BCG Daily Sunday 27th April 2014
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X Factor musical I Can't Sing! to close early
A West End musical based on The X Factor is to close after just two months. Co-written by Harry Hill, I Can't Sing! pokes fun at the talent show and its creator Simon Cowell.
BBC News, 27th April 2014Four Weddings and a Funeral - 20 years on
Writer Richard Curtis and producer Duncan Kenworthy look back on the making of Britain's most successful romantic comedy ever - and the heady days of its astonishing reception.
Tom Lamont, The Observer, 27th April 2014British comedian John Oliver has last laugh in the US
He performed with David Mitchell and Richard Ayoade in Cambridge Footlights but John Oliver had to emigrate to gain recognition.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 27th April 2014Athena Kugblenu interview
Athena Kublenu is a brand new comedian based in London.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 27th April 2014Andrew Doyle interview
This year, Andrew Doyle is bringing his third stand-up set to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 27th April 2014Jo Joyner interview
"Ignorance is bliss and when I first met them all, I didn't really know how amazing they were."
Daily Record, 27th April 2014UKIP candidate defends Lenny Henry tweet
A UKIP candidate has defended tweets in which he said comedian Lenny Henry should emigrate to a "black country" and compared Islam to the Third Reich.
BBC News, 27th April 2014Stand with Lenny Henry, not just against Ukip's bigots
It is easy to get angry over racism when it is overt, but let's not forget the scandal that gave rise to the Henwood outburst.
Owen Jones, The Guardian, 27th April 2014The Andrew Doyle three minute interview
This year, Andrew Doyle is bringing his third stand-up set to the Edinburgh Fringe. His adaptation of Terry Pratchett's sixteenth Discworld novel, Soul Music will be performed at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, in August. His play The Second Mr Bailey - broadcast on BBC Radio 4 - is available on iTunes.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 27th April 2014TV & radio
3pm60 min
PG Wodehouse - Ring For Jeeves
Episode 2Jeeves is exerting his fish-fed brain to the utmost to assist Bill to raise money.
7:15pm30 min
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler
Series 1, Episode 4Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th Century bet, attempting to travel 25mph on water using only the means available to a gentleman in 1765. History books record of the original attempt, "Something snapped, there was a fatality and the wager was abandoned."
7:30pm30 min
Off Their Rockers
Series 2, Episode 4Seb needs a sponge bath, Rosie loses her rather unusual pet and Tony tries to prove that there is such a thing as a free meal.
10pm50 min
Viral Tap
Episode 1Aided by comedians Matt Richardson and Carly Smallman and special guest comedian Joel Dommett, Caroline Flack searches through Viral Tap's collection of viewers' videos.