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BCG Daily Monday 15th February 2021

News

Alan Carr TV

Alan Carr is working on a sitcom about his childhood

Alan Carr is making a semi-autobiographical sitcom about his life growing up in Northampton in the 1980s.

Matt Lucas People

Matt Lucas to celebrate 50 years of Mr Men

Matt Lucas is to front 50 Years Of The Mr Men, a Channel 4 show which celebrates the characters created by Roger Hargreaves.

Iain Pattinson People

Comedy writer Iain Pattinson has died

Iain Pattinson, who has written countless jokes for shows including I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, has died.

Tommy Cooper Forever. Tommy Cooper. Copyright: Shiver Productions News

BBC to broadcast The Festival Of Funny

The BBC has announced The Festival Of Funny. Running across its TV, radio and online channels from late February to mid-March, the festival will see fourteen hours of new content broadcast.

Patrick Kielty Radio

Patrick Kielty records Radio 4 stand-up show

Patrick Kielty is the latest comic to land a Radio 4 special. In Borderline: A Postcard From The Edge Of The Union he pledges to explain what's really happening in a post-Brexit Northern Ireland.

BCG Pro

Comedy 50:50 and UKTV Pro

UKTV and Comedy 50:50 announce opportunity for female writers

Comedy 50:50 and UKTV have launched an initiative to generate at least one new sitcom series for either Gold or Dave.

Press clippings

Lucia Keskin

Lucia Keskin: "I'm trying to un-influence people"

Comedian Lucia Keskin has earned fans including Dawn French and Diane Morgan with her videos reimagining classic TV shows. She talks to Isobel Lewis about growing up on the internet, trying stand-up and feeling like a 40-year-old trapped in a 20-year-old's body.

Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 15th February 2021
The Watch. Image shows from L to R: Constable Cheery (Jo Eaton-Kent), Corporal Angua (Marama Corlett), Lady Sybil Ramkin (Lara Rossi), Sam Vimes (Richard Dormer), Sergeant Detritus, Constable Carrot (Adam Hugill)

Can TV ever fully capture Terry Pratchett's Discworld?

The final episodes of BBC America's The Watch stand well enough on their own. But will a Terry Pratchett adaptation ever be able to capture the heart of Discworld?

Alana Joli Abbott, Den Of Geek, 15th February 2021

Videos

Image shows from L to R: Christian Brighty, Amy Greaves Online

Privates present Sex Education

2 mins, 13 secs

A quick primer on the essentials of the human reproductive system, including both sex positions.

Podcasts

The Worst Writer In The World

The Worst Writer in the World: Worst Writer - Stars, Part 1

41 minutes

14-year-old Howard's fantasy story about a band of heroic adventurers on a quest to save the world (from jelly).

TV & radio

Radio 4 4:30pm
30 min
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 23, Episode 6 - A History of Rock

Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Ross Noble, paleontologist Susie Maidment and geologist Chris Jackson to look at the history of rock.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 25, Episode 6

David Mitchell hosts three comedy couples: Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney, Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris, and Lucy Porter and Justin Edwards, as they talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as nudity, horses and Valentine's Day.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Beth Granville. Copyright: Alex Brenner

Foiled

Series 4, Episode 4 - Everything's Mikes

Sabrina's dad treats the team to an unexpected day out. But their excitement wanes when they realise they are going to spend the day in a karaoke booth.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
Would I Lie To You?. Image shows from L to R: Joel Dommett, Sindhu Vee, David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Lee Mack, AJ Odudu, Alex Horne. Copyright: Zeppotron

Would I Lie To You?

Series 14, Episode 7

Host Rob Brydon and captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack welcome Joel Dommett, Sindhu Vee, Alex Horne and AJ Odudu to the comedy panel show on which the teams reveal extraordinary stories about themselves.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
30 min
The Stand Up Sketch Show. Iain Stirling

The Stand Up Sketch Show

Series 3, Episode 2

Routines by comedians including Huge Davies, Judi Love, Alfie Brown, Bobby Mair, Suzi Ruffell, Iain Stirling and Russell Kane are reconstructed as sketches.

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