BCG Daily Wednesday 31st March 2021

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Cally Beaton. Copyright: Rebecca Need-Menear

Working From Home review

Livestreamed variety evening is terrific fun.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 31st March 2021

Frank Skinner on why he's written a prayer book

In A Comedian's Prayer Book, the stand-up shares his conversations with God, explores his faith and explains why there's a place for jokes in worship.

Frank Skinner, i Newspaper, 31st March 2021

Comedians contribute to trans allies video

James Acaster, Shappi Khorsandi and Sarah Keyworth are among the performers who have contributed to a new video to mark Trans Day Of Visibility 2021 put together by Sarah O'Connell.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st March 2021

Reasons To Be Cheerful With Matt Lucas. Matt Lucas. Copyright: Nit TV

Comedians part of Hay Festival schools programme

The Hay Festival has unveiled its free programme for schools, bringing writers and young people together online for a series of interactive activities and workshops featuring Matt Lucas, David Baddiel, Adam Kay and more.

Mark Chandler, The Bookseller, 31st March 2021

Akemnji Ndifornyen on the TV he watched growing up

'Grange Hill was huge for me growing up'. The Famalam and Queen's Gambit star on the shows that shaped him as a child, from the school-set drama to the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air and The Office.

Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 31st March 2021

Stewart Lee releases a Nightingales cover

The comedian has recorded a cover version of the Nightingales 1982 track Use Your Loaf, which will be the B-side of the Birmingham rockers' next single, Ten Bob Each Way.

Chortle, 31st March 2021

Motherland. Image shows from L to R: Liz (Diane Morgan), Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin), Kevin (Paul Ready)

Joanna Lumley to cameo in truncated Motherland 3

Joanna Lumley is to feature in a truncated third series of Motherland.

Jake Kanter, Deadline, 31st March 2021

Luminaries of Lockdown: part three

Our final collection of those who helped us laugh through the pandemic.

Chortle, 31st March 2021

Grave New World. Stuart Laws. Copyright: Turtle Canyon Comedy

Grave New World: spoof unmasking our new normal

Anxiety, absurdity and little else pervade the post-pandemic world of Stuart Laws' mockumentary - so what's it trying to say about life after Covid?

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 31st March 2021

In Conversation With... Stuart Laws

"I'm a stand-up comedian and love doing narrative comedy shows that explore big ideas through a personal narrative."

Shelby Cooke, Film East, 31st March 2021

How do you tell a "Jew" joke without being offensive?

'If we aren't clear ourselves, how can we expect a comedian of different heritage to know what's kosher?'

Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon, The Jewish Chronicle, 31st March 2021

Podcasts

TV & radio

11:30am
30 min

Alexei Sayle's The Absence Of Normal

Series 2, Episode 4 - Locked Out

Katherine locks herself out of her house, and as she waits for her partner to return with the keys, she begins to realise that she knows nothing of the lives of her neighbours - the people who come and go, who do strange and apparently quite sinister things, and who sleep only a few inches away from her. Starring Maxine Peake.