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Borat wins at Golden Globe Awards 2021
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the sequel to 2006's hugely successful Borat, was named best musical or comedy film. "Thank you to the all-white Hollywood Foreign Press," said Sacha Baron Cohen as he accepted the prize, referring to the recent revelation that the organisation behind the Globes currently has no black members.
BBC, 1st March 2021
Angela Barnes to do charity sit up marathon
Angela Barnes is setting out to do 3000 sit ups during March to raise money for the Royal Marsden Hospital.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st March 2021
Elf Lyons releases debut play online
Award winning comedian Elf Lyons is releasing her critically acclaimed debut play Gorgon: A Horror Story as a digital audio play.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st March 2021
Fears grow for Fringe's future as venues plead for help
It has run for nearly 75 years, is the biggest event of its type in the world and is estimated to be worth around £1 billion to the Scottish economy. But now some of the leading players in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have raised fears for the very future of the event unless it is given the green light by the Scottish Government within weeks and is underwritten from the public purse.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 1st March 2021Podcasts
TV & radio
7:20am15 min
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 2, Episode 40 - Gnasher DashGnasher is practically immobile inside a full-body cast. When he goes missing, Dennis and the gang race all over Beanotown to find him, always one step behind the helpless hound.
5pm15 min
GiggleQuiz
Series 2, Episode 2 - Wizard Tripwick's Crystal BallJoining Gail and Keith for this GiggleQuiz are Wizard Tripwick and Captain Adorable.
6:30pm30 min
Just A Minute
Series 86, Episode 2Sue Perkins acts as host. Stephen Fry, Jenny Eclair, Desiree Burch & Paul Merton talk without hesitation, deviation, or repetition.
6:30pm30 min
Stand Up In My House
Elis James hosts the best comedians from Wales and the UK as they attempt to do stand-up to the most discerning of audiences: the people they live with. As it is 1st March, this is a St. David's Day special, with Robin Morgan, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Lloyd Langford (in front of a live audience in Australia), Priya Hall and Tudur Owen.
8:30pm30 min
Would I Lie To You?
Series 14, Episode 9Host Rob Brydon and captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack welcome Johnny Vegas, Alex Jones, Martin Lewis and Anna Maxwell-Martin to the comedy panel show on which the teams reveal extraordinary stories about themselves.
8:30pm30 min
TV Flashback
Series 4, Episode 8 - St David's DayTudur Owen rewinds the funniest clips from half a century of Welsh telly. This time he finds dragons, harps and plenty of dancing as he sets out to discover how we have celebrated St David's Day.
10:30pm30 min
The Stand Up Sketch Show
Series 3, Episode 4Routines by comedians including Huge Davies, Felicity Ward, Kemah Bob, Alfie Brown, Bobby Mair, Suzi Ruffell and Iain Stirling are reconstructed as sketches.