BCG Daily Monday 21st June 2021
Press clippings
Music and comedy venue changes in Wales lockdown easing
Covid capacity rules in music and comedy venues have been slightly relaxed in another minor easing of Wales' lockdown restrictions.
James McCarthy, BBC, 21st June 2021
The fan page that's the biggest UK Facebook group
With a whopping 124.5 million followers it's the biggest Facebook group in the UK, ranking an impressive 4th overall in the world behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Samsung, and the Facebook App itself.
Hayley Clarke, My London, 21st June 2021
Kendal Calling 2021: Festival cancelled for second year
Organisers of the Kendal Calling festival have blamed the government's "complete absence of any guidance" for their decision to cancel again.
BBC, 21st June 2021
Review: Inside No. 9's final episode poses a question
Inside No. 9 concludes its sixth series with an uncomfortable 'state of the nation' piece, including more political and religious themes than ever before.
Sophie Davies, The Custard TV, 21st June 2021
Funny Women Awards announce sponsors
Sky Studios is on board as the main sponsor, supporting the Stage Award and Comedy Writing Award. NextUp Comedy is sponsoring the Comedy Shorts Award, and heat Magazine & heatworld are media partners for the brand-new Content Creator Award.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st June 2021
Charlie George and Katie Pritchard turn museum guides
Cultural Comedy Tours announce the first in their series of extraordinary events for 2021. Charlie George is Your Tour Guide and Katie Pritchard is your Tour Guide will take place on 16th and 23rd July at The Grant Museum of Zoology at University College London.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st June 2021
CBeebies Twirlywoos to open at Leicester Square Theatre
Featuring all the favourite characters from the hit TV show, expect mischief, music and plenty of surprises as the Twirlywoos welcome young fans on board their Big Red Boat for a theatrical adventure.
Theatre Weekly, 21st June 2021
Complaints over Maddix's golf racism on Taskmaster
Easily-offended snowflakes have complained to Ofcom that joking about white people enjoying golf is 'racist'. Seventeen viewers were so outraged when stand-up Jamali Maddix made the gag on Taskmaster last month that they contacted regulators. But after assessing the issue, the broadcasting watchdog decided to take no action, it revealed in its latest fortnightly report, released today.
Chortle, 21st June 2021
Brighton Fringe review, Gerry Carroll: When I Was Alive
The inventive idiots at the cult Alternative Comedy Memorial Society night have a permitted heckle: 'A failure - but a noble one.' That cry might have been invented for Gerry Carroll.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st June 2021
Brighton Fringe review - Ali and Fran: Intense!!
Fran and Ali is a two-hander, rather than a double act, even if their contrasting chalk-and-Swiss-cheese personalities might seem ideally suited for comic juxtaposition.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st June 2021
Brighton Fringe review - Aidan Goatley
It's Christmas in June, and Aidan Goatley is full of the 'goodwill to all men' spirit. And why wouldn't he be? He's doing two of the things he enjoys most: telling stories and sharing his love of movies. The Yuletide season itself he was always more ambivalent about, but every show's got to have a theme...
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st June 2021
Brighton Fringe review - Entertainer
Adam Morrison Jones is a great host. He's a big, brash personality with a sort of 'scream if you want to go faster' energy that pulls everyone on board. It comes as little surprise that he worked the holiday camps, starting at Pontins in Camber Sands - this Dover-raised has just the sort of bulletproof rabble-rousing skills they cherish.
Chortle, 21st June 2021
New clothes-based podcast from Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Guests will be chatting to Kiri on Who Are You Wearing? each week about the clothes and style that have become synonymous with who they are.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st June 2021
Malcolm Tucker made Dominic Cummings possible
As the volcanic spin doctor from the BBC series The Thick Of It, Malcolm Tucker has become a short-hand for the chaotic fire-fighting, ruthless enforcement and mendacious scheming of party politics. Even so, Peter Capaldi has said that his character - who first appeared in 2005 in the dog days of New Labour - is small fry compared to the PM's former consigliere, Dominic Cummings.
The Hound, Reaction, 21st June 2021
Big Zuu's Big Eats, Dave, review
This is what the future of cooking on TV should look like.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 21st June 2021
Inside No. 9 returns with more cunning puzzles
In an interview, the creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton discuss the new season and their love of narrative challenges. "It's been like writing school for us," Pemberton said.
Darryn King, The New York Times, 21st June 2021
Alan Davies interview
"I only realised in adult life how much I suffered at the hands of my father."
Katie Russell, The Telegraph, 21st June 2021Saunders is wrong: you can be woke and take a joke
Darren Lewis isn't buying the idea that Absolutely Fabulous wouldn't get made today as 'everything is so sensitive', as co-creator Jennifer Saunders said in an interview last week.
Darren Lewis, The Mirror, 21st June 2021Videos
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5pm9 min
Big Zuu's Wrap Clash
Episode 6 - Tubsey vs HyderIt's Big Zuu's Wrap Clash finale and the tables have been turned for a Tubsey versus Hyder special. Which of Zuu's buddies can make the tastiest breakfast wrap? Will it be Tubsey with a savoury fattoush snack or Hyder with a sweet cherry wrap. The boys need to give it their best or they'll end up with egg on their heads.
6:30pm30 min
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 75, Episode 2Tonight the antidote to panel games has a virtual audience drawn from the Midlands, with Jack Dee joined once more by Tony Hawks, Marcus Brigstocke, Vicki Pepperdine and Henning Wehn, with Colin Sell at the piano.
10pm30 min
Big Zuu's Big Eats
Series 2, Episode 3 - Harry RedknappHarry's on a rare day off and once he's finished his round of golf is hoping Zuu can provide his unique take on fish and chips, cheese toasties and bread and butter pudding. As a manager who coached numerous players from West Africa, Zuu is also keen to give Harry a taste of his Sierra Leonian roots. It's a far cry from where the boys grew up - but Zuu, Tubsey and Hyder are quick to settle in and make themselves at home at this exclusive golf venue.