BCG Daily Thursday 25th September 2014
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Stephen Fry posts signed QI ties & books for auction
Stephen Fry has given his backing to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) by putting the five signed lots on auction site Sellebrity.
Adam Gretton, The Eastern Daily Press, 25th September 2014Crackanory: The Weatherman, TV review
The gleeful menace in his delivery made this a fitting epitaph.
Will Dean, The Independent, 25th September 2014Review: Luisa Omielan, Soho Theatre
Joyous and raucous hymn to modern womanhood.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 25th September 2014Paul Merton's is the most boastful autobiography
A review of Only When I Laugh: My Autobiography, by Paul Merton. He writes candidly about his psychiatric incarceration but, elsewhere, there's too much swanking.
Roger Lewis, The Spectator, 25th September 2014What We Did On Our Holiday review
What We Did On Our Holiday is proof of the adage 'never judge a book by its cover'. Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin's movie is not the film its trailer makes it out to be, it's a lot more surprising and ambition than the sedate fare you'd expect based on the promos.
Simon Reynolds, Digital Spy, 25th September 2014Tim Key interview
If you hear the words 'performance poetry' you might think of arty performers wearing black polo necks and gazing mysteriously into the mic. But that's definitely not Tim Key's style.
Caroline Cook, Reading Post, 25th September 2014Only When I Laugh by Paul Merton review
Paul Merton is now one of Britain's best-loved comedians, but this autobiography tells a story of solitude and class insecurity.
Joe Moran, The Guardian, 25th September 2014Mr Bean painted onto seminal portrait works
If you like Blackadder, and you like Mr Bean, then you will absolutely love seeing Rowan Atkinson painted onto seminal artwork.
Richard Beech, The Mirror, 25th September 2014Video: Stephen Fry on missing tea with Al Pacino
Stephen Fry talks to BBC Breakfast about missing afternoon tea with Hollywood actor Al Pacino and his struggle with drink and drugs.
BBC News, 25th September 2014Susan Calman interview
Glaswegian comic and Radio 4 mainstay Susan Calman embarks on an extensive tour of her Lady Like show today.
Peter Dixon, Giggle Beats, 25th September 2014Everybody loves sitcoms
Sitcoms: the defining shared televisual experiences of our youth and the fabric of our very lives!!
Al Lorraine, Dabster Productions, 25th September 201420 years of Just The Tonic comedy club
A profile of one of Birmingham's longest running comedy venues.
Nottingham Post, 25th September 2014Greenwich Comedy Festival, National Maritime Museum
The Greenwich Comedy Festival opened with an amusingly offensive set from Stewart Lee and Josie Long delivered a poetically pithy excerpt from her recent show about heartbreak.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 25th September 2014Rik Mayall's last TV appearance draws 400,000
Nearly 400,000 viewers watched the late Rik Mayall's last TV appearance on Dave's storytelling show Crackanory.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 25th September 2014Jo Caulfield likes a good rant
Edinburgh-based comedian Jo Caulfield is feeling angry - and she's going to let audiences know why.
Susan Welsh, Aberdeen Press and Journal, 25th September 2014Doc Brown interview
You wouldn't blame anyone for being a little big-headed if they could act, rap and make people laugh but Doc Brown is determined to keep level-headed about his success.
Nottingham Post, 25th September 2014London Hughes on 5 ways to cause mayhem
Bad Bridesmaid London Hughes goes all-out diva with 5 ways to cause mayhem at your best friend's hen do.
London Hughes, Metro, 25th September 2014Extract from Stephen Fry's book
In an exclusive extract from his latest book, More Fool Me, Stephen Fry recalls dreading what Time Out would make of his early comedy work.
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9pm60 min
Bad Bridesmaid
Episode 3This week, demanding diva London joins the hen party of Lola. Can she go along with it and convince her friends that London is for real?
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