BCG Daily Friday 23rd July 2021

Isy Suttie on the reality of parenting

'I thought the baby would effortlessly fit into our chaotic schedules'.

Simon Amstell interview

As he returns to live stand-up with a new tour, Simon Amstell talks about finding himself in psychedelics - and why nothing is funnier than the brutal truth.

Jack Dee profile

Amid a veritable blizzard of books by comedians out this autumn is What Is Your Problem? by Jack Dee, in which "comedy's little ray of sleet grapples with life's major dilemmas".

Comic Relief to air from BBC Salford studios

Children In Need and Comic Relief, the BBC's annual charity fundraising TV specials, will be broadcast from the corporation's [y]Salford[/y] studios from 2021 onwards.

Anna Morris: Sharing your comedy video - my top 5 tips

I've been making comedy videos for almost 10 years now. A viral comedy video got me an agent. Another one got me a part in a Channel 4 sitcom when one of the writers saw it retweeted on Twitter. But I don't do it for the parts - I do it because I really enjoy taking control of my own content, making people laugh, and improving my skills.

Party's Over review

Setting politics aside, the personal turmoil of being forced to forge a new career after being stripped of the power you'd previously dedicated every waking hour to achieving and maintaining, is a strong premise for a sitcom. Even before you add in that your central character is dogged by failure at every turn.

Ania Magliano interview

The comedian, writer and stand-up on the things that make her laugh the most.

Russell Howard interview

The comedian has some adjusting to do after 18 months of making tea for his wife, but he's not been idle.

Jack Whitehall forced out of mansion by floodwater

Jack Whitehall has been forced out of his new £17.5million Notting Hill home by flash floods.

Off The Rails review

No, it's not the latest Channel 5 travel series, but the plot of a new feel-good Brit flick.

Off The Rails review

Off The Rails never manages to rise above a script that does the bare minimum to get its characters from A to B. Top tunes, though.

Off The Rails review

It is also refreshing to see a teenage girl being portrayed as the wise head not a whining snowflake.

Off The Rails review

This is a feel-good picture, even though it begins with news that cancer has prematurely claimed the life of Anna

Off The Rails review

With its Mediterranean locations, themed soundtrack and middle-age nostalgia, this comedy drama is forlornly chasing the Mamma Mia! dollar.

Off The Rails review

Blondie-powered interrailing comedy is a feelgood trainwreck.

BBC snubs pleas to put Little Britain back on iPlayer

Woke BBC bosses have snubbed a plea from Tory MPs to put comedy smash-hit Little Britain back on iPlayer.

Couple have giant Laurel & Hardy statues stolen 4 times

A woman and her partner from London are "devastated" after their life-sized figures of comics Laurel and Hardy have been stolen from outside their home for a fourth time in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Alan Davies: filming QI in pandemic was hard & strange

The comedian, 55, on Harry Hill and Barry Manilow on the M6, filming QI in the pandemic, As Yet Untitled and getting a dog during lockdown.

Kray twins nearly beat up Ronnie Corbett

Ronnie Corbett once risked a beating from the Krays after hitting one of them in the face with a bread roll, Barry Cryer has revealed.

The 5ft 1in comic accidentally struck gangster Ronnie in the mush at a West End cabaret show. But Corbett, who died in 2016 aged 85, avoided a bruising because he was so loved by Ronnie and twin Reggie.

Eric Morecambe's widow says he'd be proud of his legacy

Eric Morecambe's widow says he would have been delighted his ­comedy is still remembered ­decades after his death.

Joanne McNally takes her Prosecco Express on tour

Rising star Joanne McNally is to take her acclaimed show The Prosecco Express on tour, including a date at the London Palladium on Saturday, 21 May, 2022.

Suchandrika Chakrabarti: Remembering Amy Winehouse

Suchandrika Chakrabarti contributes to the Grammy Foundation's tribute to Amy Winehouse on the 10th anniversary of the singer's death.

How Amy Winehouse's death changed conversations

On the 10th anniversary of the singer's death, a look at whether things might have played out differently today. Music has changed since 2011, and so has the media landscape. This summer, journalist and broadcaster Suchandrika Chakrabarti debuted her live show I Miss Amy Winehouse, a comedic but cathartic look at how the singer soundtracked her life. "I'm the same age as Amy," she says. "The older I get, the younger 27 seems."