BCG Daily Saturday 22nd January 2022
Press clippings
BBC classic shows edited for race and sex slurs in archives
The BBC is quietly editing classic radio comedies to remove racially insensitive and politically incorrect jokes as the corporation grapples with changing audience expectations. Repeats of shows including Dad's Army, Steptoe And Son and I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again on BBC Radio 4 Extra have been altered, sometimes to remove entire sketches. Edits have been made to programmes over several years to remove content likely now to be considered racist or misogynistic. The changes were documented by an anonymous Radio 4 Extra listener, who bemoaned them as "woke cuts".
Jake Kanter, The Times, 22nd January 2022Review: Oxfordshire Mind Comedy Gala is rude but funny
It's certainly has been a weird old time since we last convened in the Beaumont Street auditorium for the Oxfordshire Mind Comedy Gala, and it was indeed good to be back, with performances from Angela Barnes, Rosie Jones, Esther Manito, Jamie D'Souza, Chelsea Birkby and compere Alex Farrow.
Tim Hughes, Oxford Mail, 22nd January 2022Fans sue Universal Pictures over film without Ana de Armas
Two US fans of Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas have sued Hollywood studio Universal Pictures, saying they were duped into renting the film Yesterday because she was in the trailer.
BBC, 22nd January 2022Nicholas Lyndhurst 'retires from TV' after son's tragic death
A pal claimed the comedy legend, 60, has taken a step back from acting after son Archie was killed by a brain haemorrhage aged just 19 in 2020.
Mary Gallagher, The Sun, 22nd January 2022Rob Beckett says 'ITV are p***ed off with me' over Masked Singer
The 36-year-old comedian has kept fans guessing in recent days by insisting he Traffic Cone.
Jamie Downham, The Sun, 22nd January 2022Mark Watson, ArtsDepot review
Watson's gently amusing routine took a while to get going as he riffed on whether he's achieved enough in life.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 22nd January 2022Videos
TV & radio
Fighting Talk
Series 19, Episode 23Sports broadcaster Holly Hamilton, writer and football journalist John Cross, broadcaster Martin Kelner and comedian Kae Kurd join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.