BCG Daily Sunday 10th October 2021
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Press clippings
Blake Harrison interview
The actor is known for starring in the hit Brit show The Inbetweeners but now he avoids being the 'dumb Cockney in a comedy' at all costs. As his new play opens in London, he talks to Isobel Lewis about whether Neil and co have aged well and how he's moved on with the help of MMA fighters.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 10th October 2021Oliver Selby interview
"I never thought I'd end up writing for kids, but I really do love it."
The Comedy Loser, 10th October 2021Gina Yashere interview
"I buy a property whenever I get a chunk of money."
John Wright, The Telegraph, 10th October 2021Victoria Coren Mitchell interview
The writer, presenter and professional poker player on taking part in Taskmaster, her pub quiz dilemma and a life surrounded by comedians.
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 10th October 2021The Larkins review
Bradley Walsh is a perfick Pop in ITV's Darling Buds Of May reboot.
Helen Daly, Radio Times, 10th October 2021The Larkins review
It is the kind of production that the new secretary of state for culture, Nadine "Mad Nad" Dorries would greatly approve of, mainly because it is precisely the kind of opioid atavistic tosh she churns out in her novels. It's a sort of Brexit Television, set in a post-war green and pleasant England that never was and never will be, but for which so many feel an overwhelming nostalgia (and so much so that they're prepared to vote in their millions for a better yesterday).
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 10th October 2021The Larkins review
Ian Hyland says ITV's The Larkins is not stuck in the past but has been revived to have a modern feel with plenty of diversity - that's the next five Sunday nights sorted.
Ian Hyland, The Mirror, 10th October 2021Rob Beckett reveals secret mental health battle
The comic, 35, writes in his autobiography about his secret mental health battle after feeling 'it would be better if I was dead'.
Stuart Pink, The Sun, 10th October 2021The Larkins review
ITV remake is the perfick warm hug we desperately need on Sunday nights.
Charlotte Manning, Metro, 10th October 2021The Larkins review
There's nothing 'perfick' about this clumsy remake.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 10th October 2021Emily Atack on social media trolls
The TV star says that the social media trolls who torment her are often husbands and fathers. 'They put their daughters to bed, then go online and send me rape threats'.
Liam Kelly, The Times, 10th October 2021Videos
TV & radio
The Confessional
Series 2, Episode 1 - Olivia WilliamsThis week Stephen meets and listens to the confessions of British and Hollywood screen actor Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense, The Crown).
The Larkins
Series 1, Episode 1 - In Which We Meet The Larkin FamilyExcited and busy, plans for the approaching May Day Fair are under way in the village but everything is not as peaceful as it might be in the Larkins' world.
The Ranganation
Series 4, Episode 2Jon Richardson and TV chef Nadiya Hussain talk Salt Bae, Facebook's system outage, and judge the Ranganation's baking contest.
Sorry, I Didn't Know
Series 2, Episode 2Eddie Kadi, Stephen K Amos, Kojo Anim and Bethany Black join Jimmy, Chizzy and Judi in the studio.