BCG Daily Sunday 7th March 2021
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Ignore the critics: British TV comedy is in rude health
Shows such as Fleabag and This Country are setting a gold standard - and the naysayers are reflecting on glory days that never existed.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 7th March 2021
Conor O'Grady interview
"The best way to showcase that you're an agreeable person is to reach out to people."
The Comedy Loser, 7th March 2021
Review: Stand Up 4 Women
Hosted by Sikisa live from a podium at the Phoenix Arts Club, the six performers appear via Zoom from their own homes enhanced by an invisible 'front row' with an invited Zoom audience of comedians (visible only to each other) providing a focus for the performer and adding a real-time laughter track that creates a bit of extra atmosphere.
Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub, 7th March 2021
Ricky Gervais: One day I'll be replaced by a robot
Ricky Gervais has joked that he could one day be replaced by a robot who's better at stand-up than he is.
Chortle, 7th March 2021
Review: The Delightful Sausage, Tommy Tiernan
Reviews of BBC Radio 2 pilots The Delightful Sausage On: Staycations (3.5 stars) and Tommy Tiernan On: Beards (1 star).
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th March 2021
Review: Kiri Pritchard-McLean; The Empire
Reviews of the Radio 2 Festival Of Funny pilots Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Secret Desires (3 stars) and The Empire (2 stars).
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th March 2021
Comedians on their stand-up heroes
We've done a lot of things in lockdown - followed the news obsessively, become amateur crafters, howled with despair - but laughing hasn't been one of them. Thank goodness, then, for the BBC's Festival Of Funny, celebrating all things comedy. To mark the occasion, we asked some of our favourite comedians to tell us which stand-up they love the most.
Nancy Durrant, Evening Standard, 7th March 2021Les Dennis speaks out on achieving a career first
Les Dennis has spoken out on achieving a career first by starring in a new episode of Jimmy McGovern's Moving On.
Charlie Milward, The Daily Express, 7th March 2021Videos
TV
TV & radio
9:05am20 min
The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud
Series 2, Episode 8 - The Grimsby MermaidDave stumbles across a mermaid at the dockside who invites herself round for tea and takes up residence in the Spuds' bathtub, so Dave and his family must somehow persuade their unwanted guest to go back to her watery home.
9:40am25 min
The Dog Ate My Homework
Series 8, Episode 10Lauren Layfield is joined by Orson and Janae, comedians Thanyia Moore and Helen Bauer, and Ben Shires and Dr Ranj.
7:15pm30 min
Stephen Buchanan - Talking Shop
Stephen Buchanan outlines his chequered work history from shop worker to human ping pong ball. At home Stephen lives with his mum and a Vietnamese refugee Dove. Can Stephen help Dove onto the career ladder and can they both move up in the world?
9pm45 min
The Ranganation
Series 3, Episode 5This week, special guests Roisin Conaty and Jamie Laing are beamed into the studio to chew over the lighter end of the news spectrum, including the claims of Meghan and Harry, and the expenses claims of Labour MP Angela Rayner.
9pm30 min
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Secret Desires
A stand-up special focusing on all the things missed while living in isolation. Featuring audience stories, Kiri unpicks the awkward moments of life that people so weirdly desire.
9:30pm30 min
The Empire
India, 1917: Young James Albright, Oxbridge and Public School educated, is about to become the District Magistrate for the Province of Darjeeling. Idealistic, naive, Albright doesn't know what he has let himself in for. His Indian right hand man Harbans is there to help him - or is he? Local businesswoman Mrs Campbell is ready to exploit his ignorance. And into this mix comes Sapna, an Indian proto-revolutionary and the first woman Albright has felt "funny about".
9:45pm40 min
Funny Festival Live
Episode 1Jason Manford kicks off this live stand-up series by welcoming Judi Love, Toussaint Douglass, Michael Stranney and Jayde Adams to the stage to share their highs and lows of lockdown.