BCG Daily Tuesday 13th May 2025
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Nish Kumar says panel shows disappearing would be "a loss" to British comedy
"Growing up, the biggest currency in my household was being funny, so we all bonded over watching old British sitcoms".
Jonathan Wells, Radio Times, 13th May 2025
Review - Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
If Bennett is writing a book about this troubling time, it should make a cracking read, especially when he is free of the compulsion to crack a joke every minute because of the unwarranted fear he'll lose the audience. Some chance with a narrative as compelling as this and from such a personable and witty guide through the troubling times.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th May 2025
Ten new comics to battle it out for Reading's New Comedian of the Year
The nominees are Selam Amare, Josh Taylor, Dominic Fraser, Vyome Singh, Abbie Edwards, Caroline Madds, Dean Dixon, Aayush Rathi, Jesse Yanase and Manraj Bahra.
Jake Clothier, RDG, 13th May 2025
John Gale obituary
Theatre producer of the longest running comedy of all time, No Sex Please, We're British, who was also a great talent spotter.
Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 13th May 2025
Harriet Kemsley on reality TV, her comedy heroes and "woman child"
Harriet Kemsley stepped into the comedy game in the early 2010s and has been full speed ahead ever since.
Lilly Owens, 800 Pound Gorilla Media, 13th May 2025
The Comedy About Spies review
The new show from the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong is destined to be a hit.
Fiona Mountford, i Newspaper, 13th May 2025
The Comedy About Spies review
This finely tuned machine of comic timing and theatrical chaos is possibly Mischief's best work yet.
Greg Stewart, Theatre Weekly, 13th May 2025
The Comedy About Spies review
Mischief's latest West End offering is a great night of light-hearted entertainment.
Caitlin Devlin, Ticketmaster, 13th May 2025
High Court finds defamatory paedophile meanings in Graham Linehan judgment
The High Court has handed down a preliminary trial judgment in Paisley v Linehan dealing with three statements published as comments written by subscribers on the Defendant's Substack blog.
Doughty Street, 13th May 2025Videos
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6:55am15 min
Mr Bean
Series 4, Episode 4 - Sample SaleMr Bean takes free food samples from a food truck at a market and sells them to raise funds for a teapot.
2:15pm45 min
Four Gammons And A Unicorn
Satirical comedy about a teenage girl who falls foul of campus orthodoxy, and accidentally becomes a right-wing media darling.
4:30pm11 min
Super Happy Magic Forest
Episode 43 - A Slippery SituationThe heroes quest to the Crystal Mine and face a slimy beast.
6pm25 min
Horrible Science
Episode 7 - Fartenheimer, The Water Cycle And 206 BonesScience goes too far in Fartenheimer, music goes too far in Heads, Shoulders, Knees, Toes and All the other Bones in the Body, and there's a Swiftian take on the water cycle.
6:30pm30 min
Unspeakable
Series 2, Episode 1 - A Real Nail-BiterPhil Wang and Susie Dent challenge guests to invent new words to help create the new ultimate Unspeakable dictionary. With special guests Clive Anderson, Ed Gamble and Sindhu Vee.
9pm60 min
Joe Lycett's United States Of Birmingham
Episode 4Joe's voyage to all the Birminghams finishes in Birmingham Alabama, the biggest US Brum of the trip.