BCG Daily Sunday 24th October 2021
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How Stephen Merchant took comedy to the dark side
Mix a hard-nosed businessman, a left-wing activist and a cocaine-fuelled social media star and you don't exactly have a foolproof-sounding recipe for friendship. But Stephen Merchant's latest TV series The Outlaws isn't quite what it seems. It features a group of disparate characters thrown together to complete community service.
Emma Saunders, BBC, 24th October 2021Review: The Shark Is Broken, Ambassadors Theatre
The Shark Is Broken was a hit in Edinburgh in 2019 and has taken a while to open in London for obvious reasons. It has been worth the wait though.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th October 2021Is Hapless UK's answer to Curb Your Enthusiasm?
The writer, who financed the show himself, tells how he was at a low ebb before Netflix took on uncompromising series.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Observer, 24th October 2021Jack Dee, psychotherapist: comic solves your problems
Jack Dee has launched a new career as a therapist. None of his clients ever return for a second session...
Jack Dee, The Times, 24th October 2021Phill Jupitus takes part in Gullane exhibition
A group of Scottish artists, as well as famous comedian Phill Jupitus, have joined forces for a collage-inspired art exhibition in Gullane.
Caitlin Johnston, East Lothian Courier, 24th October 2021Joe Lycett vs The Oil Giant, Channel 4, review
A lowbrow but effective stand against greenwashing.
Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 24th October 2021Reviews: The Shark Is Broken; The Good Life
Seventies throwbacks are all the rage.
Quentin Letts, The Sunday Times, 24th October 2021Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant, review
A protest that was a waste of time and energy.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 24th October 2021Jack Dee: Depression counsellors laughed in my face
Having recently turned 60, grumpy Jack Dee isn't about to start getting in touch with his feelings or fitting in with the woke kids. In an exclusive interview, he blasts the lack of tolerance among a self-appointed minority trying to cancel humour.
Due to theatres being shut during the pandemic, Jack was unable to perform stand-up - so he used the time to write a book satirising life coaches. In What Is Your Problem?, he takes on the role of therapist and dreams up characters who write to him with very modern dilemmas.
Grant Rollings, The Sun, 24th October 2021Joe Lycett Vs The Oil Giant review
The comic and self-styled consumer champion turns his attention to the 'eco-friendly' face of the fossil fuel behemoth. Is he virtue signalling? Yes - but it's hard not to be impressed.
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 24th October 2021TV & radio
The Confessional
Series 2, Episode 3 - Ed ByrneStand-up comedy star, actor and hill walker Ed Byrne is escorted into Stephen Mangan's booth of shame where they discuss faulty memory, cleverness and revenge fantasies.
The Larkins
Series 1, Episode 3 - In Which Pop And Ma Go On HolidayMa, worried that Pop is working too hard, books a weekend in Margate, where they meet a young couple who don't appear to be too happy on the eve of their own weeding. Back at home, Tom takes Mariette out on a date.
The Ranganation
Series 4, Episode 4Romesh and his outspoken and passionate focus group will be joined in the studio by guests Richard Osman and Harriet Kemsley.
Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
Special - Joe Lycett Climate InvestigationAhead of the COP26 climate change summit, Joe Lycett takes on one of the world's most powerful companies - Shell - as he investigates whether its eco-friendly advertising really paints the right picture of a corporation that still drills a huge amount of oil and gas. Joe meets climate experts and attempts to engage Shell in his own uniquely fearless fashion, before deciding to make his own version of their ads and tries to get his parody broadcast on national television.
Sorry, I Didn't Know
Series 2, Episode 4Jimmy Akingbola hosts the panel show, with Kemah Bob, Sara Pascoe, Shazia Mirza and Verona Rose joining team leaders Chizzy Akudolu and Judi Love to answer questions about black history.