BCG Daily Monday 4th August 2014

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Feminism and filth make for a model show

It's a brave comic who delivers the kind of personal material that could alienate half her audience.

Veronica Lee, The Independent, 4th August 2014

Skinner to shine at Fringe for 'the love of it'

Frank Skinner does not need the money, the cash, or the fame.

Phil Miller, The Herald, 4th August 2014

Asperger's makes stand-up easier than office work

The man with Asperger's syndrome who finds being a professional stand-up comic easier than any office job.

Emma Tracey, BBC Ouch!, 4th August 2014

Edinburgh diary: Clive Anderson's no-pay day

All your old fringe favourites are back this month, and many of them will wander through Clive Anderson's What Does the Title Matter Anyway?

Mike Wade, The Times, 4th August 2014

How NOT to flyer + act goes nude in Cosmo to plug show

So, yesterday I was rushing (oh yes I was) round the edge of Bristo Square to get to a comedy show when this young and rather dodgy-looking bloke came at me. He looked coked-up and aggressive and I thought was going to ask me for money. In fact, he grabbed me strongly by the arm, did not tell me about any show but told me I had to take a flyer for the undescribed and un-named show he was pushing. Apparently I had to take the flyer, I had to touch fists with him and I had to tell him that 100% I was going to go to the show.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 4th August 2014

What to see today at Edinburgh -- Mon Aug 4

A selection of acts to see today.

The Times, 4th August 2014

Edinburgh Fringe 2014 interview: Paul F Taylor

Paul F Taylor is a major emerging talent in UK comedy as evidenced by his victory at the New Act of the Year Awards last year. Now he's set to prove just how incredible he is at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Laugh Out London, 4th August 2014

Fringe Q&As: Christian O'Connell

In the sixth of our new series, Christian O'Connell tells us about his Fringe show and how he likes to Greco-Roman wrestle to wind down...

The Herald, 4th August 2014

Enter the Tonezone

Dive into the zone of Tony Law for a brand new show of life-affirming, life-changing comedy from the multi award-winning nonsense maker.

Tony Law, The Skinny, 4th August 2014

Disable comedian speaks: What The **** Is Normal?

Francesca Martinez has been a familiar face since her days as Rachel in the children's soap opera, Grange Hill. Oddly, it wasn't the fact that she as disabled that was most apparent to her real school peers or that she was on telly, it was the fact that she didn't even have a telly that caught the attention of other kids determined to give her a hard time: "How can I miss a lot of school legally and suddenly I got offered this part on Grange Hill. It felt like I'd won the lottery and of course all the girls hated me even more than they did already."

Able Magazine, 4th August 2014

Comedy that inspired me to cover myself in Nutella

Eric Lampaert talks about his inspiration.

Eric Lampaert, Chortle, 4th August 2014

On dealing with bad reviews

It's easy to get downcast by bad notices early in the festival, but artists should try not to take it to heart.

Theo Bosanquet, What's On Stage, 4th August 2014

Renkow takes first comedy gong of the Fringe

We may only be a few days into the Festival, but we have a Fringe winner for you already. The finals of Amused Moose's annual new talent competition took place at theSpace @ Symposium Hall yesterday, with Tim Renkow declared the overall winner.

Chris Cooke, ThreeWeeks, 4th August 2014

Edinburgh, you tart

Oh Edinburgh, you tart. I've never seen you out of festival time. Except for one Hogmanay when I was eleven years old and I fell asleep on the settee back at my mate's house and missed the whole thing. You are a beauty.

Matt Roper, The Huffington Post, 4th August 2014

Al Lubel: my performance anxiety on Letterman

David Letterman said there's something wrong with me. I was so proud. But my debut on his show was terrifying.

Al Lubel, The Guardian, 4th August 2014

Strange Hill High: DVD review

Strange Hill High proves that school can be cool...

