BCG Daily Monday 8th February 2021
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All Round To Mrs. Brown's faces axe due to covid
Mrs. Brown's Boys' spin-off series All Round To Mrs Brown's faces the axe due to coronavirus restrictions, it has been reported.
Stephanie Soteriou, The Sun, 8th February 2021
First Night Funnies, Leicester Comedy Festival review
Uneven start to 2021's online gathering.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 8th February 2021
School's Out Forever review
The odd parallels with the current state of reality are hard to forget, especially when lines such as, "can everyone please stop pretending that things are going back to normal," are constantly echoed.
Mae Trumata, The Upcoming, 8th February 2021
Will Hislop interview
The comedian has become known during lockdown for online videos such as 'Your aunt at the NHS clap'. He talks to Isobel Lewis about the difference between live and online comedy, 'extracting poison' from people, and being the son of a famous father.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 8th February 2021
The Glove set to film this summer
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are set to start filming their long-awaited movie The Glove this summer - and it could feature Ant-Man star Paul Rudd.
Chortle, 8th February 2021
Matt Richardson already out of Dancing On Ice
Matt Richardson's stint on Dancing On Ice has proved to be very short-lived.
Chortle, 8th February 2021
The books that shaped me: Andi Osho
The author and comedian shares the reads that stand out for her.
Good Housekeeping, 8th February 2021
London Hughes on her journey to Netflix stardom
An icon in the making.
Josh Smith, Glamour Magazine, 8th February 2021
Every 30 seconds, someone launches a new podcast
Researchers say that a total of 885,262 new shows were launched last year - almost treble the number started in 2019. Industry experts Chartable say just under a third fizzle out ofter one or two episodes, but almost a quarter have run for ten or more.
Chortle, 8th February 2021
Why British TV comedy is in decline
Our sitcoms and sketch shows were once the envy of the world. But as a new report declares it an 'at risk' genre, can UK comedy be saved?
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 8th February 2021
How Andy Zaltzman has revitalised The News Quiz
The comic has brought a quirky sense of verve and fun.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th February 2021
David Baddiel vs work anti-Semitism
Jews Don't Count exposes the progressive left's Jewish problem.
Tim Black, Spiked, 8th February 2021
Does Blackadder need trigger warnings?
The BBC has slapped "offensive content" warnings on inoffensive comedies.
Spiked, 8th February 2021
Hugh Dennis would be very happy to do more Outnumbered
Hugh Dennis has hinted at the possibility of more episodes of BBC One sitcom Outnumbered, saying he would be "very happy" to return to the hit show.
David Craig, Radio Times, 8th February 2021Podcasts
TV & radio
4:30pm30 min
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Series 23, Episode 5 - The Fundamentals Of RealityProf. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Nobel prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek, cosmologist Janna Levin and comedians Eric Idle and Sara Pascoe to ask, "What is reality?"
6:30pm30 min
The Unbelievable Truth
Series 25, Episode 5David Mitchell is joined by Sindhu Vee, Lloyd Langford, Zoe Lyons, and Henning Wehn are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as goats, sound, fighting and ghosts.
6:30pm30 min
8:30pm30 min
Would I Lie To You?
Series 14, Episode 6Host Rob Brydon and captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack welcome Sara Pascoe, Dan Walker, Nicola Coughlan and Mr Motivator to the comedy panel show on which the teams reveal extraordinary stories about themselves.
10pm30 min
The Stand Up Sketch Show
Series 3, Episode 1The return of the programme in which routines by renowned and up-and-coming comedians are reconstructed as sketches, featuring Russell Kane, Kojo Anim, Seann Walsh, Elf Lyons, Luke Kempner, Josh Weller and Jayde Adams.