BCG Daily Monday 24th June 2013

Press clippings

Q&A with Jonathan Lynn as Yes Prime Minister hits USA

The Prime Minister, the scheming Cabinet Secretary and the morally confused Principal Private Secretary have taken over the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles now through July 14.

Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 24th June 2013

10 reasons why Bill Bailey should headline Glastonbury

Ten bullet points as to why Bill Bailey should be on at Glastonbury.

Sam Charles, London Is Funny, 24th June 2013

John Lloyd: 'I despair for TV comedy'

Comedy guru John Lloyd has launched a broadside against timid, interfering and indecisive TV executives - and hinted that QI could become an online incubator for new ideas.

Chortle, 24th June 2013

Opinion: Carr trouble

So anyway, Jimmy Carr did his set and got heckled. A good comedian should be able to win an angry mob around and that's kind of what Carr did, eventually closing with a version of Sweet Caroline when someone shouted "give us a song".

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th June 2013

BBC New Comedy Award - what's it all about?

There are lots of New Comedy Awards about these days, but only one of them has the coveted 'BBC' prefix to it.

Tim Clark, Such Small Portions, 24th June 2013

Edinburgh Fringe interview: Matt Highton

Matt Highton is a regular at Laugh Out London comedy club, and one of the acts we always look forward to seeing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Laugh Out London, 24th June 2013

TV Review: Quick Cuts

The customers' vignettes are brilliant. Most of the time, the poor clients are the onlookers to the Quick Cuts staffers' chaotic lives, but there are some throwaway one-liners that are just surreal enough to sound true and have a sort of bleak horror to them.

TV Jam, 24th June 2013