BCG Daily Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Carry On Camping bikini sells for £9,500
The bikini worn by Dame Barbara Windsor in the 1969 film Carry On Camping has sold at auction for £9,500.
BBC, 16th June 2021
For The Grace Of You Go I review
Here's an impressive post-Covid reopening: a juicy season of new work from Welsh writers, kicking off with a piece fizzing with ideas and invention. At first, the Bafta winner Alan Harris's three-hander looks like a gumball machine of a comedy play, all DayGlo colour and bouncy energy, but what it delivers is much more potent than any sugar rush.
Sam Marlowe, The Times, 16th June 2021
Controversy over Saunders cancel culture comments
There has, however, been some debate on social media, suggesting that Saunders comments were part of a wider conversation and the full context might not have been included.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th June 2021
Russell Brand's Shakespeare show to be streamed
On demand and PPV service, LIVENow, has announced that on 14 July audiences can watch exclusively on the platform a filmed version of Russell Brand's one man theatre show, Our Little Lives: Shakespeare & Me, in which he takes some life lessons from Shakespeare.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th June 2021
Cambridge Impronauts interview: part 2
Refreshing improv and unusual suggestions...
Phoenix Remix, 16th June 2021
Big Zuu interview
"I can't water myself down if I'm going to be a part of a change on TV".
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 16th June 2021
Is comedy taking care not to offend such a bad thing?
People are more sensitive about potential offence now than ever before, that's for sure. What's less clear, beyond the default reactionary stance of most print media, is why this is fundamentally a BAD THING and MUST BE STOPPED. For despite the naysayers, this is a pretty good time for TV comedy (at least until Covid put a spanner in the production works). Nostalgia always wins out because we only remember the excellent programmes, endlessly repeated, while the present contains warts-and-all.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th June 2021
For The Grace Of You Go I review
Theatr Clwyd mixed video media production rages against government back-to-work schemes.
The Stage, 16th June 2021
League Of Gentlemen signs being sold at auction
The signs, which include the famous "Welcome to Royston Vasey. You'll Never leave!", "Local Shop" and "Babs Cabs", are the work of former TV, film and theatre set designer the late David Hill. At the time the show was being made he lived in Hadfield, Derbyshire - the village where The League Of Gentlemen was filmed between 1999 and 2002.
George Bunn, Staffordshire Live, 16th June 2021
Kevin Bridges has 17 years of jokes stored in a box
Scots comedian Kevin Bridges has shared a photo of a storage box full of notepads containing all of his jokes from the last 17 years.
Joseph Anderson, Deadline News, 16th June 2021
Together is cheap and obvious pandemic piggybacking
In this tedious and excruciating film, Sharon Horgan and James McAvoy play a warring couple trapped together in lockdown.
Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 16th June 2021
Shona McCarthy interview
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society's chief executive tells Lyn Gardner about this year's hybrid event and explains how the society is working to address issues of affordability and accessibility.
Lyn Gardner, The Stage, 16th June 2021
Jason Byrne almost quit live comedy
Jason Byrne almost quit comedy to become a psychotherapist before a forensic scientist convinced him to stick at it and use his humour to help people.
Siobhan O'Connor, The Irish Mirror, 16th June 2021
Leicester Comedy Festival reveal latest 2022 acts
Confirmed acts include Ahir Shah, Ed Gamble, Ross Noble and Katherine Ryan.
Becky Jones, Leicester Mercury, 16th June 2021
Together - In conversation with Dennis Kelly
Together is the hilarious and heartbreaking story of a couple forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of lockdown. Dennis Kelly, the creator and writer of BBC Two's Together, joins us to discuss the drama's writing process.
BBC Writersroom, 16th June 2021Videos
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12:04pm15 min
5pm11 min
Big Zuu's Wrap Clash
Episode 5 - Amelia Dimoldenberg cooks up a frozen food snackBig Zuu challenges Chicken Shop Date's Amelia Dimoldenberg to a cooler-than-ever Wrap Clash featuring frozen food. Will Zuu's deep-fried ice cream wrap take him to a sweet victory or can Amelia steal the trophy with an oven-baked waffle and potato face savoury snack?
6pm2 min
11pm15 min
Twayna Mayne: Black Women
Series 2, Episode 3 - ClassTwayna Mayne explores the pervasive subject of class and how it shapes identity and opportunity with broadcaster Andi Oliver and academic Chantelle Lewis.
11:15pm15 min
The Skewer
Series 4, Episode 3The G7 meets Se7en, Alan Partridge joins GB News, and The Sweeney interview Matt Hancock.