BCG Daily Sunday 11th October 2020
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BGT fInal recap: Courtenay winner but was Nabil robbed?
'I couldn't help feeling that viewers were voting for their own experiences over the past seven months'.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 11th October 2020Bill Bailey: Strictly partner shouldn't pull punches
The comedian has revealed that he's looking for a Strictly partner "who's going to keep pushing" him to be his ballroom best.
Lauren Morris and Grace Henry, Radio Times, 11th October 2020Lynn Ruth Miller interview
Lynn Ruth Miller, 87, says: "STOP COMPLAINING! Just go out and do it!"
John Fleming's Blog, 11th October 2020Sue Perkins interview
The comedian and presenter on dealing with nerves, Bake Off and why she's made a drama about Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand.
Kate Kellaway, The Observer, 11th October 2020Spitting Image return shows how toothless UK satire is
Satirists should lampoon the powerful - but the real bile is now reserved for those on the margins.
Nesrine Malik, The Guardian, 11th October 2020How Gina Yashere got her big break from a Google search
Gina Yashere has told how she slogged away around the American comedy circuit for years - only to get her big break when a Hollywood bigwig googled 'Nigerian female comic' to help him with a show.
Chortle, 11th October 2020TV review: Spitting Image; Urban Myths
Reviews of the new Spitting Image and of Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure.
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times, 11th October 2020Alex Horne on how to win at Taskmaster
The comedian coaches Stephen Armstrong in how to do well at his Bafta-winning, very silly game show.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 11th October 2020Nicholas Lyndhurst being comforted by David Jason
Caring Sir David Jason has been comforting his former Only Fools And Horses co-star Nicholas Lyndhurst in the wake of his son's death, Sun Online can reveal.
Alex Winter, The Sun, 11th October 2020BGT winner Jon Courtenay says £250k prize is a lifeline
Britain's Got Talent winner Jon Courtenay says his £250,000 prize is a lifeline after Covid-19 left him out of work and in debt.
The singing comic, 47, had to rely on his overdraft to get his family through lockdown.
Thea Jacobs, The Sun, 11th October 2020BGT's Jon Courtenay won by a landslide
Britain's Got Talent's official voting figures have revealed that singing comedian Jon Courtenay won last night's final by a landslide - despite fan backlash.
The new figures show that Ant and Dec's Golden Buzzer act won the series with a staggering 35.7% of the final vote, which was split between all 10 finalists.
Sign Along With Us reached second place with 15.3%, and fellow top three member Steve Royle got 14.1%.
Stephanie Soteriou, The Sun, 11th October 2020Amber Phillips interview
As gigs came to a standstill, I knew that I had to find another outlet for my creativity.
The Comedy Loser, 11th October 2020