BCG Daily Friday 15th October 2021

Simon Day revives Dave Angel: Eco Warrior

The Fast Show character is being used in commercials from Utilita Energy urging customers to 'Save Like Dave'.

Guilt review

As an advert for Edinburgh, the cruelly comic thriller Guilt (BBC2) is inviting.

Rob Beckett book extract

"It's weird to be a working-class man breeding middle-class children."

Guilt review

A coiled spring of dour, dry, deprecating drama.

Mr Twonkey interview

Twonkey's greatest Twitch, Princess Margaret and the pub quiz mafia...

The Good Life stage show review

The much-loved TV series becomes a series of set-pieces rather than a satisfying drama in this stage adaptation starring Rufus Hound as Tom Good.

Exclusive extract from Billy Connolly's memoirs

'I sometimes stray into political incorrectness, and I care not a jot'.

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show review

When you see One Woman Show - and you will - you'll want to talk about it to everyone who'll listen. You'll want to see it again, maybe twice, and then organise some sort of One Woman Show book club event where you sit around in a circle and list all the funniest and cleverest parts.

Interview: Bronwyn Sweeney

We caught up with Bronwyn to talk about what inspires her comedy and the strange situation where she discovered she was funny...

Review: The Good Life

One-liners delivered with aplomb.

Liz Kingsman - One-Woman Show at Soho theatre review

Do everything legal you can to get a ticket.

Isy Suttie was asked to film a Peep Show movie in USA

Isy Suttie has revealed how close we were to getting a Peep Show movie - and that the comedian is still keen to take part should the chance return.

David Amess death prompts BBC1 schedule changes

Have I Got News For You and The Cleaner have been pulled from BBC One's schedules tonight (Friday 15th October) following the death of David Amess MP. If the name of Amess is familiar to comedy fans it may be because he was one of the people duped into condemning the fictional drug "cake" in the Chris Morris comedy Brass Eye in the early 1990s.

The Good Life stage show review

It's thoroughly professional, offers some gently amusing moments, comes dressed in just the sort of patterned wallpaper and flammable fibres that evokes its 1970s suburban setting to a tee. Yet it's hard to fathom quite what the idea is behind this first stage adaptation of one of the greatest British sitcoms.

Liz Kingsman review

A superbly funny spoof confessional monologue.

The Play That Goes Wrong unveils new West End cast

New West End cast for The Play That Goes Wrong has been revealed.

Joining the show will be Oliver Clayton as Jonathan and Elena Valentine as Sandra from 9th November, while Tom Bulpett (Chris) and Damien James (company) will join from 30th November.