BCG Daily Monday 14th April 2025
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Helen Lederer: Comedy is about human stupidity - no AI can copy that
Tech companies are using authors' work - without their permission - to train AI to crack jokes. It won't work.
Helen Lederer, i Newspaper, 14th April 2025
Phone-Free gigs across Scotland to raise money for Campaign Against Living Miserably
A series of intimate gigs across Scotland will be raising money for suicide prevention charity, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), in the lead up to Mental Health Awareness Week (12th -18th May 2025).
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th April 2025
"Beautifully, awfully funny": why Withnail And I is my feelgood movie
The latest in our ongoing series of comfort movies is a pick for Bruce Robinson's cult British comedy.
Martin Pengelly, The Guardian, 14th April 2025
Sarah Roberts review
Sarah Roberts is determined to unapologetically be her (hot, talented and baffling) self.
Bruce Dessau, A Young(ish) Perspective, 14th April 2025
Ofcom criticises Katherine Ryan for plugging products on live TV
Katherine Ryan went too far in gushing about a brand she had been paid to promote when she appeared on live TV, broadcast watchdog Ofcom has found.
Chortle, 14th April 2025
Naked Billy Connolly mural unveiled in iconic Glasgow location
The self-initiated work can be found in the city's Nelson Mandela Place.
James Walker, The National (Scotland), 14th April 2025
Musical Comedy Awards Final at Bloomsbury Theatre review
I've judged a lot of comedy competitions over the years but I've never judged one like this. This is the first time I can recall sitting in the stalls hoping that some bad acts would come on to make my job easier after seeing so many potential victors.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 14th April 2025
Jack Rooke on what's next after Big Boys
The BAFTA winner discusses a Netflix pilot he's working on, being inspired by Phoebe Waller-Bridge to write his own Killing Eve and wishing that Hulu knew they had his show on their platform.
Alex Ritman, Variety, 14th April 2025Videos
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Great Lives - Benny Hill
Playwright Jonathan Maitland picks Benny Hill, who he claims was a TV pioneer. Joining the discussion is Helen Lederer, bringing a little nuance to the show.
6:30pm30 min
The Unbelievable Truth
Series 31, Episode 1David Mitchell hosts, as Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walsh, Lou Sanders and Tony Hawks talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as the middle ages, geese, the human voice and children's tv.