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BCG Daily Sunday 5th September 2021

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Press clippings

The Scotts. Image shows from L to R: Vincent Scott (Robert Florence), Colette Scott (Louise McCarthy), Henry Scott (Iain Connell)

The Scotts touted as Still Game rival

Written and starring Burnistoun's Robert Florence and Iain Connell, the sitcom, which hits our screens tomorrow night, is being touted as the next Still Game - a comparison which scares its creators.

Heather Greenaway, Daily Record, 5th September 2021
Ruby Wax

Sunday with Ruby Wax

The comedian talks about living out of a suitcase, kayaking, Cape Town and wishing she liked conformity.

Michael Segalov, The Observer, 5th September 2021
Sex Education. Adam Groff (Connor Swindells). Copyright: Eleven Film

Interview: Sex Education's Connor Swindells

The actor is a huge hit as queer tough guy Adam in the Netflix smash, though he very nearly became a boxer instead. He talks to Ellie Harrison about his working class roots, getting to grips with nude scenes and how losing his mother led him to playing troubled youths.

Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 5th September 2021
The Vicar Of Dibley. Geraldine Grainger (Dawn French). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

BBC slammed for Vicar Of Dibley offence warnings

Viewers are told on iPlayer that the classic comedy, starring Dawn French as vicar Geraldine Granger, "contains discriminatory language".

Amir Razavi, The Sun, 5th September 2021
Jayde Adams. Copyright: Suzie Larke

Jayde Adams on moving back to Bristol

It's ten years since the tragedy of her sister, and now Jayde Adams is ready to return to the city she loves.

The Bristol Post, 5th September 2021
Caitlin Magnall-Kearns

Writers in Development: Caitlin Magnall-Kearns

"My voice is an amalgamation of all of the writers I look up to and love, flavoured with my own opinions and experiences."

The Comedy Loser, 5th September 2021
Is That... Chris Ramsey?. Chris Ramsey. Copyright: Avalon Television

Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed opening postponed

Due to a catastrophic failure of the iron curtain separating the auditorium from the stage, Chris and Rosie Ramsey's hotly anticipated opening performances of their sold out first leg of their record breaking Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed live podcast tour at the Edinburgh Playhouse (matinee & evening) have both been cancelled and rescheduled to Sunday 5th December 2021.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th September 2021
John Challis

John Challis given honorary citizenship of Serbia

Only Fools And Horses star John Challis has been granted honorary citizenship in Serbia for his portrayal of Boycie in the much-loved British comedy series.

Laurence Dollimore, Daily Mail, 5th September 2021
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows from L to R: Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Owl Power

Gone Fishing, BBC2, review

Four series in, this gentle show is still perfection.

Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 5th September 2021
Crackanory. Miriam Margolyes. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Miriam Margolyes on John Cleese and Graham Chapman

Snobbish, sexist and 'total s****!': Miriam Margolyes' withering verdict on Monty Python stars John Cleese and Graham Chapman... as revealed in this rollicking second extract from her brilliant new memoir.

Miriam Margolyes, Daily Mail, 5th September 2021

Videos

TV & radio

Radio 4 3pm
60 min
Tanya Moodie

Dangerous Liaisons

Episode 2

The battle turns darker, as the rivals deal out sexual control and abuse in a dangerous contest that will kill one of them - and one of their victims.

BBC Two 8pm
30 min
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows from L to R: Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Owl Power

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Series 4, Episode 2 - Bream (Burghley House, Cambridgeshire)

Bob and Paul accept an invitation to fish in the estate lake of Burghley House, a 16th-Century country house near Stamford in Lincolnshire. Built in the 16th Century by William Cecil, Elizabeth I's lord high chancellor, Burghley House is home to some of the most majestic landscapes Paul and Bob have ever found themselves in.

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