BCG Daily Friday 12th July 2013

Features

Press clippings

We must take a serious approach to comedy archives

If every full show for a comedian is equivalent to their 'album' it's a shame that so much of it goes unrecorded - at least publicly.

Julian Hall, The Stage, 12th July 2013

Comedy is the appliance of science for Robin Ince

Humorist Robin Ince is bringing his latest stand up show to the Cardiff Science Festival this weekend.

David Owens, Wales Online, 12th July 2013

Comedy gold - Jo Brand's Barely Live

Behind the man-baiting facade, you get the feeling that all this brilliantly funny comic wants is for everyone to get along.

Leo Benedictus, The Guardian, 12th July 2013

Edinburgh - A stunt is good but a good show is better

Gareth Morinan is trying to whip up his own "Listingsgate" scandal. Morinan realised that it was cheaper to buy 11 listings entries in the Fringe brochure for the same show than an advert, but his loophole only came to light after the brochure was printed. The funny thing is that Morinan is an advisor to the Fringe, but did not point this wheeze out before the brochure was printed.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th July 2013

Best free comedy shows 2013

Want to see some comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, but spent all your money on overpriced accommodation, umbrellas and Irn Bru?

Laugh Out London, 12th July 2013

Edinburgh Fringe highlights: top ten newcomers

Easily the most exciting part of an Edinburgh Fringe experience is discovering new talent. But the buzz begins long before the festival kicks off in August, and there are already plenty of debut shows we're getting pumped (not in that way) about. Here are our top ten newcomer picks.

Ben Williams, Time Out, 12th July 2013

Getting from A to B with Christopher Guest

In Family Tree, the cast admitted in a Q&A last week that Guest's style was sometimes difficult to approach, having a paragraph with vague details of each scene in the script, and not much else.

Sophie Hall, On The Box, 12th July 2013

Middlesbrough comedy club announce charity gala

It's candles and cake at Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt this autumn - as Big Mouth Comedy Club celebrates its fifth birthday with a bang.

Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 12th July 2013

Catherine Tate to begin filming Superbob in London

The British romantic comedy movie about a postman who gets superpowers after a meteor crashes to earth, will also star Natalia Tena, Laura Haddock and Brett Goldstein.

Radio Times, 12th July 2013

British Summer Time Festival review

It was Russell Kane's dancing synapses that made this final comedy gig of the British Summer Time Festival truly memorable.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 12th July 2013

Jay Foreman and his facts about Enfield

First up in our previews at Enfield is musical maestro Jay Foreman...

Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 12th July 2013

Fringe comedy highlights 2013: top ten newcomers

With the amount of impressive credits already stamped on Aisling Bea's CV, you'd be forgiven for thinking she's been performing stand-up for a decade or more.

Ben Williams, Time Out, 12th July 2013

John Dredge interview

John Dredge chats about his podcast.

Daily Chuckle Online, 12th July 2013

Videos

TV & radio

11:30am
30 min

Hobby Bobbies

Series 1, Episode 1 - Dangerous Minds

Geoff's decision to finally rebel against his domineering Dad doesn't go quite as he'd have liked.

6:30pm
30 min

The News Quiz

Series 81, Episode 3

Sandi Toksvig is in the chair as panellists Jeremy Hardy, Samira Ahmed, Francesca Martinez and Bob Mills examine the funnier aspects of the week's news. Susan Rae reads out cuttings sent in by listeners.