BCG Daily Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Janey review
Behind-the-scenes doc shows stand-up at her hilarious and heartfelt best.
Cath Clarke, The Guardian, 13th March 2024Glasgow Comedy Festival: Susie McCabe is still challenging the 'status quo'
Susie McCabe will admit that she's "anything but relaxed" before a show, but there is something particularly special about her upcoming gigs.
Adam Robertson, The National (Scotland), 13th March 2024Ed Patrick month - interview - taking a show on tour
All this month we are talking to the comedian Ed Patrick. Last year he took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm and he is also currently on his debut tour around the United Kingdom which runs until May. Today we find out all about what it is like being a comedian and hitting the road.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 13th March 2024Cluedo 2 review
This is a show that gets better as it goes on.
Jennie Eyres, The Reviews Hub, 13th March 2024VAULT Festival fails to secure funding for new home and announces closure
VAULT Creative Arts, the charity behind VAULT Festival, have announced the closure of VAULT Festival and the cancellation of plans for their new London home, after failing to secure the funding required to continue.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th March 2024Paul O'Grady left staggering amount in will - including £125k to beloved pets & huge sum to Battersea Dogs Home
He also gave £50,000 to the Salvation Army, whom he'd been a lifelong fan of as a result of them helping the needy in his native Liverpool when he was growing up.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 13th March 2024I am not an elderly white man. But you'd think so from my taste in TV comedy
Rising Damp, Only Fools And Horses, The Morecambe And Wise Show... I love them all, even though they haven't aged well.
Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, The Guardian, 13th March 2024Phil Wang to host the BAFTA Games Awards
Wang will present the show in London on 11 April.
Tom Richardson & Mitch Mansfield, BBC, 13th March 2024Jessica Fostekew review
Powerhouse comic Jessica Fostekew shows us her mettle in her brand new hour of stand-up.
Emma Sullivan, The Skinny, 13th March 2024Marjolein Robertson review
Shetland storyteller Marjolein Robertson delights with Marj, her Selkie tale come-to-life.
Polly Glynn, The Skinny, 13th March 2024The Cambridge Footlights, Leeds Tealights and the Oxford Revue reviews
The three comedy troupes lead to great variety - in punchlines, performances, and quality.
Sarah Jean Abernethy, Varsity, 13th March 2024Chris Turner: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The British musical comedian shares the comedy songs he grew up listening to, including Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Monty Python and Spike Milligan.
Chris Turner, The Guardian, 13th March 2024Friday Night Dinner's Goodmans are the perfect horrible comedy family
With Series 6 finally on Netflix, Robert Popper's terrific sitcom is being revisited and discovered anew.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 13th March 2024Mae Martin to host new documentary exploring gender and sexual fluidity in nature
The non-binary Canadian comic will front Fluid: Life Beyond The Binary, a documentary delving into the factual background of gender fluidity, while meeting with gender non-conforming youth and experts.
Amelia Hansford, Pink News, 13th March 2024Has Daisy May Cooper found The One after 'Mumsnet divorce' & flings?
From discovering her ex was cheating through a magazine to a disastrous romantic holiday, the actress has been through the mill.
Emma Pietras, The Sun, 13th March 2024Lenny Henry was my childhood hero. Comic Relief without him is unthinkable
The star is about to take his final bow - and in our age of bland BBC identikit presenters, he is going to be impossible to replace.
Ben Lawrence, The Telegraph, 13th March 2024Marjolein Robertson: who are all these nerds watching my videos?
The comedian, whose relationship with the truth got her banned from editing Wikipedia, is amazed so many like her educational sketches on the Shetland dialect.
Ashley Davies, The Times, 13th March 2024Videos
Podcasts
TV & radio
So Awkward Academy
Episode 9 - Charity SingleMiss Marmaduke holds a charity single competition, and Cranmede's musicians discover they are not in tune.
Janey Godley: The C Bomb
Series 2, Episode 2 - It Was Acceptable In The 70sAs she lives in limbo between life and death, Janey shares her polemical take on living with terminal cancer, mining every moment for comedy gold with daughter Ashley by her side.
DMs Are Open
Series 3, Episode 3 - BreakingStevie Martin is back again to break open a load more sketches and one liners written by the Great British public.
The Skewer
Series 11, Episode 5This week - Slide to the Right, Cars-tian Horner, and That Photo of Kate.