BCG Daily Friday 10th September 2021
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Review: Comedy Greats - Laurel & Hardy
Children today, once they get accustomed to the strangeness of the pre-war clothes and the flickering black-and-white film, will still find their surreal antics hilarious. Bring back Stan and Ollie!
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th September 2021Asa Butterfield and Ncuti Gatwa on Sex Education 3
As the Netflix phenomenon returns, its stars and creator talk new relationships, morals and how Covid has changed the way we think about intimacy forever.
James Mottram, i Newspaper, 10th September 2021Phil Wang on racist heckling and Asian stereotypes
Phil Wang talks to Sathnam Sanghera about Empire, racism and his surprising defence of Seventies sitcoms.
Sathnam Sanghera, The Times, 10th September 2021Mathew Baynton on Ghosts, clowning and his inner poet
Actor Mathew Baynton says he is aware of the stereotype, but the truth is that he was an attention seeking child whose most formative memory was "being jealous and aggrieved that I didn't get a proper role in the Nativity."
Harry Bennett, Royal Television Society, 10th September 2021The snobbery of Roy 'Chubby' Brown's critics
In a few hours' time, comedy fans in Sheffield will take to the streets in protest. Their cause? Not Brexit, or climate change, but the decision to ban Roy 'Chubby' Brown from performing a gig in the city.
Andrew Tettenborn, The Spectator, 10th September 2021Review: The Cleaner
In Man Down, he created one of the most stupidly funny - and underrated - sitcoms of recent times. But Greg Davies new BBC One project, The Cleaner, is - ironically enough - a messier mix of laughs and drama.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th September 2021Review: Olga Koch, Soho Theatre, W1
The audience was thoroughly entertained, there's no absolutely zilch debate about that and I'd happily recommend that you run out and buy a ticket. In fact Koch probably left the audience wanting more. I also wanted more. But specifically more about Koch's unique perspective on the UK. If she wanted that odious black non-EU passport so much there must surely be an entire one hour show in there itching to get out.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th September 2021James Corden 'granted temporary restraining order'
James Corden has reportedly been granted a temporary restraining order against a woman the presenter claims wants to marry him.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 10th September 2021Nick Park reveals Wallace & Gromit statue in Preston
Oscar-winning animator Nick Park has said he felt "very proud" as he unveiled a bronze statue of his much-loved duo Wallace and Gromit in his birthplace Preston.
BBC, 10th September 2021Protest held to support Roy Chubby Brown in Sheffield
Protesters took to the steps of Sheffield City Hall this morning to make their voices heard over the decision to cancel the Roy "Chubby" Brown gig in the city.
Adam Fowler, ITV, 10th September 2021The Cleaner star Greg Davies hints at Series 2 plans
"I don't want to tempt fate, but I would love to continue with it."
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 10th September 2021Ed Gamble ties the knot
Ed Gamble has married his fiancée Charlie Jamison - in front of the creme of the comedy circuit.
Chortle, 10th September 2021Local Hero phone box in Pennan to be kept in service
A phone box made famous by the film Local Hero is to be kept in service, Aberdeenshire Council has said.
BBC, 10th September 2021Roy 'Chubby' Brown protest draws just 20 people
The modest but vocal rally met in the city centre today, Friday, September 10, wearing masks of the foul-mouthed comedian's face and dressed in his signature checkered suit and goggles. They carried banners to the town hall and blared 'we want Chubby' on a megaphone.
Alastair Ulke, The Sheffield Star, 10th September 2021Greg Davies leads a dark and curious comedy
The Cleaner (BBC One) is a strange creation, and - while intriguing - it may turn out to be an acquired taste.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 10th September 2021The Cleaner review
Greg Davies is brilliantly funny in intriguing crime scene sitcom.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 10th September 2021The Cleaner review
Strange and tonally disparate, I hoped for more from Greg Davies' black comedy.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 10th September 2021Paul O'Grady: Woke would have cancelled Lily Savage
"People say to me, 'Would you do Lily again?' And I say, 'Good God no, I wouldn't last five minutes'. It's just the things that she comes out with. It's a different time now."
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 10th September 2021The Cleaner, review
Once you get past scenes of Helena Bonham Carter defecating, Greg Davies's anarchic sitcom develops into something genuinely moving.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 10th September 2021Ian Hislop & Adam MacQueen on 60 years of Private Eye
Private Eye is celebrating 60 years in print next month. The secret to its success is apparently simple: its unique formula of jokes and journalism, or "spoofs and scoops" as the Eye team would have it.
Freddy Mayhew, The Press Gazette, 10th September 2021I talk to Sophie Willan
"With the industry being as it is, people need to put you within a context that they've already seen and understand ...then you can evolve that and do it your own way."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 10th September 2021Lynn Ruther Miller obituary
Lynn Ruth Miller, journalist and teacher who overcame illness and unhappy marriages to find a new life in her 70s as a hit stand-up comic at the Edinburgh Festival
The Telegraph, 10th September 2021Kiell Smith-Bynoe interview
The Ghosts, Stath Lets Flats and Man Like Mobeen actor on the things that make him laugh the most.
The Guardian, 10th September 2021Greg Davies interview
Greg Davies gives us the lowdown on his new star-studded BBC show The Cleaner.
Laura Jane Turner, Digital Spy, 10th September 2021Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
No More Jockeys
Set 4, Episode 14 - Set 4, Game 15Mark has taken us to the bridge following last week's victory. He is now just one game behind Tim and Alex, for whom victory today will result in a set point. Will they get it, or will Watto level the set? With guest Lianne Coop.
The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected
Series 9, Episode 2This week Mark is joined by a queen of Scottish comedy, Karen Dunbar, who establishes herself as a queen of Abba too. Also on the show, news man Martin Geissler shares his story about meeting the most famous man in the world, and Pippa Evans learns the hard way that whisky is a sipping drink.
The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud
Series 2, Episode 23 - Tiny ProblemIt is Anna's birthday and the Spuds have planned a seaside picnic - when Dave's party food shrinks them all to the size of mugs, the Spuds must adapt and find a way for the celebrations to still go ahead.
The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud
Series 2, Episode 24 - ElectrogranDave makes a weathervane in his metalwork class at school and tests it on the roof of Grimsby Heights - things go well until his assistant, Gran, gets struck by lightning. Charged with electrical powers, Dave must run Gran down like a battery before she causes too much mischief.
The News Quiz
Series 106, Episode 2Andy Zaltzman is joined by Mark Steel, Olga Koch, Athena Kugblenu and Scott Bennett, as they look at the National Insurance tax hike, the new Texan abortion laws, the Taliban's all male cabinet, Gavin Williamson and Jeff Bezos's investment in a life-extension company.
The Cleaner
Series 1, Episode 1 - The WidowCrime scene cleaner Wicky heads to the suburbs to "cleanse" a particularly grizzly murder. However, he finds himself continually getting interrupted by people unexpectedly dropping in on the crime scene - including a mysterious, heavily armed woman.
Big Age
Comedy pilot following four young black-British friends in the "big age" era of their lives. Sade Layode has turned 25, quit her job to be a writer and decided to tell her friend Zeke how she really feels - all before 10am. When free-spirited Dela, prescribes a day of decadent distraction to celebrate turning "twenty-thrive", Sade's quickly on board. Bumping into her old crush wasn't in the plan, but that meeting alongside a chance encounter with an icon are just a few of the twists and turns that lie in store for her.