BCG Daily Monday 26th May 2025
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James Arthur Isn't A Mathematician And Other Lies review
It's billed as a work in progress for Edinburgh - albeit one Chortle was invited to - so I'll avoid too detailed an analysis of why this Brighton Fringe version falls well short on almost every metric.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th May 2025
Jordan Gray review
It's not as big-hitting as her debut but this sophomore comedy show proves Gray is a brilliant entertainer and wind-up merchant.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th May 2025
Hill And Jones Comedy Catastrophe review
It shouldn't be a surprise when a comedy sketch show is actually funny. But Hill and Jones spend so long on low-hanging fruit, so long on verbose set-ups and repetitive punchlines and so long on cheap indulgence that when a skit comes along that elicits a laugh it is an unexpected delight.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th May 2025
Nick Mohammed review
Mohammed can't lay claim to any modish neurodiversity, much to his affected anguish at being denied this selling point for a broadcaster. But there is a certain appearance of schizophrenia in the way he veers between himself and Swallow, blurring the boundaries as he slips between his voices, abandon of the distance that he's more-or-less sustained throughout his previous shows.
Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 26th May 2025
Candace Bryan review
A punchy hour of fast-paced, joke-heavy stand-up.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th May 2025
Dara O Briain review
Search for his birth father takes a few turns.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 26th May 2025
Ruth Berkoff review
With a few tweaks, this exploration of feeling like an outsider and finding your sense of belonging will be a truly special show.
Polly Bishop, The Reviews Hub, 26th May 2025
Luke Rollason's Komedia Comedy Showcase review
A bravo for memorial bursaries, even for the not-yet-dead, when we get to see up-and-coming acts in such a fantastic venue.
Polly Bishop, The Reviews Hub, 26th May 2025
Charlie Mulliner: Love Hunt review
Through a brilliant mix of character work and clowning, Charlie Mulliner introduces us to Amber, newly dumped from a ten-year relationship that was more toxic than Fukushima.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th May 2025
Death Valley review
If you enjoyed David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin in Ludwig a second series of that is on the way. In the meantime Death Valley is just the thing fill a Ludwig-shaped hole in your life.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th May 2025
Frankie Boyle 'wished his Katie Price gag had never aired'
Frankie Boyle privately admitted that it one of his most controversial jokes should never have aired, the TV executive who signed it off has revealed. The comedian's gag about Katie Price's disabled son Harvey on his Channel 4 show Tramadol Night's was branded 'vile' by the model and earned the broadcaster a slap on the wrist from regulator Ofcom in 2011.
Chortle, 26th May 2025
Tim Harding's comedy diary
Tim Harding on Mr Swallow, Alexander Bennett and Todd Barry.
Tim Harding, Chortle, 26th May 2025
Alex Horne: Opera is too hard for me. I prefer Jingle Bells
The Taskmaster creator on passing on his Prison Break obsession to his son, refusing to read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and why his favourite Christmas song beats Puccini.
Alex Horne, The Times, 26th May 2025The Ballad Of Wallis Island review
Edinburgh Fringe royalty Tim Key and Tom Basden turn their promising 2007 short into an intimate, bittersweet gem of a movie.
Stefania Sarrubba, The Skinny, 26th May 2025Videos
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7am10 min
Shaun The Sheep
Series 7, Episode 2 - Bake It EasyThe flock eats the Farmer's birthday cake, and Shaun must secretly bake a new one.
2:15pm30 min
Conversations From A Long Marriage
Series 6, Episode 2 - Don't Go To StrangersJoanna Lumley and Roger Allam star as a long-married and passionate couple. This week they are faced with a mouse invasion - and, even worse, the prospect of therapy.
4:30pm10 min
Super Happy Magic Forest
Episode 52 - Mystery BoxThe heroes quest to find and protect the Amulet of Answers.
6:30pm30 min
Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop
Series 9, Episode 1 - Bus Stop AssaultIn this week's case Alfie tracks down the people who assaulted an elderly man at a bus stop. But what could have provoked such a cowardly crime?
9pm60 min
Silence Is Golden
Episode 4This week efforts to bring the money down include a huge surprise for a massive Robbie Williams fan, two daughters are forced to hear some of their dad's naughtiest secrets, the most adorable version of Twinkle Winkle Little Star and a man who attempts to eat an apple, with a chainsaw, blindfolded. Not only that but Amy Gledhill, Jack Skipper, Huge Davies and Reuben Kaye also bring their stand-up comedy to the world's quietest stage.
10:45pm15 min
Shakedowns In Hyperspace
Episode 1 - 'Helen! Helen! Helen!'It's 2034, and on a mission to mine valuable minerals, one astronaut's struggle with reality puts her team at risk. Read by Julianna Jennings.