British Comedy Guide

BCG Daily Sunday 9th March 2014

Features

Press clippings

On my radar: Ruby Wax's cultural highlights

The comedian and actor on Breaking Bad, Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem and the magic of Cape Town.

Ben Marshall, The Guardian, 9th March 2014

Tim Key: Single White Slut review - master of bathos

Tim Key at the Soho theatre is somewhere between standup and experimental theatre - and he's painfully funny.

Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 9th March 2014

Stewart Lee: Beware - this man may be only joking

To some he is toxic and scornful. But behind the contemptuous on-stage persona is a family man who wants his own garden - and counts his luck. James Hanning meets Stewart Lee.

James Hanning, The Independent, 9th March 2014

Radio Times review

The heating's on the blink at Blandings Castle although the sub-zero temperature doesn't explain why Lord Emsworth has sprouted a luxuriant beard nor why his sister Connie is so incensed by the sight of it she wants to pack the old fellow off to his London club. But that is part of this drama's charm - logic and clarification are superfluous to stories rooted in the absurd and farcical.

Breezing through the chilly corridors in tonight's episode is a brash film crew (headed by Michael Brandon) from Hollywood and Lady Drusilla (Nichola McAuliffe), a fanatically religious woman who favours leather gussets. The usual tangle of misunderstandings ensues.

Jane Rackham, Radio Times, 9th March 2014

Comedy promoter apologises after dropping Jenny Collier

Jenny Collier took to Twitter after she was dropped because the 'venue did not want too many women on the bill'.

Jonathan Brown, The Independent, 9th March 2014

Videos

TV & radio

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 9:30am
30 min
The Johnny & Inel Show. Image shows from L to R: Johnny Cochrane, Inel Tomlinson. Copyright: Princess Productions

The Johnny & Inel Show

Series 2, Episode 9 - The Take-over

Someone has locked Johnny, Inel and the rest of the J & I crew in the production office. It turns out the sketch characters are taking over the show!

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30am
30 min
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

2014 Special - Brian And Robin's Infinite Inbox

Brian Cox and Robin Ince attempt to answer some questions from listeners, tackling black holes, infinity and robot depression along the way.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Blandings. Beach (Tim Vine). Copyright: Mammoth Screen

Blandings

Series 2, Episode 4 - Lord Emsworth Acts For The Best

Clarence has grown a preposterous beard and Beach must ensure the world never gets to see it. Meanwhile, Freddie woos a Hollywood starlet by making a movie at Blandings: but Connie mustn't find out. Matters are complicated by religious maniac Drusilla on the prowl.

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Jeeves Live!. Martin Jarvis. Copyright: Jarvis and Ayres Productions

Jeeves Live!

Series 2, Episode 1 - Jeeves and the Song of Songs

In this one-man tour de force, as well as the characters of Jeeves and Wooster, Jarvis also characterises the bleating Tuppy Glossop, controlling Aunt Dahlia and about a thousand costermongers.

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