BCG Daily Tuesday 7th January 2014
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This Is Jinsy: Comedy gold on fantasy island
Cult sitcom This Is Jinsy has attracted TV's biggest names. Gerard Gilbert visits the surreal show's creators on set.
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 7th January 2014Classic interview: Mark Steel, 2006
Mark Steel is currently on tour with his In Town show, the live spin-off of his Radio 4 series in which he researches the area he is performing in and makes his set specific for that place. In recent years the veteran comic has been keen to do more than mere off-the-peg satirical stand-up. Here is an interview from 2006 when he was on the road and finding references to the French Revolution wherever he played.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th January 2014Pupils know the difference between comedy and facts
Blackadder is a perfectly good teaching tool.
Alice Thomson, The Times, 7th January 2014Trevor Noah - review
With his laid-back, charming delivery, Noah's unique take on apartheid makes for 24-carat comedy.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th January 2014Tony Law, Nonsense Overdrive, Soho Theatre, review
Dominic Cavendish finds the inspired lunacy of Tony Law the perfect antidote to our so far rain-sodden 2014.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 7th January 2014Opinion: Michael Gove v Blackadder
I wonder if Michael Gove has watched many sitcoms over the years. Does he have a sense of humour? Maybe if he had watched The Office he would condemn it for denigrating people who work in Slough. God knows what he would make of Mrs Brown's Boys or Miranda.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th January 2014New comedy clubs to launch in Cardiff
A host of rising comedy stars on their way to South Wales as venues launch new club nights.
David Owens, Wales Online, 7th January 2014Comedians will always have the last laugh, Mr Gove
The attack by Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, on Blackadder is something of an own goal.
Joan Bakewell, The Telegraph, 7th January 2014Spotlight: 2014, a Comedy Odyssey
Comedians and promoters in Liverpool and Manchester reveal their hopes for the regional scene in the New Year.
John Stansfield, The Skinny, 7th January 2014New comedy clubs to launch in Cardiff
A host of rising comedy stars on their way to South Wales as venues launch new club nights.
David Owens, Wales Online, 7th January 2014Comedy Q&A: Alfie Brown
To mark his upcoming shows at London's Soho Theatre, we caught up with the caustic comic on being critically savaged, life before Internet porn and what happened when he kissed the head writer of Coronation Street.
Harry Grindrod, GQ, 7th January 2014TV & radio
6:30pm30 min
Chain Reaction
Series 9, Episode 3 - Frankie Boyle interviews Grant MorrisonFrankie Boyle talking to comic book legend Grant Morrison.