BCG Daily Friday 4th June 2021
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When this comedy launched two years ago, I called it 'filthy but funny'. The foul language has been dialled down a notch. Not so filthy now -- and still funny.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 4th June 2021Dream Horse review
A celebration of community that feels natural.
Dulcie Pearce, The Sun, 4th June 2021Dream Horse review
Cinemas are open, so the feel-good Brit comedy is back.
Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 4th June 2021Feel Good Series 2 review
Unpacking the intensity of falling in love, the pain of addiction and the nervous excitement of building a career, Feel Good's second series is a near-perfect continuation of its funny and thought-provoking story.
Alicia Lansom, Refinery 29, 4th June 2021Feel Good Series 2 review
Mae Martin's queer love story is a deadpan delight.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 4th June 2021Dream Horse and the Cefn Fforest community
The heartwarming story of how a South Wales community trained a Welsh Grand National-winning racehorse comes to the big screen today.
Nicholas Thomas, The National (Wales), 4th June 2021Feel Good Series 2 review
BAFTA-nominated 'sadcom' tackles millennial angst with verve.
Catherine Gee, The Telegraph, 4th June 2021Mrs Brown's Boys tour dates announced
Mrs Brown D'Live Show...Encore Tour will now take place in June and July 2022 with all tickets remaining valid for the rescheduled dates.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th June 2021Sex Education star confirms Series 4 discussions
Aimee Lou Wood, who plays Aimee Gibbs in Sex Education, has confirmed that she's already in discussions for season four - which has yet to be officially announced by Netflix.
Flora Carr, Radio Times, 4th June 2021Barbara Windsor's 'Carry On Camping' bikini auctioned
The famous bikini worn by the late Dame Barbara Windsor in Carry On Camping is going up for auction. The chartreuse cotton towelling bikini is being sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions and is estimated to fetch between £800 and £1,200.
Robin Perrie, Press Association, 4th June 2021Comedy is back in business at Preston's brand new club
After spending more than 14 months off-stage due to the Covid-19 pandemic, comedian Steve Harris has become the resident host of Preston's brand new comedy club, the ROFL Club.
James Holt, The Lancashire Evening Post, 4th June 2021Intelligence: predictable yet pleasurable comedy
Series two of the GCHQ-set farce, starring David Schwimmer, treads familiar ground.
Suzi Feay, The Financial Times, 4th June 2021Feel Good Series 2 review
Mae Martin's queer romcom is sublime.
Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 4th June 2021Brighton Fringe review - Siblings and Sami - The Warren
A fantastic wayward mix of idiot and further idiot Siblings are ones to watch; the future of UK sketch comedy. Or, at the very least, simply two funny women pratting around making an audience thoroughly tickled by their antics. Either way the result is a joy to behold.
Simon Topping, The Reviews Hub, 4th June 2021Feel Good Series 2 review
Introspective comedy-drama achieves closure with many belly laughs amid the soul searching.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 4th June 2021Steve Coogan dedicates This Time to late nephew Will
A touching tribute was left at the end of the BBC's This Time With Alan Partridge series on Friday night.
Dianne Bourne, Manchester Evening News, 4th June 2021Review: Orlando Gibbs - Shane Warne Odyssey
In 2013 Orlando Gibbs spent a brief car journey with Australian cricketing spin bowling legend, Shane Warne. Gibbs was driven to his home to tutor Warne's then partner's (Elizabeth Hurley) child. This comedy show is not exactly that story, but a larger, fabricated, tale of what may have happened if Warne and Gibbs were hounded on the trip by a vengeful tabloid press and the paparazzi.
Simon Topping, The Reviews Hub, 4th June 2021Mae Martin and Charlotte Ritchie interview
Mae Martin and Charlotte Ritchie are trying to explain the new series of their comedy drama Feel Good, and they're struggling.
Tom Nicholson, Esquire, 4th June 2021Comedy club responds to inaccurate TripAdvisor review
The host of a Blackpool comedy club has published a cutting response to a one-star reviewer who went to the wrong venue.
Rachel Howarth, Lancs Live, 4th June 2021Videos
TV & radio
No More Jockeys
Set 4, Episode 1 - Set 4, Game 1We enter the fourth set, with the match currently standing at two sets to Alex Horne, none to Tim Key and one to Mark Watson. Key to play...
Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop
Series 6, Episode 6 - Policing CovidIn this show Alfie and his audience cops tackle the issues around policing Covid.
The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected
Series 8, Episode 6In the last of the series, Mark is joined by the Reverend Kate Bottley who shares many a tale from behind the lectern, Farmer Jim Smith celebrates the birth of his first daughter and Hal Cruttenden reveals just how badly he's coped with lockdown.
The News Quiz
Series 105, Episode 8Andy Zaltzman is joined this week by Andrew Maxwell, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Alex Massie and Ria Lina.
Have I Got News For You
Series 61, Episode 9Aisling Bea takes to the host's chair for her programme debut. Ian and Paul are joined by comedian and actor Roisin Conaty & BBC newsreader and the recently-announced new host of Mastermind, Clive Myrie.
This Time With Alan Partridge
Series 2, Episode 6A special regal edition sees a member of the Royal family welcomed to the studio. But can Alan maintain his dignity in the face of a career-defining setback?
The Last Leg
Series 22, Episode 1Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are joined by celebrity guests Rob Beckett and Sara Pascoe for a comic review of the significant moments of the past seven days.