BCG Daily Sunday 24th August 2014

Press clippings

Omid Djalili interview

The stand-up is desperate to share his shortcomings and his struggle with identity but all that laughter at his jokes and belly-dancing keeps getting in the way.

Rosie Kinchen, The Sunday Times, 24th August 2014

Ha Ha Hood And The Prince Of Leaves - review

Last year it was Ha Ha Holmes with Joe Pasquale. This year it's Ha Ha Hood, Prince of Leaves. Ben Langley, proud begetter of the Ha Ha series, has some advice for the audience - "Lower your standards!". And, we might add, turn back the clock. It's as if the last thirty years never happened, and we're back in the Eighties, when Hi-de-Hi was a highlight of the telly schedules, with Cannon and Ball over on the other side.

Michael Gray, The Public Reviews, 24th August 2014

Interview with Glee club founder Mark Tughan

Glee founder talks Michael McIntyre, Lee Evans mahem, accidents, launches and deaths.

Paul Cole, The Birmingham Mail, 24th August 2014

Interview with comedy wrestler Grado

Comedy wrestler Grado, real name Graeme Stevely, is set to say 'it's yersel' to a worldwide audience after landing his big break in America.

Paul English, Daily Record, 24th August 2014

Carry On star Leslie Phillips recovering after stroke

Fans have called the central London hospital where Leslie Phillips, 90, is recovering to wish him well.

Tom Hendry, The Mirror, 24th August 2014

Getting drunk at the Fringe & singing over a dead body

My left shoulder is in middling agony if I move it. It is comedian Arthur Smith's fault. More about that later.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 24th August 2014

John Kearns, the early years, by Harry Deansway

The first London is Funny got wind of John Kearns - the new Fosters Award winner - was back in 2010, following a tip-off by Harry Deansway, Kearns's then-manager and the comedy circuit's very own Delboy. Here, Deansway recalls [his version of] those hazy, crazy days when success was just a glint in the bespectacled eye.

Harry Deansway, London Is Funny, 24th August 2014