BCG Daily Saturday 13th March 2021
Press clippings
Chinese Arts Now Festival review
Chinese Arts Now was founded in 2005 and aims to produce and present work that explores Chinese themes, stories and art forms in the UK. Its annual festival includes a comedy night (presented in conjunction with Soho Theatre), and this year three comics of Chinese heritage - Evelyn Mok, Ken Cheng and Phil Wang - performed.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 13th March 2021
Dating through a Covid filter
Physical closeness, juggling contributors' cold feet and patience all played a part in getting Sky's Dating No Filter off the ground, says executive producer David Granger.
Broadcast, 13th March 2021
Jimmy Carr on Stephen Hawking getting drunk at parties
Jimmy Carr has revealed he turned Harry Styles and Professor Stephen Hawking into unlikely drinking buddies at one of his wild showbiz house parties.
Daniel Sperling, The Sun, 13th March 2021
Comedians are turning to podcasts to show off
Comics have been left without an audience for their witty anecdotes writes Robin Ince. Won't someone please think of the show-offs.
Robin Ince, The Big Issue, 13th March 2021
Rudy Giuliani in Borat 2 gets a Razzie nomination
The Razzie nominations were announced Friday, and Rudy Giuliani scored a Worst Supporting Actor nod and Worst Screen Combo alongside Maria Bakalova.
Adam Bentz, Screen Rant, 13th March 2021Videos
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TV & radio
8:50am10 min
Monster Court
Episode 11 - The Case Of The Drama QueenSamrah from Halifax accuses her brother Ibrahim of being a drama queen.
9:05am20 min
The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud
Series 2, Episode 9 - Venice Of The NorthDave and his friends embark on a school trip along a canal where they awaken an ancient monster called Big Lippy, who pushes them over a waterfall and sends them back in time to the Jurassic era.
10:30am30 min
Mitchell On Meetings
Episode 1 - It Started With a ThingDavid Mitchell invites us (on zoom) to explore how the humble meeting took over the world. On the agenda: our love/hate thing with meetings, and David learns to be a good chairman.
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 18, Episode 27Former Welsh rugby player Jonathan Davies, sports broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd, former GB badminton player Gail Emms and comedian Eddie Kadi join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
10:45pm25 min
The Jonathan Ross Show
Special Guests: Series 1, Highlights SpecialAmong the guests featured are Gordon Ramsay, Britney Spears, Idris Elba, Lena Dunham, Stormzy, Joanna Lumley, Cristiano Ronaldo, Aisling Bea and Jack Black.