BCG Daily Monday 14th September 2020

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Sanjeev Kohli

Sanjeev Kohli: how lockdown sent him into depression

Still Game and River City star Sanjeev Kohli revealed his battles with depression two years ago and has found the pandemic to be a bigger struggle than he initially thought.

Paul English, Daily Record, 14th September 2020
Sara Pascoe

Sara Pascoe: the one lesson I've learned from life

Sara Pascoe says DON'T have a backup plan in life.

Richard Barber, Daily Mail, 14th September 2020
Laura Lexx. Copyright: Karla Gowlett

Book review: Klopp Actually by Laura Lexx

This might work better as a toilet book, one that you pick up and read a couple of pages at a time, but anyone approaching it in any other way will probably walk away a little disappointed.

Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 14th September 2020
Al Murray. Copyright: Avalon Television

Al Murray takes a look at the 20th century with Quercus

Quercus will publish Al Murray's look at 20th-century British history, The Last 100 Years (Give or Take) And All That.

Tamsin Hackett, The Bookseller, 14th September 2020
Austentatious. Austentatious

Austentatious announce a return to the West End

The improvised Jane Austen show will have a weekly residency at the Fortune Theatre on Mondays from February 22 to July 27, plus a Mothering Sunday special on March 14 - a total of 23 dates.

Chortle, 14th September 2020
Poppy Hillstead. Copyright: Matt Stronge

Poppy Hillstead leaves Gossipmongers podcast

Comedian Poppy Hillstead has left the podcast Gossipmongers. The podcast in which real gossip is sent in and read out will now be presented by just David Earl and Joe Wilkinson.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th September 2020
Doc Martin. Image shows from L to R: Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz), Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes). Copyright: ITV

Mixed emotions in Cornish village as Doc Martin ends

TV series lured fans from all over the world to Port Isaac, bringing jobs and money, but critics complain it created a circus.

Steven Morris, The Guardian, 14th September 2020
Jason Manford

Jason Manford to star in Death In Paradise

Jason Manford and Kelvin Fletcher have both landed roles in the upcoming 10th series of Death In Paradise. Manford announced the news on his social media channels, along with a snap of Fletcher and himself wearing masks on board a plane flight.

Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 14th September 2020
Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson)

Mr Bean at 30: must-read facts

Rowan Atkinson first brought us his beloved creation Mr Bean to our screens in 1990, so here are 30 must-read facts as he celebrates three decades on-air.

Amanda Killelea, The Mirror, 14th September 2020

The street that changed my life: Sophie Duker

Sophie Duker on Ridley Road: how the Dalston market street was a 'dream come true'.

Paula Akpan, Time Out, 14th September 2020

TV & radio

Go Jetters. Copyright: BBC

Go Jetters

Series 3, Episode 43 - Floating Farms, Bangladesh

Glitch's trip to a funky floating farm becomes a rescue mission on a fast-flowing river.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC
5:25pm
30 min
Horrible Histories. Image shows from L to R: Jalaal Hartley, Jessica Ransom, Tom Stourton, Harrie Hayes, Rachel Cash, Emily Lloyd Saini

Horrible Histories

Series 8, Special - Mayflower Malarkey

The Puritans set sail, Queen Elizabeth I loses a colony, and the Founding Fathers sing!

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
Alice Levine

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 15, Episode 2 - Meeting Eighty-Nine

John Lloyd and Alice Levine are joined by comedian Suzi Ruffell, chef Ainsley Harriott and Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding, who donate a Dutch upright bicycle, the welwitschia mirabilis plant and the Victoria Falls.

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