BCG Daily Monday 31st August 2015
Press clippings
Lenny Henry: I got into fights but I was never bullied
The actor and comedian discusses his parents, his rise to fame and what inspired him to write his new BBC drama, Danny and the Human Zoo.
Lenny Henry, The Telegraph, 31st August 2015Spaced: Where are they now?
Catch up with the tenants of 23 Meteor Street...
Rory Gallimore, Radio Times, 31st August 2015Harry & Paul: a double act that gets better with age
After more than a quarter century of comedy collaboration, the BBC celebrates the duo's impressive run with live show-cum-retrospective An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse - evidence of the pair's enduring talent.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 31st August 2015Rated or dated: Blackadder the Third
The revival of chatter about a new Blackadder series has sent Standard Issue back to the first four. OK, three of them because, well, you know. Today, Mickey Noonan looks at what the butler saw in Blackadder the Third.
Mickey Noonan, Standard Issue, 31st August 2015Patrick Monahan: The Disco Years, Edinburgh Preview
Patrick Monahan has an energy that could wake the dead.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 31st August 2015The end approaches
What the..!? It's the 31st?
Emma Bentley, The Public Reviews, 31st August 2015Fresh Fringe 24: House of Blakewell
A chat with House of Blakewell.
Hannah Whitcombe, Fresh Fringe, 31st August 2015Fringe Q&As: Morgan and West
Morgan and West discuss grumpy humans, moustaches and performing with Paloma Faith.
The Herald, 31st August 2015Brendon Burns stops by the #WOWwagon (Link expired)
Australian comedian Brendon Burns stopped by the #WOWwagon to talk about doing a free Fringe show and his Edinburgh experience this year.
Matthew Dunne-Miles, WOW247, 31st August 2015Exclusive Interviews with Comedy Award nominees
Sara Shulman interviews the winners and nominees of the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2015.
Sara Shulman, Comedy Blogedy, 31st August 2015Sam Simmons - my part in his Foster's victory?
When Sam Simmons won this year's Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award on Saturday I was delighted for him. Simmons had been nominated twice before, which meant that to persuade the judges to vote for him he had to improve on previous shows. And he clearly did it with Spaghetti For Breakfast, a veritable maelstrom of zany thoughts, madcap ideas and zippy observations.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 31st August 2015Final fun at the Fringe
Some venues finished their programmes yesterday, plus a ton of shows have been cancelled so here is our pick of the best comedy shows for the last day.
Punchline UK, 31st August 2015Death, reviewers, pigs, ham-fistedness & drink
Reviews, of course, are both the dream and the nightmare of performers at the Fringe and some of the fly-by-night publications employ (unpaid) youngsters who are barely literate, let alone knowledgable.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 31st August 2015An Evening with Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse, review
What started out as embarrassing and puzzling show turned into a highly amusing special, says Christopher Howse.
Christopher Howse, The Telegraph, 31st August 2015Danny and the Human Zoo, review
This was a satisfying if fictional account of Lenny Henry's life in a troubled decade, says Christopher Howse.
Christopher Howse, The Telegraph, 31st August 2015Review: An Evening with Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse
After last year's brilliant Story Of The Twos to mark BBC Two's 50th birthday, Harry and Paul return to the channel to honour another great institution: themselves.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st August 2015Danny and the Human Zoo, BBC1 - TV review
Forty years after his big break, Lenny Henry shows not a lot has changed on screen.
Tom Peck, The Independent, 31st August 2015Review: Danny and the Human Zoo
Lenny Henry's semi-autobiographical drama is an enjoyable Bank Holiday treat.
Matt D., Unreality TV, 31st August 2015Biggest Edinburgh Fringe ever
There were 50,459 performances of 3,314 shows in 313 venues across Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced that by Monday afternoon, with hundreds of performances still to take place, an estimated 2,298,090 tickets had been issued for shows across Scotland's capital. The number of tickets issued reflects a 5.24% increase in comparison to tickets issued by the same point last year.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st August 2015TV & radio
10:45am15 min
Bindi Business
Series 1, Episode 1Finding herself out of work at fifty-one, Bindi Banerjee decides to start up her own beauty business.
6:30pm30 min
The Unbelievable Truth
Series 15, Episode 2Arthur Smith, Jon Richardson, Susan Calman and David O'Doherty all join David Mitchell to lie on the subjects of pets, bacteria, zombies and water.
8pm60 min
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Series 3, Episode 1The fact-busting comedy panel series hosted by Lee Mack returns as Jerry Springer, Emma Bunton and Jason Byrne put further fascinating titbits to the test.
9pm60 min
An Evening With Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse
Comedy special celebrating 25 years of the partnership between Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.
9pm90 min
Danny & The Human Zoo
A fictionalised account of Lenny Henry's life as a working-class teenager in 1970s Dudley.