BCG Daily Tuesday 24th August 2021

My Family star Wanamaker says BBC reboot won't happen

Zoe Wanamaker has delivered a blow to My Family fans hoping for a reboot - by saying the format would not work now.

Joe Lycett to host BBC life-drawing event

Joe Lycett is to present a two-hour live life-drawing session on the BBC next month.

This year's Fringe in the opinion of Sir Gideon Vein

The Edinburgh Fringe - or what passes for the Fringe in this let's-hope-it's-almost-over-Covid-pandemic netherworld - finishes this coming weekend. It started on 6th August. I have not been up there but, when I chatted to performer Tony Green aka Sir Gideon Vein for a blog posted a fortnight ago, I mentioned that he might like to give his view of what it is like this year. He lives in Edinburgh for a lot of the year. I have just received his highly-personal account... I say 'highly-personal'... That is exactly what I asked him for but, in other words, if you are an act who is mentioned, don't send the hit-men to shoot ME...

The Last Leg presenters on busting disability taboos

For the past nine years, Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Brooker and their team have helped change the conversation around disability on TV. They reflect on their success - and why it's increasingly hard to be edgy.

Gervais rages at critics of Afghan animals campaign

Ricky Gervais has lashed out at critics of the Operation Ark campaign to save animals from Afghanistan.

Ladybaby review

Ladybaby does not make light of any trauma that may come from teen pregnancy, adoption, or discovering your mum drunk in a dive bar toilet with the DJ, but Swain is talented in finding humour and tenderness in the grimmest situations.

First look at Sandylands Series 2

Sanjeev Bhaskar teases Tracy-Ann Oberman's arrival.

Exes Emily Atack and Seann Walsh reunite for a Nando's

Emily Atack and Seann Walsh have been spotted reuniting for a meal at Nando's five years after they dated.

The exes - who went on a number of dates in 2016 - met up for a bite to eat at the popular chicken restaurant in Clapham, South London, whilst working together on the new series of The Emily Atack Show.

Kumar destroys Gervais's anti-trans comedy in old video

Nish Kumar is earning praise after a recording of him eviscerating Ricky Gervais's anti-trans "comedy" routine resurfaced online.

You Can't Show It Now? Tate translator sketch

The butt of the joke is clearly Tate's Little Englander idiot, but she is still getting laughs from racial/national stereotypes. This feels way more uncomfortable than when it first aired.

Someone tell Cleese cancel culture is meaningless term

The Monty Python star is set to front a new Channel 4 series about 'cancel culture', having faced criticism in recent years for remarks of his own. Cancel Me will tackle subject matter that needs to be talked about, writes Louis Chilton, but the issue is more complicated than just 'political correctness gone mad'.

Fringe launches festival fundraising campaign

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the launch of a new £7.5m fundraising campaign to help aid the long-term recovery of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Simon Amstell interview

'We're done with talking about mental health. Let's try the cures'.

Rosie Jones at the Paralympics

Stop trying to guess what people with disabilities need when travelling - ask us.

Glasgow sitcom 'Weegies' hits Amazon Prime

Weegies follows the lives of Steve and George, played by Stephen Arthur, 30, and George Charles Stewart, 30, as hapless actors trying to make it in Glasgow. As two recent graduates, the pair could relate to the struggle of actors trying to make it.