BCG Daily Monday 24th January 2022
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Lazy Susan: the BBC3 comedy duo heading to Hollywood
The double act have their own sketch show on the relaunched BBC Three - and now the movies are calling.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 24th January 2022Fern Brady on comedy, autism and intrusive thoughts
Her scathing, surreal standup wowed audiences - and when she was diagnosed as neurodivergent, it started to make more sense to her, too.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 24th January 2022Tom Allen to co-host Bafta red carpet show
The comic and AJ Odudu have today been announced as co-presenters of the streamed programme on Sunday March 13.
Chortle, 24th January 2022It's official! Ricky Gervais declares he is finally vegan
Comedian and animal rights advocate Ricky Gervais announced on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show that he is finally vegan after years of being meat-free.
Molly Pickering, Vegan Food & Living, 24th January 2022Jamie Demetriou's moment has arrived
With another brilliant season of Stath Lets Flats under his belt and a massive new Apple TV+ comedy series set to solidify his place in the US comedy scene, Jamie Demetriou is making big moves in 2022.
Joel Golby, GQ, 24th January 2022Mark Watson: This Can't Be It review
The comedian's enthused discursiveness is a joy.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 24th January 2022Ricky Gervais on After Life scene that still makes him cry
He said the scene "still chokes me up" despite watching it 70 times.
Will Lavin, NME, 24th January 2022Nicholas Lyndhurst builds bumper £3m fortune as he denies retiring
Nicholas Lyndhurst has built up a huge £3million bank balance, latest accounts reveal. Over the weekend Nicholas was forced to deny he'd retired from acting.
Dan Cain, The Sun, 24th January 2022US version of Ghosts given second series
The American version of Ghosts has been renewed for a second season on the CBS network.
Trevor Kimball, TV Series Finale, 24th January 2022Woman made false claims about TV comedy director Misha Manson-Smith
An advertising executive falsely claimed she was stalked and filmed by a three-time BAFTA nominated TV comedy director, a court has heard.
Daily Mail, 24th January 2022Still Game's Methadone Mick appears in giant street art
Still Game character Methadone Mick has appeared in a street art mural in a Glasgow lane.
Paige Beresford, The Scottish Sun, 24th January 2022Sundance Film Festival 2022 review: Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande is a warm and emotionally intelligent picture that tackles its themes of sex and self with an unwavering honesty.
Culture Fix, 24th January 2022Brian And Charles review
Take the dry comedy of Aardman Animation. Bring it into live-action. Throw in a reclusive, quirky inventor and his makeshift robot made out of junk. Mix for roughly 90 minutes, and you've got Brian And Charles.
Ethan Anderson, Slashfilm, 24th January 2022Brian And Charles review
With such an off-the-wall crowd pleaser of a film, this is almost certainly only the beginning.
Patrick Gibbs, Slug Mag, 24th January 2022Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
The Unbelievable Truth
Series 27, Episode 3David Mitchell is joined by Alan Davies, Lucy Porter, Lou Sanders and Justin Edwards as the panel talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as beds, marsupials, blood and Jackie Chan.
Guessable?
Series 3, Episode 3 - Darren And The Funny One From FriendsSara Pascoe and team captains Alan Davies and Darren Harriott welcome guests Shaun Ryder, Nick Helm, Sindhu Vee and Melvin Odoom into the loft to play guessing games.