BCG Daily Saturday 19th March 2022

The day Coventry students 'kidnapped' Frankie Howerd

What a Carry On it was during Rag Week back in the 60s.

Simon Evans on how Brexit caused 'damage' to comedy

Simon Evans, has never been shy of discussing current affairs - even presenting GB News' newspaper preview show Headliners. But in an interview on The Argus Podcast, the 56-year-old said while impossible to avoid in a stand-up routine, politics has created a "divisive" atmosphere within comedy.

Holding review - it's all 40 shades of paddywackery

Almost everything about the production seems custom-built to pander to the dated preconceptions of an overseas audience.

Simon Farnaby interview

Screenwriter Simon Farnaby describes Maurice Flitcroft's underdog status as "Eddie the Eagle times a thousand".

Red Nose Day raises £42m

More than £42.7m has been raised in Comic Relief's latest Red Nose Day broadcast, with a host of stars taking part in sketches and stunts.

Holding review

So, Graham Norton... is this a crime drama or a comedy?

Olivia Cooke & Synnove Karlsen in running to replace Sabrina Bartlett

Actresses Synnove Karlsen and Olivia Cooke are said to be in the running to replace Sabrina Bartlett in ITV's The Larkins.

Bartlett, 30, quit this year as eldest Larkin daughter Mariette in the latest Darling Buds Of May adaptation.

NHS nurse acts as surrogate for Tom Davis and his wife

Tom Davis and his wife who were told they would never be parents have had a baby after one of their NHS nurses offered to act as a surrogate....

Red Nose Day 2022 - being funny for money never looked so bleak

Laughs across the stamina-sapping telethon were few and far between - if only they'd let Stephen Fry swear.

The Phantom Of The Open tries just that little bit too hard

Coming dangerously close to depicting Flitcroft as some sort of Cumbrian Forrest Gump, it's a tick-and-teeth-driven performance that seems to have been assembled from bits left over from performances he's given before.