BCG Daily Monday 6th September 2021

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This Way Up. Aine (Aisling Bea). Copyright: Merman

This Way Up: chaotic coming-of-age black comedy

There's nothing two dimensional about this beautifully layered, hilarious and romantic post-breakdown comedy.

Natasha Sholl, The Guardian, 6th September 2021
Alma's Not Normal. Alma Nuthall (Sophie Willan)

Sophie Willan turning her chaotic life into sitcom gold

She won a Bafta for Alma's Not Normal - and that was just the pilot episode. As the full series launches, the ex-standup talks about growing up in care, getting the comedy bug in Ibiza and finally hitting the big time.

Emine Saner, The Guardian, 6th September 2021
John Fleming

Can you be taught how to be a stand-up comedian?

Is there any point studying comedy for an academic qualification? Someone asked that in an online comedy forum for comedians and wannabe comedians last week. It wasn't and won't be the first or last time the question is asked. My reaction is - admittedly as a non-performer - absolutely not.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th September 2021
Roy Chubby Brown

Campaign for Roy Chubby Brown to perform after gig axed

A campaign has been growing in support of controversial comic Roy Chubby Brown performing following the news that a planned gig in Sheffield has been cancelled.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th September 2021
Ed Gamble

Ed Gamble joins Great British Menu

Ed Gamble is to be one of the judges on the next series of BBC Two's cooking challenge show Great British Menu.

Chortle, 6th September 2021
David Baddiel

David Baddiel on fame, faith (and football)

The comedian, author, presenter and playwright -- still best known for that footie song -- talks to Sathnam Sanghera before his appearance at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Sathnam Sanghera, The Times, 6th September 2021
Funny Women Awards

Funny Women stage award ones-to-watch revealed

We've announced our 2021 Funny Women Stage Award sponsored by Sky Studios finalists and now it's time to share with you the 10 comedians who made our 2021 Ones to Watch list!

Funny Women, 6th September 2021
Titania McGrath. Copyright: Lisa Graves

West End run for Titania McGrath

This October, radical intersectionalist poet and Twitter activist Titania McGrath (Alice Marshall, created by Andrew Doyle) infiltrates the very heart of the establishment in London's West End on a mission to spread her message of feminism, social justice and armed peaceful protest.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th September 2021
Roy Chubby Brown

Banning Chubby Brown only makes him free-speech martyr

The veteran comedian, once among Britain's most popular, has been barred from a Sheffield venue. But who does the decision really benefit?

Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 6th September 2021
Jason Manford

Jason Manford on cancel culture, complaining & steak

"Fundamentally, the people who come to comedy nights and go to comedy clubs aren't the same people who are cancelling people for telling jokes and are complaining on Twitter."

News Chain, 6th September 2021
Benjamin Bello

Whose job is it to deal with aggressive comedy punters?

Benamin Bello, aka President Obonjo, has a close shave on stage.

Benjamin Bello, Chortle, 6th September 2021
John Challis

John Challis cancels tour after secret health battle

Only Fools And Horses favourite John Challis has cancelled a speaking tour due to ill health. The TV star, 79, had started his 30-date spoken word tour, but was told to stop after completing just one date.

Stephen Moyes & Sarah Grealish, The Sun, 6th September 2021
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Phoebe Waller-Bridge leaves Amazon's 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'

Multiple sources confirmed to Variety that Waller-Bridge has left the project due to creative differences with fellow star and executive producer Donald Glover.

K. J. Yossman, Variety, 6th September 2021
Jarred Christmas

The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show review

Jarred Christmas's human cartoon antics and Hobbit's virtuoso microphone skills jolly the crowd along - but the show wasn't as interactive as billed.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 6th September 2021
Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just a Minute, review

Radio 4's much-loved show will be just fine with new host Sue Perkins.

Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 6th September 2021
Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Image shows from L to R: Phill Jupitus, Simon Amstell, Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey wasn't invited back to Buzzcocks

In an interview published in this week's Radio Times magazine, Bailey, who became a regular panel series from its eleventh series onward, was asked if he had been asked to return. "No, I wasn't," he said. "Or maybe I was and I missed the email! Perhaps I was learning the Charleston that week. I guess they want a new intake. I don't mind. I did more than a hundred shows, so I think I got my fix of Buzzcocks."

Lidia Molina-Whyte, Radio Times, 6th September 2021
James Corden

James Corden spotted filming at Cambridge hotel

Gavin & Stacey star James Corden was spotted shooting scenes for the new series of Mammals in Cambridge this weekend.

Cambridge News, 6th September 2021

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

CITV
5pm
15 min
The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

Series 2, Episode 15 - Funnyfins

Dave's pet goldfish returns from the dead to wreak havoc.

Still So Awkward. Copyright: Channel X North

Still So Awkward

Episode 7 - Hot Sauce

Lily spends the day in character as a Russian aristocrat, Seb tries to live on £5, Frankie is determined to wear too-small boots, Jeff breaks Samson's invention and Josh gets mad.

CITV
5:15pm
15 min
The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

Series 2, Episode 16 - Waterworks

The water in the Spuds' flat is off, and having not had a bath in weeks, Dave is sent down to the basement to find the problem. There Dave stumbles across fellow stinker Josh Gnarly, who invites him to join his skating gang the NeverCleans. The NeverCleans have one motto - they skate and they stink.

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 87, Episode 1

In her first episode as chairperson, Sue Perkins challenges guests Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Daliso Chaponda and Jan Ravens, to talk without hesitation, deviation, or repetition. This episode was produced using remote recording technology, with the audience joining from their homes all over the world.

Bravo Two Charlies. PC Dennis Babb (Martin Trenaman). Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Bravo Two Charlies

Series 3, Episode 1 - Boat

It's Sgt Price's annual highlight: Speed Trap Day and escorting a super-yacht as it travels across north Wales turns out to be rather less than routine.

Ghosts. Image shows from L to R: Pat (Jim Howick), Julian (Simon Farnaby), Captain (Ben Willbond), Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), Thomas (Mathew Baynton), Lady Button (Martha Howe-Douglas), Kitty (Lolly Adefope). Copyright: Monumental Pictures

Ghosts

Series 3, Episode 5 - Something To Share?

When the ghosts try to sabotage Alison's makeshift therapy session for Kitty, they unwittingly face their own demons. And Mike's desire to see the ghosts yields surprising results.

Comedy Central
9pm
60 min
Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson. Suzi Ruffell. Copyright: Rumpus Media

Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson

Series 2, Episode 6

Jon gives his take on the world's wildest TV, with Suzi Ruffell and Judi Love. Featuring US reality show Best Funeral Ever, Suzi's TV obsession, and a televisual trip to Egypt.

Absolute Radio
11pm
5 min
Shaun Keaveny

Rockanory

Episode 1 - Status Quo And The Kangaroo, Part 1

In the 1970s, in the Australia outback legendary rock combo Status Quo's tour bus hit a kangaroo. What happened next (as they say) will shock you.

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