BCG Daily Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Taskmaster's Rosalind appears as Chase contestant
Rosalind, a woman always doing cool stuff / a f***ing nightmare who was the subject of two songs for a task on Taskmaster, appeared as a contestant on yesterday's episode of The Chase.
Lewis Knight, The Mirror, 25th November 2020Book review: No Shame, by Tom Allen
Allen's enjoyable book should provide an invaluable source of inspiration to any young gay readers, hopefully ensuring that feel able to advance to a position where they feel "no shame" themselves.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 25th November 2020Robert Webb sells Peep Show T-shirts for charity
Robert Webb is selling four of the T-shirts he wore when he played dissolute slacker Jez in Peep Show. The money raised will go to the Trussell Trust, the charity that supports those in poverty and campaigns for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th November 2020BritBox shows Rising Damp with racist language warning
Classic 70s comedy Rising Damp will be shown on the BritBox streaming service with a warning that it contains offensive racist language. The ITV series starred Leonard Rossiter as seedy landlord Rigsby, who displays his prejudiced ignorance through racist barbs aimed at a well-spoken black tenant.
Adam Sherwin, i Newspaper, 25th November 2020Tim Key, Dice.FM, review
Gloriously funny, with Key on impish, playful and melancholic form.
Bruce Dessau, i Newspaper, 25th November 2020The Horne Section release a festive track
Alex Horne's band The Horne Section are releasing a festive track, Fiddly Christmas. In it, Horne sings about how the season offers a pause from daily struggles describing, work, school and social problems in the lyrics.
Chortle, 25th November 2020Will Duggan: the comedian packing Amazon boxes
"To call arts freelancers 'lazy' is dangerous".
Marianka Swain, The Telegraph, 25th November 2020Jason Manford reveals he's been robbed
Jason Manford rages 'burglars haven't been furloughed' after break-in outside home.
The Mirror, 25th November 2020Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 2, Episode 26 - Teacher OffMiss Mistry and Mrs Creecher clash over the best way to teach Class 3C about butterflies.
Go Jetters
Series 3, Episode 49 - Puffin Patrol, IcelandThe Go Jetters are going to Westman Islands, Iceland, where the world's largest colony of Atlantic puffins gathers every year.
The Wilsons Save The World
Series 3, Episode 4 - MarrowMike turns the front garden into a vegetable patch, but his joy is shattered when someone steals his produce.
TV Flashback
Series 4, Episode 1 - GenderTudur takes a look at the relationship between men and women in Wales, as he delves into the archives for the funniest television moments on the topic.
The Emily Atack Show
Series 1, Episode 4 - ImageThis week's theme is image, including how to achieve the perfect, some may say deceptive, Insta pic; the good, bad and ugly truths of dieting; and Emily's ongoing battle with her nemesis...
Sarah Keyworth - Are You A Boy Or A Girl?
Series 1, Episode 3 - Clutch BagTonight, Sarah looks back at her experiences at university.