Kate Lloyd, MyM Magazine, 4th August 2014

Right on track: The making of Bloody Trams (Link expired)

Edinburgh's trams may have been years late, but the Traverse show exploring the vexed project will be bang on time, finds Brian Ferguson.

Brian Ferguson, WOW247, 4th August 2014

Clive Anderson brings his hit improv show to the Fringe (Link expired)

Plenty of the old gang from Whose Line Is It Anyway? will be taking part in Clive Anderson's Fringe show. The Loose Ends presenter and former barrister talks to Claire Smith about improv and the interview he would rather we all forgot.

Claire Smith, WOW247, 4th August 2014

Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe newcomers

Remember the names ... (or better still, go check 'em out).

London Is Funny, 4th August 2014

Big fat Fringe bribe blog 2014: Faulty Towers

The List are presented with their own Spanish waiter in exchange for a few words of exposure.

Niki Boyle, The List, 4th August 2014

Five questions for Paul McCaffrey

Anecdotal stand-up and star of BBC Three's Impractical Jokers Paul McCaffrey brings his new stand up hour, Paul or Nothing, to Assembly at George Square Gardens. He chats to Giggle Beats about life at the festival and his new show.

Lorenzo Pacitti, Giggle Beats, 4th August 2014

'Racist Joke Show' axed from the Fringe

The controversial Racist Joke Show has been pulled from the Edinburgh Fringe.

Chortle, 4th August 2014

Liam Williams: 'I've had nervous breakdowns on stage'

Is Liam Williams the voice of austere, embittered Britain? Brian Logan meets 'the Philip Larkin of comedy' as his angry new show Capitalism hits the Edinburgh festival.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th August 2014

Jim Davidson: provocative, predictable & oh so popular

There's a predictable clash of sensitivities at Davidson's Edinburgh show at the Assembly Hall.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th August 2014

Time to laugh at the bloke in the wheelchair

Traditionally we disabled comedians have, quite rightly, tended to focus on the various bizarre and sometimes discriminatory ways in which people react to us.

Laurence Clark, Chortle, 4th August 2014

Preview: Don't Worry Guys It's Sarah Campbell

An interview with Sarah Campbell.

The Public Reviews, 4th August 2014

Preview: Simon Feilder - All The Things I'm Not

An interview with comedian Simon Feilder.

The Public Reviews, 4th August 2014

Preview: Miss Behave's Game Show

An interview with Miss Behave about her new game show.

The Public Reviews, 4th August 2014

Preview: Lizzie Bates - Reprobates

An interview with Lizzie Bates about her debut Fringe show.

The Public Reviews, 4th August 2014

Fringe interview: McNeil and Pamphilon

An interview with double-act [i]McNeil and Pamphilon].

Short Com, 4th August 2014

Videos

TV & radio

9am
45 min

Horrible Histories

2014 Specials - Frightful First World War Special

This special reveals how Girl Guides were used to pass on secret war-time information; tells of the terrors of trench life; and hears a frustrated captain try to explain the not-so-simple reasons for Britain joining the war.

9:30am
30 min

My First Planet

Series 2, Episode 3 - They Came To Test Our Brains!

A pub quiz and a talking yam spell disaster for Brian when he accidentally discovers his IQ. Oh and that is what Archer's lungs look like. Thank you Lillian.

2:15pm
45 min

Close Call

Comedy drama set in 1969 as a family get their first telephone.

4:30pm
30 min

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 10, Episode 5 - Before the Big Bang

With Carlos Frenk, Fay Dowker, Ben Miller, Richard Vranch.

6:30pm
30 min

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 61, Episode 6

Another visit to Bradford, with Andy Hamilton joining the regular panel line-up.

10pm
45 min

Virtually Famous

Series 1, Episode 3

Kevin, Seann and Chris are joined by James Acaster, Alex Brooker, Jameela Jamil and Kimberly Wyatt as they face questions and challenges to put their knowledge of the Virtually Famous to the test.