BCG Daily Monday 25th October 2021
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Review: Graham Norton Show, Jonathan Ross Show
Reviews of The Graham Norton Show (3 stars) and The Jonathan Ross Show (2 stars).
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 25th October 2021Alex Horne's honest playlist
Taskmaster's creator is happy to belt out a tune when fronting the Horne Section. But what's on his stereo when there's no one around to judge him?
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 25th October 2021Stath Lets Flats cast on making the cult cringe comedy
Jamie Demetriou's estate agent sitcom is starting to change how we speak. Ellie Harrison talks to Demetriou and stars Katy Wix, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Al Roberts and Ellie White about the return of the show with the let's-make-every-line-funny philosophy.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 25th October 2021Comedy Club stages table tennis tournament
The Moth Club and promoters Knock2bag are to stage the first ever table tennis tournament featuring not professional table tennis players but comedians. Comics Ray Badran and Sam Campbell are putting on the tournament on Sunday November 7th at the east London club. With commentary from Ray and Sam, plus Mark Silcox as the umpire and Freddie Meredith as the ball boy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th October 2021US remake for Friday Night Dinner, US Mum in the works
The US remake of Friday Night Dinner has been given the green light. And plans are also afoot to reshoot an American version Mum with Roseanne and Big Bang Theory star Laurie Metcalfe in the title role originally played by Lesley Manville.
Chortle, 25th October 2021Joe Lycett vs The Oil Giant review
Taking Shell to task, or just silly laughs?
Ben Dowell, The Times, 25th October 2021Joe Lycett brands Twitter a nasty place full of trolls
The 33-year-old comedian loves social media and spends "too much time on it", however, he is becoming dismayed with Twitter because it is full of trolls and people attacking one another. Joe's social media platform of choice is now Instagram.
Female First, 25th October 2021Double BAFTA win for Rhod Gilbert
He was named best presenter for Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience, which also won for best factual series in the BAFTA Cymru awards.
Chortle, 25th October 2021Sanjeev Bhaskar on possible Sandylands season 3
"We'd love to do it again".
David Craig, Radio Times, 25th October 2021Dara O Briain announces new tour: So... Where Were We?
At the end of his last tour, Dara had performed the show Voice Of Reason 180 times, over two years across 20 countries, from Auckland to Reykjavik, from Moscow to New York; and by March 2020 he was ready for a break! He would now like to apologise for saying that and will never wish for anything like that again.
Off The Kerb, 25th October 2021Interview: Ola Labib
We caught up with Ola to talk about the final, starting out in comedy and why representation matters...
Funny Women, 25th October 2021Sh!t-faced Showtime announces A Pissedmas Carol
Combining cast members from Sh!t-faced Showtime and Sh!t-faced Shakespeare, A Pissedmas Carol is the all singing, all boozing alternative Christmas knees-up we all so desperately needed after the last year and a half of Zoom calls, Tiger King and bloody banana bread. Miserly Scrooge and his classic coterie of employees, relatives and ghosts travel through time having the night of his life - but will Scrooge be merry before the end?
Theatre Weekly, 25th October 2021Jen Ives called a "nonce" at LGB Alliance conference
Comedian and bisexual trans woman Jen Ives was called a "homophobic nonce" and a "f**king pervert" while attending the conference of charity LGB Alliance.
Vic Parsons, Pink News, 25th October 2021Matt Berry comments on transphobic IT Crowd episode
In an interview with Vulture, Berry denounced the episode: "I don't condone anything that that comedy portrayed, you know? I don't share any views that the writer has."
Sam Moore, The Independent, 25th October 2021TV review: The Outlaws, BBC One
There are a few cliches - the central casting council estate gang for example - but this is a very watchable, very surprising addition to Stephen Merchant's post-Office CV.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th October 2021Steve Coogan eerily transforms into Jimmy Savile
Steve Coogan fans may be left cold by his uncanny likeness to vile paedophile Jimmy Savile who he has been transformed into for a new BBC drama.
Seamus Duff, The Mirror, 25th October 2021BBC under fire for booking Fin Taylor on HIGNFY
The clever clogs over at BBC HQ have decided it's appropriate to rebook a comedian who, last time out, made jokes about blowing up Jeremy Corbyn supporters for a cheap laugh.
Roderick McPhee, The Sun, 25th October 2021The Outlaws review
It's a wonder no one thought of this before. Community service is a perfect premise for a sitcom: an opportunity to mix up characters from all walks of life in a situation they can't get out of... at least not until their sentences are served.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th October 2021The Outlaws review
Christopher Walken runs riot in brilliantly silly crime comedy.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 25th October 2021The Outlaws review
Christopher Walken does community service in slightly naff misfit comedy.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 25th October 2021The Outlaws, BBC1, review
Stephen Merchant's sitcom tries too hard not to be The Office.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 25th October 2021Tim Minchin: Back review
A show for the diehard Tim Minchin fanbase as his seven-piece band crash into proceedings with verve and clatter.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 25th October 2021The Outlaws review
Star-studded Stephen Merchant series is Walken in a cringe comedy wonderland.
Harry Fletcher, Metro, 25th October 2021Matt Berry interview
Matt Berry plays men who do not fit in this world, who are either too dumb to know that or too self-involved to care.
Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 25th October 2021Watching Last Of The Summer Wine for the first time
I watched an episode of Last Of The Summer Wine for the first time and I have a lot to say about it.
Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 25th October 2021What To Watch review
What To Watch, 25th October 2021Daily Mail review
Daily Mail, 25th October 2021Heat Magazine review
Jason Arnopp, Heat Magazine, 25th October 2021Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
Justin's House
Series 5, Episode 1 - Papering PandemoniumJustin make a terrible mess of the newly redecorated house.
Scream Street
Series 2, Episode 6 - The ToothfairyA spell to turn Resus into a real vampire requires the dust from a tooth fairy, but this being Scream Street, all the tooth fairies are 100 per cent lethal.
Scream Street
Series 2, Episode 7 - Cabin In The WoodsLuella is furious when her camping trip with BFF Cleo is gatecrashed by Six, but she has bigger problems when Cleo mysteriously goes missing.
The Museum Of Curiosity
Gallery 16, Episode 2 - Meeting Ninety-SixJohn Lloyd and Holly Walsh welcome Swedish-Chinese comedian Evelyn Mok, beard historian Dr Alun Withey and writer of The Queen's Gambit and Don't Look Now Allan Scott to the museum.
The Aberystwyth Stand-Up Show
2021, Episode 1Tadiwa Mahlunge, Cerys Bradley, Leila Navabi and Tudur Owen in a night of stand-up comedy from the Aberystwyth Comedy Festival, hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
The Goes Wrong Show
Series 2, Episode 4 - The Cornley Drama Festival Part 1A different sort of show this week, as Chris asks each cast member to put on their own performance in order to head off a coup.
The Outlaws
Series 1, Episode 1Seven strangers from vastly different walks of life begin Community Payback sentences, renovating a derelict building in Bristol. But a criminal mistake will unite these people in ways they had thought impossible.
Sandylands
Series 2, Episode 1After waking up on a deserted beach, Emily and Les arrive home to find her estranged mother, cruise ship entertainer Donna Vegas, standing in the lounge. Emily must decide if she can trust her mum with their secret or if she is just here for the money.
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
Series 5, Episode 1Frankie Boyle and his panel discuss supply chain problems and billionaires venturing into space.