BCG Daily Tuesday 30th March 2021
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Lenny Henry urges black Britons to get Covid vaccine
Sir Lenny Henry has written an open letter urging black Britons to take the Covid-19 vaccine.
BBC, 30th March 2021BBC Four to become archive channel
Overhaul means channel will no longer commission original content but will broadcast performances.
Lucy Campbell, The Guardian, 30th March 2021TV comedy needs to stop being cruel
The funniest shows on TV are often the most generous - so when did 'gentle' become such a dirty word asks sitcom writer Jan Etherington?
Jan Etherington, The Telegraph, 30th March 2021I watched Fawlty Towers for the first time
Neha Gohil wasn't expecting much but was soon laughing out loud.
Neha Gohil, My London, 30th March 2021Sir Lenny Henry: 'We don't want anybody else to die'
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, the comedian and actor said: "There's a disproportionate amount of black people dying... the vaccine is our way out".
BBC, 30th March 2021Rosie Jones interview
'I hope disabled people can see me on TV and think: if she can do it, I can do it'
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 30th March 2021Paintball Massacre review
Splatterhouse horror with scattershot acting.
Leslie Felperin, The Guardian, 30th March 2021Mike Wozniak on Taskmaster will see me through lockdown
Forget the vaccine, inject TV's silliest panel show directly into our veins.
Mark Beaumont, NME, 30th March 2021Luminaries of Lockdown: part two
Here's our second-round up of the luminaries of lockdown, some of the streaming gigs, social media feeds, podcasts and more who have done so much to provide laughs over the past 12 months.
Chortle, 30th March 2021Ian Wolf writes comedic book about comic book artists
Comedy.co.uk's Ian Wolf, who also works as a manga (Japanese comic) critic, spent lockdown writing a comic (as in "funny") book about his favourite comic (as in "graphic novel") artists, the all-woman group CLAMP, entitled CLAMPdown. Now he is searching for a publisher - by releasing one chapter per year on Twitter (@clampdownbook) until a publisher picks him up, or the entire thing is published online for free. As it stands, this would end in 2038, but it could become longer if CLAMP create any new works during that time.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th March 2021TV Review: Grave New World
There's been many a time where I've wondered if any good comedy could come from the pandemic, and whether or not it was something that I wanted to be reminded of while watching TV, but Stuart Laws and all of the other comedians involved in this series have managed to generate an enormous amount of hilarious moments without it ever being in poor taste or potentially causing upset to anyone.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 30th March 2021TV & radio
Reluctant Persuaders
Series 4, Episode 5 - Have A BreakIt's lunch hour at Hardacre's, and Joe is trying to be mindful.
Fortunately... With Fi And Jane
Series 1, Episode 12 - Gained In Translation With Elif ShafakJane Garvey and Fi Glover are joined by the writer Elif Shafak. The Turkish author and activist shares her thoughts on issues affecting us around the world and provides an insight into her writing process.