BCG Daily Friday 2nd July 2021
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Puffin serves up Falafel's 'laugh-out-loud' adventure
Puffin has acquired Trixie Pickle Art Avenger, a "hilarious" middle-grade adventure written and illustrated by comedian and host of the YouTube show "Art Club", Olaf Falafel.
Tamsin Hackett, The Bookseller, 2nd July 2021
Lycett says Steph's Packed Lunch walk-out was planned
"Soz, it wasn't real," comedian said as he returned to Channel 4 show on Friday. Joe says the "walk-put" was to make a point about recycling.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 2nd July 2021
Tanya Qureshi: BBC comedy mustn't be scared to fail
Pilots from up-and-coming voices don't have to rate, says interim genre head.
Max Goldbart, Broadcast, 2nd July 2021
The Pin interview
The award-winning comedy duo on the things that make them laugh the most.
The Guardian, 2nd July 2021
Rob Beckett says he was thrown off show for drunkenness
Rob Beckett was booted off the set of Peter Crouch's BBC1 show for being too drunk after his tear-up at England v Germany.
Dorothy Howbrook, The Sun, 2nd July 2021
Review: Put on your crooked smiles for The Ladykillers
Whether or not The Ladykillers star Alec Guinness was fully aware of how horrifically funny his grotesque false teeth would come across when projected on massive movie screens after this last great Ealing Studios comedy reached theaters in 1955, the illustrious British actor's choice of choppers was nevertheless one for the ages.
Robert Abele, LA Times, 2nd July 2021
Why writers need a website
Now I'm not saying that if you get a website, you're instantly going to get lots of work. But I do genuinely believe that it will improve your chances. If nothing else, it will help to professionalise you as a writer. You can go onto Google and search YOUR NAME + WRITER and there will be at least one result. And isn't that the dream?
The Comedy Loser, 2nd July 2021
Dodger first look: Christopher Eccleston as Fagin
Christopher Eccleston was seen on the set of the new BBC comedy drama Dodger for the first time on Thursday.
Amelia Wynne, Daily Mail, 2nd July 2021
Al Murray spotted having water fight on a swan pedalo
Al Murray has been spotted 'duelling' with Fred Sirieix - the French host of Channel 4 dating show First Dates - on the back of a swan pedalo in Portsmouth.
Tom Cotterill, Portsmouth News, 2nd July 2021
David Walliams books interview
'I haven't read any of my own books - I hear they are wonderful'. The comedian and children's writer on the powerful impact of George Orwell, the ending of the Bible and laughing at Adrian Mole.
The Guardian, 2nd July 2021Trying review
Not even directing from a far-off bedroom could keep this Apple TV+ comedy from chronicling a roller-coaster adoption journey with care and attention.
Steve Greene, IndieWire, 2nd July 2021Videos
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