcom The Duchess.
Here, the mum of one reveals the effects lockdown had on her sex life with husband Bobby Kootstra.
Molly Reynolds, The Sun, 13th September 2020Adam Kay announces new dates with gala for NHS staff
Adam Kay returns to the live stage with his hit show This Is Going To Hurt as the Apollo Theatre reopens its doors to a socially distanced audience after six months dark.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th September 2020Sixty seconds with Ben Bailey Smith
The actor and comic, 42, on Ricky Gervais, his big sister Zadie Smith and his role in killer new ITV drama Des.
Sue Crawford, Metro, 13th September 2020That's [not] funny! Ideology and the judgment of Jokes
New research shows how leftists and rightists judge jokes differently.
Craig Harper Ph.D., Psychology Today, 13th September 2020Tony Slattery interview
Tony Slattery is to reveal details about his battle with bipolar disorder and drug addiction in a tell-all memoir.
Olivia Buxton, The Daily Express, 13th September 2020Sophie Dutton interview
"I have a dark side I'd like to explore!"
The Comedy Loser, 13th September 2020Videos
TV & radio
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 3, Episode 4 - Brown Trout (River Test, Hampshire)Paul and Bob fish for brown trout on the beautiful river Test in Hampshire.
Harry Hill's World Of TV
Episode 4 - Police DramasHarry looks at police dramas, from Dixon Of Dock Green through to Z Cars, Softly Softly to The Sweeney, The Bill and Line Of Duty.