BCG Daily Friday 7th January 2022
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Liz Kingsman - One-Woman Show review
Liz Kingsman skewers the 'messy woman' with deliciously disorientating defiance.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 7th January 2022Comedy's ones to watch for 2022
Promoters pick their most-tipped acts.
Chortle, 7th January 2022The comedy duo finding the funny in astrophysics
For the last four years, astronomers Catherine Heymans and Joe Zuntz have been mining their research for comedy routines. Ahead of their appearance at the Hebridean Dark Skies Festival, they speak to Andrew Eaton-Lewis about dark matter, the vastness of the universe and who has the prettiest maps.
Andrew Eaton-Lewis, The Scotsman, 7th January 2022Romesh Ranganathan heckled with vile racist abuse during gig in shocking clip
Romesh Ranganathan was reportedly subjected to vile racial abuse from a woman during his comedy gig at London's Hammersmith Apollo on Thursday night. The comedian, 43, was forced to stop the show and apologise to other audience members as the woman stood up from the crowd and heckled him, with the star forced to ask security to intervene.
Felicity Cross, The Sun, 7th January 2022Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show, review
Fleabag affectionately and exquisitely torn limb from limb.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 7th January 2022Joel Dommett: I am not rich but for the first time I am not poor
"If you are on television, people assume you are wealthy, very rich. I am not rich but for the first time in my life I am not poor, and that s**t is well exciting."
The Sun, 7th January 2022Ricky Gervais: People are sick of celebs virtue signalling
HIS withering seven-minute opening monologue as host of the Golden Globes two years ago was enough to make even the most self-assured celeb's knees tremble. "They're trying to get through this and start again. I don't think anyone's even been invited. It's not even a ceremony. You can't predict anything in this world. They could come back stronger than ever and be loved again or it could be the last one."
Andy Halls, The Sun, 7th January 2022Videos
TV & radio
The Train At Platform 4
Episode 1 - CoffeeIt's day one of a new franchise and train manager Sam has high hopes for their maiden voyage, even if the new bosses insist her role is to 'enhance the onboard travel experience'. But the marketing team's offer of free coffee for ALL customers soon threatens to derail the smooth running of the service. Meanwhile passengers struggle to escape the clutches of the automatic toilets...
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Series 5, Episode 5 - If Not For YouJohn is still mounting nightly patrols to try and catch the village lurker and it's a nasty surprise when their identity is finally revealed.
The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected
Series 10, Episode 1This week Mark has a sparkling line up of guests, each with incredible stories from the past year. Grant Stott shares some hot backstage gossip from his new role in River City, Chris Barron from hit 1990s band The Spin Doctors tells a cracking story from touring with one of the biggest bands in the world, and Rachel Jackson has landed the acting role of her life, but not everything is as it seems.
Horrible Histories
Series 9, Episode 7 - Foul FeastingHorrible Histories serves up the history of foul feasting, from Stone Age lentils to Queen Victoria's anti-fart bread.
The News Quiz
Series 107, Episode 2This week Andy Zaltzman is joined by Alice Fraser, Chris McCausland, Katie Perrior and Ahir Shah. They look at the smallprint on Keir Starmer's 'contract with Britain', rate Boris Johnson's new look, and discuss Novak Djokovic's double fault.
TV Flashback
Series 6, Episode 1 - MysteriesNew host Kiri Pritchard-McLean rewinds through the BBC archive to unearth the most entertaining moments in Welsh TV. This time she's uncovering the mysteries of Wales. It's a journey into the world of ghosts, UFOs and unexplained phenomena with a side helping of magical gnomes for good measure.
Would I Lie To You?
Series 15, Episode 1Rob Brydon is back in the host's chair for the award-winning comedy panel show, with Lee Mack and David Mitchell returning as team captains. Sorting the fact from fiction this week are guests John Cooper Clarke, Judi Love, Chris McCausland and Caroline Quentin.
QI
Series S, Episode 9 - 'S' AnimalsJoin Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Cally Beaton, Jamali Maddix and Josh Widdicombe for a look at animals which begin with the letter S.
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 21 (Channel 4: Series 22), Episode 1Jimmy Carr hosts as Roisin Conaty and Kiri Pritchard-McLean take on Jon Richardson and Rob Beckett. Comedian Huge Davies is in Dictionary Corner. Regular Countdown mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent are on hand to adjudicate.
The Graham Norton Show
Series 29, Episode 14 - Denzel Washington, Martin Freeman, Josh Widdicombe, Nina Sosanya, James MorrisonDenzel Washington pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman, Martin Freeman says he was happy to get away with his scouse accent in Liverpool, Nina Sosanya talks about auditioning, Josh Widdicombe reveals how terrifying his new series is, and James Morrison performs live in the studio.