British Comedy Guide

BCG Daily Sunday 10th October 2021

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Press clippings

End Of The Pier. Blake Harrison. Copyright: Simon Annand

Blake Harrison interview

The actor is known for starring in the hit Brit show The Inbetweeners but now he avoids being the 'dumb Cockney in a comedy' at all costs. As his new play opens in London, he talks to Isobel Lewis about whether Neil and co have aged well and how he's moved on with the help of MMA fighters.

Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 10th October 2021
Oliver Selby

Oliver Selby interview

"I never thought I'd end up writing for kids, but I really do love it."

The Comedy Loser, 10th October 2021
Gina Yashere

Gina Yashere interview

"I buy a property whenever I get a chunk of money."

John Wright, The Telegraph, 10th October 2021
Taskmaster. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: Avalon Television

Victoria Coren Mitchell interview

The writer, presenter and professional poker player on taking part in Taskmaster, her pub quiz dilemma and a life surrounded by comedians.

Michael Hogan, The Observer, 10th October 2021
The Larkins. Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh)

The Larkins review

Bradley Walsh is a perfick Pop in ITV's Darling Buds Of May reboot.

Helen Daly, Radio Times, 10th October 2021
The Larkins. Image shows from L to R: Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh), Ma Larkin (Joanna Scanlan)

The Larkins review

It is the kind of production that the new secretary of state for culture, Nadine "Mad Nad" Dorries would greatly approve of, mainly because it is precisely the kind of opioid atavistic tosh she churns out in her novels. It's a sort of Brexit Television, set in a post-war green and pleasant England that never was and never will be, but for which so many feel an overwhelming nostalgia (and so much so that they're prepared to vote in their millions for a better yesterday).

Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 10th October 2021
The Larkins. Image shows from L to R: Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh), Ma Larkin (Joanna Scanlan)

The Larkins review

Ian Hyland says ITV's The Larkins is not stuck in the past but has been revived to have a modern feel with plenty of diversity - that's the next five Sunday nights sorted.

Ian Hyland, The Mirror, 10th October 2021
Rob Beckett

Rob Beckett reveals secret mental health battle

The comic, 35, writes in his autobiography about his secret mental health battle after feeling 'it would be better if I was dead'.

Stuart Pink, The Sun, 10th October 2021
The Larkins. Image shows from L to R: Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh), Ma Larkin (Joanna Scanlan)

The Larkins review

ITV remake is the perfick warm hug we desperately need on Sunday nights.

Charlotte Manning, Metro, 10th October 2021
The Larkins. Image shows from L to R: Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh), Ma Larkin (Joanna Scanlan)

The Larkins review

There's nothing 'perfick' about this clumsy remake.

Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 10th October 2021

Emily Atack on social media trolls

The TV star says that the social media trolls who torment her are often husbands and fathers. 'They put their daughters to bed, then go online and send me rape threats'.

Liam Kelly, The Times, 10th October 2021

Videos

TV & radio

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 2, Episode 1 - Olivia Williams

This week Stephen meets and listens to the confessions of British and Hollywood screen actor Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense, The Crown).

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8pm
60 min
The Larkins. Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh)

The Larkins

Series 1, Episode 1 - In Which We Meet The Larkin Family

Excited and busy, plans for the approaching May Day Fair are under way in the village but everything is not as peaceful as it might be in the Larkins' world.

BBC Two 9pm
45 min
The Ranganation. Nadiya Hussain. Copyright: Zeppotron

The Ranganation

Series 4, Episode 2

Jon Richardson and TV chef Nadiya Hussain talk Salt Bae, Facebook's system outage, and judge the Ranganation's baking contest.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10:20pm
25 min
Sorry, I Didn't Know. Image shows from L to R: Stephen K Amos, Bethany Black, Chizzy Akudolu, Jimmy Akingbola, Judi Love, Eddie Kadi, Kojo Anim. Copyright: Triforce Productions

Sorry, I Didn't Know

Series 2, Episode 2

Eddie Kadi, Stephen K Amos, Kojo Anim and Bethany Black join Jimmy, Chizzy and Judi in the studio.

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