BCG Daily Saturday 5th June 2021
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Wallace & Gromit set for Preston statue
Wallace & Gromit are set to have their own "cracking" statue in animator Nick Park's home of Preston.
The comedy duo will be sculpted in a bid to draw more visitors to the Lancashire city as covid rules ease.
BBC, 5th June 2021
Charlotte Ritchie talks Feel Good and more
The actor has crammed three sitcoms and a game show into 2021 - and we're only halfway through.
David Craig, Radio Times, 5th June 2021
Paddy McGuinness and Keith Lemon star in Vindaloo video
Football anthem Vindaloo is being remade for the Euros - with Danny Dyer and Paddy McGuinness on vocals. Scenes for the video were shot this week, with actor Will Mellor, comic Leigh Francis and dancer Bez belting out a new version of the spicy Fat Les hit.
The Sun, 5th June 2021
Mae Martin on their unlikely cultural icons
Ahead of the new series of their comedy Feel Good, Martin honours the characters they identified with.
Mae Martin, The Guardian, 5th June 2021
Yuriko Kotani: Brighton Fringe (WiP 2021) review
"Sarcasm... Love it". These three words delivered deadpan by our clown for the evening instantly reminded me why I had been so excited to see Yuriko Kotani back on stage.
Clownster, 5th June 2021
The problems of social distancing in comedy clubs
Covent Garden's Top Secret Comedy Club has reopened its brilliant stand up nights but the social distancing measures are hard to stomach.
John James, My London, 5th June 2021
John Sessions left £1.4million estate to his siblings
Actor John Sessions left most of his £1.4 million estate to his siblings.
The TV star, known for stints on QI, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Have I Got News For You, died aged 67 in November after a heart attack.
Most of his estate went to his twin Margaret and his brother William.
Andrew Young, Mail on Sunday, 5th June 2021
Ed Gamble: The 10 songs that changed my life
Comedian, podcaster and heavy metal fan Ed Gamble guides us through his musical history - from System Of A Down to Bell Witch.
Luke Morton, Kerrang, 5th June 2021
10 hot new acts at Musical Comedy Awards
We caught up with Musical Comedy Awards producer legend Ed Chappel to talk through the acts who will be live on the biggest night of the year for tuneful comedians.
Rupert Dannreuther, To Do List, 5th June 2021Tom Allen: I'm fascinated with idea of camp as protest
The comic and presenter reflects on his favourite Pride memories and stand-out LGBTQ moments.
Daniel Welsh, The Huffington Post, 5th June 2021Videos
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10:30am30 min
You're Dead To Me
Series 3, Episode 4 - Joan Of ArcDelusion or divine intervention? Take a look at the life of French heroine Joan of Arc. Greg Jenner is joined by comedian Catherine Bohart and historian Dr Helen Castor.
3pm60 min
The Last Of England
In this darkly comic drama by Neil McKay, set on an overnight ferry to Santander, three 60-something friends try and fail to come to terms with life, death, truth and Brexit.