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BCG Daily Monday 7th April 2025

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The Rebel. Anthony Hancock (Tony Hancock). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL

"Unfailing ability to cheer me up": why The Rebel is my feelgood movie

There is something rather wonderful about seeing Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock in full and living colour, operating at the height of his powers, the man who his writers described as "the best comic actor in the business".

Andrew Pulver, The Guardian, 7th April 2025
Ed Night. Credit: Rebecca Need-Menear

Ed Night on his most memorable gigs

Ed Night is taking his latest stand-up show The Plunge on tour from next month, having attracted a slew of great reviews at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. Here he shares some of his most memorable gigs...

Ed Night, Chortle, 7th April 2025
This Way Up. Aine (Aisling Bea). Copyright: Merman

Aisling Bea says second series of This Way Up was "tough to make"

Aisling Bea says a third series of her BAFTA-winning comedy-drama is unlikely to come to fruition after having a "tough time" writing the second series, in which she also stars alongside Sharon Horgan.

Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 7th April 2025
Sketch Off! 2025. Image shows left to right: David Hardcastle, Sam Eley. Credit: Steve Ullathorne

Sketch Off! review

We're a long way from Live At The Apollo and interchangeable telly panel shows here, and I mean that in the best possible way.

James Walsh, Morning Star, 7th April 2025

Videos

TV & radio

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
One Person Found This Helpful. Frank Skinner. Credit: BBC

One Person Found This Helpful

Series 2, Episode 6 - The Slippery Dancefloor

Frank Skinner and guests Phil Wang, Marjolein Robertson, Simon Evans and Dee Allum discover the latest views on the Epic of Gilgamesh and which part of the tiger not to eat.

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