BCG Daily Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Rafe Spall, Esther Smith still 'Trying'
Jason Ross and Nikki Newman are back for Season 2 of Trying - and all is right in their world. Well, almost.
Michael Starr, The New York Post, 11th May 2021
Inside No. 9 review
The whole tale was so arch it was bent double. But no one has said 'bomb' in such a silly accent since the Pink Panther movies. I defy you not to snigger.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 11th May 2021
Inside No. 9 review
The prospect of a new series of Inside No. 9 is delicious. Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are surely now at national treasure status. So it pains me to say that I didn't much enjoy last night's offering, which Gemma Whelan explained to camera was a cross between commedia dell'arte and a heist movie, but felt to me largely like a drama students' circle jerk.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 11th May 2021
Inside No 9: Wuthering Heist review
Wuthering Heist is another ambitious episode, bringing back Inside No 9 with a bang that should satisfy all the fans who have been eagerly awaiting it. Even, maybe, those on internet fan boards...
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th May 2021
Bill Murray club to reopen at 00.01 on Monday
Comedy clubs are wasting no time in reopening once Covid lockdown restrictions relax on Monday. And London's Bill Murray is taking that to extremes, opening bang on midnight for its - and indeed the UK's - first live indoor comedy gig of the year.
Chortle, 11th May 2021
Scotland gives green light to indoor comedy
Indoor comedy can resume in Scotland from Monday after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a relaxation of lockdown measures.
Chortle, 11th May 2021
Book review: Delicacy, by Katy Wix
The pain and vulnerability are palpable in her writing, but the complexities and contradictions of being human come over louder still.
Chortle, 11th May 2021
Mum wants to change daughter's name from Maeve Sexton
A desperate mum has asked for advice from other parents after admitting she wants to change her daughter's name. The mother said she was "gutted" to learn that her daughter shares the same name as Maeve Sexton, a character on the hit TV show Sex Education.
Rosaleen Fenton, The Mirror, 11th May 2021
How David Baddiel became unlikely voice of UK's Jews
David Baddiel has attracted widespread praise for his book Jews Don't Count and his online condemnations of antisemitism. But how did a 'fundamental atheist' best-known for his sweary stand-up end up a pillar of the community?
Daniella Peled, Haaretz, 11th May 2021In conversation with Mae Martin
Mae Martin talks about truth in comedy, being queer on screen, and naming every country on earth.
Isobel Merriman, Cherwell, 11th May 2021Is it time to end our Mitford obsession?
As Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit Of Love appears on BBC One, two writers consider the legacy of the original novel - and the family that produced it.
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Charlotte Lydia Riley, The New Statesman, 11th May 20215 people reflect on the silver linings of lockdown
'I became a stand-up comedian'. After attending a comedy course in London, Suchandrika Chakrabarti, 37, entered the Funny Women Stage Awards and developed a new career.
Anya Meyerowitz, MSN Entertainment, 11th May 2021Videos
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6:30pm30 min
Alex Edelman's Peer Group
Series 4, Episode 1 - Dead JewsAlex Edelman asks why Jews are still so problematic for so many. With the rise of QAnon, antisemitism has somehow crept into the mainstream, especially in America, and a lot of it still seems to go unchecked. He looks at all the ways his faith, and people's reaction to it, impacts his life and the ways in which society still fails to understand the issues many Jews like him have to live with.
9pm60 min
Guessable?
Series 2, Episode 5This week sees the gang welcome Strictly favourite Oti Mabuse alongside comedians David Baddiel, Maisie Adam and Miles Jupp to play another medley of madcap games.
9pm60 min
The Football's On
Series 6, Episode 12On this week's episode Ian Stone is joined by Elis James and Chris McCausland to look at the lighter side of this week's talking points from the world of football.
11pm30 min
Fortunately... With Fi And Jane
Series 1, Episode 18 - The Cream Of Slough, With Your EmailsFi and Jane choose some of their favourite listener emails from the past few weeks. There's a story of plasticine robbery, an eyebrow raising opinion from the Channel Islands, advice on bodily habits in new romances and much much more.