BCG Daily Saturday 16th October 2021

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Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Daisy May Cooper

Book extract: Daisy May Cooper on creating This Country

'We cleaned by night and wrote by day'.

Daisy May Cooper, The Guardian, 16th October 2021
This Country. Kerry Mucklowe (Daisy May Cooper). Copyright: BBC

Daisy May Cooper interview

'It's like I'm flypaper for embarrassing myself'.

Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 16th October 2021
Robert Webb. Copyright: BBC

Robert Webb to carry on dancing after quitting Strictly

Strictly star Robert Webb plans to carry on dancing despite quitting the show. Sources close to the Peep Show star say he wants to continue his journey as a dancer.

Mary Gallagher, The Sun, 16th October 2021
Peter Kay

Peter Kay makes £2.7m in a year and is now worth £35m

Peter Kay is worth a whopping £35million and makes £2.7m in a year - despite quitting fame.

The comic, 48, ploughed millions into new investments, accounts for his companies reveal.

Amy Brookbanks & Amanda Devlin, The Sun, 16th October 2021
Eric Morecambe. Copyright: BBC

Harpenden culture centre named after Eric Morecambe

The son of one of the UK's best-known comedians says it is "a privilege and an honour" to have a new culture centre named after his father.

BBC, 16th October 2021
Josh Widdicombe

Josh Widdicombe interview

'My wife and I are discussing whether we want our children to grow up in Zone 2'. The comedian on daring wall colours, student life in Manchester and his childhood on Dartmoor.

The Times, 16th October 2021
Julian Clary

Julian Clary book extract

Wherever life has taken him, com­edian Julian Clary has always had a dog by his side. And now in his new memoir the star pays homage to the four pets who have been there for him throughout his life.

Julian Clary, The Mirror, 16th October 2021

Videos

TV & radio

BritBox
9am
22 min
Spitting Image

Spitting Image

Series 22 (BritBox Series 2), Episode 6

Kanye West comes face-to-face with Xi Jinping and Prince Harry sends Tom Cruise on a new mission. As William Shatner goes into space, Boris Johnson goes on holiday and Dominic Raab meets The Queen.

BBC Radio 5 Live
11am
60 min
Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 19, Episode 10

Former GB badminton player Gail Emms, broadcaster Steffan Powell, The Vixen 'Chaser' Jenny Ryan and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV
9:35pm
45 min
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line-Up. Paul O'Grady

Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line-Up

Episode 6

Paul puts questions, scenarios and dilemmas to Rupert Everett, Danny Jones, Catherine Tyldesley and Martin Kemp, who must arrange themselves from best to worst correctly to match the order the British public have put them in.

The Deirdre O'Kane Show. Image shows from L to R: Bill Bailey, Deirdre O'Kane, Catherine Bohart

The Deirdre O'Kane Show

Episode 1

Deirdre is joined by world-renowned comic and Strictly champion Bill Bailey along with the hysterical Catherine Bohart and the incredible house band Abandoman for a night of big laughs.

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