BCG Daily Thursday 17th September 2020
News
Press clippings
Clement & La Frenais: It's no woke! We censor ourselves
Likely Lads creators Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais reveal how 'cancel culture' forced them to think again about their work.
Rob Crossan, The Daily Express, 17th September 2020The Thursday Murder Club tops e-book chart
Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has charted top of the Bookstat e-book top 10 in its second week on sale, rising from third to score an across-formats double, after its hardback claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market.
Kiera O'Brien, The Bookseller, 17th September 2020Naomi Cooper interview
Naomi Cooper on live audiences, pyjamas at work and the 2020 Funny Women finals.
Blizzard Comedy, 17th September 2020National Theatre to reopen with pantomime
Only one pantomime has ever been performed on a stage at the venue when a production of Cinderella was put on in the Lyttelton Theatre in 1983. It is now to return for one year only with a new version of Dick Whittington as a way to "celebrate and honour panto's place at the heart of British theatre", according to the venue. Writers Jude Christian and Cariad Lloyd said it would be filled with "irreverent jokes, talking animals, awesome songs, and wholesale destructive silliness".
BBC, 17th September 2020Duker 'killing white people' joke sparks 42 complaints
Comic's misjudged 'joke' has received 42 complaints to regulator Ofcom. Furious Tory MP has slammed BBC for airing 'racially-motivated murder' joke.
Jack Wright, Daily Mail, 17th September 2020New 10 o'clock curfew hits Newcastle Stand
The new lockdown measures in the north-east of England have dealt another blow to the comedy industry with The Stand Club in Newcastle having to cancel some of its upcoming shows while the latest temporary restrictions closing venues at 10pm are in force.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th September 2020Katie Green: Funny Women Awards 2020 finalist interview
Interview with Funny Women Awards finalist Katie Green.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 17th September 2020Charlotte Ritchie: 'I feel so lucky to be in Ghosts!'
Charlotte Ritchie reveals all about the spooky thrills to come in the second series of Ghosts.
Caren Clark, What's On TV, 17th September 2020Jayde Adams on making women's voices heard in comedy
'I made that happen, didn't I? I think they are an abomination and they've set feminism back 50 years.' Comedian, actor and television presenter Jayde Adams is talking about the cancellation of Keeping Up With The Kardashians and, although her first sentence is a joke, she's deadly serious about the sisters who have seemingly grown up believing women's looks are the most important aspect of their lives, and have passed that distortion on to millions of girls all over the world.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 17th September 2020Matt Berry interview
"I wanted to do a simplified recording project, unlike a lot of albums in the past which have included lots of instruments, lots of overdubs, sometimes experimental song structures," says the 46-year-old.
Duncan Seaman, The Yorkshire Post, 17th September 2020Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Go Jetters
Series 3, Episode 46 - Go Jet Academy: Dream Team TroubleUbercorn and Glitch have to team up when they get stuck at the most remote place on Earth.
So Awkward
Series 6, Episode 8 - SingletoniaFed up of being excluded by her coupled-up friends, Lily decides to break them up.
A League Of Their Own
Series 15, Episode 5Dina Asher-Smith, Adam Peaty, Tom Davis, and Joel Dommett join the teams.
Live At The Apollo
The One About..., Highlights Special - ShoppingThis time around, Michael McIntyre, Kerry Godliman, Kevin Bridges, Sarah Millican, Rhod Gilbert, Shappi Khorsandi, David O'Doherty and Kae Kurd offer their thoughts on shopping.
The Russell Howard Hour
Series 4, Episode 2Russell unpicks the new 'rule of six'; chats to queen of Grime, Lady Leshurr; and mulls over Life Lessons with his favourite performers.
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
Series 4, Episode 3Sara Pascoe, Miles Jupp, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Dr Isabelle Millar are the guests joining Frankie Boyle.
The Skewer
Series 2, Episode 1We look at the new COVID-19 regulations, how the BBC is dealing with it's comedy being too left-wing by hiring the late Bernard Manning to appear on Mock the Week, Donald Trump dreams that Black Lives Matter goes away, and Nigel Farage is the new star of Baywatch.