BCG Daily Tuesday 26th October 2021
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The Outlaws review
These Outlaws are so confused... I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 26th October 2021
The comedy shows that became books
Haley McGee, James McNicholas and Mo Gilligan talk about the tricky business of turning stage performances into a reading experience
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th October 2021
Johnny Vegas to star in new film written in Merseyside
Johnny Vegas is set to play a leading role in a new film, written by Merseyside author Caroline Smailes. He is set to appear in The Drowning Of Arthur Braxton, a film about a bullied schoolboy who encounters his first love when he discovers a beautiful water nymph hiding in an abandoned Victorian swimming pool.
MSN Entertainment, 26th October 2021
Jonathan Ross cancels Halloween party due to Covid
He won't be having the party this Halloween due to continued concerns about the pandemic and also for the health of his daughter.
Lewis Knight, The Mirror, 26th October 2021
Catherine Tate Show slapped with warnings on BritBox
The Catherine Tate Show has been branded as homophobic and racist after another wave of BritBox censoring swept the platform.
Robert Mann, The Sun, 26th October 2021
Simon Amstell: Spirit Hole review
Amstell's presence on the stage is a strange blend of comfortable and distinctly uncomfortable. His material leads you down paths that seemingly are created by him stripping himself bare when in fact that material strips you bare - once your laughter has died down.
Andrew Kay, The Latest, 26th October 2021
Thom Tuck cast in The Play What I Wrote
Thom Tuck is to celebrate the spirit of Morecambe and Wise in a revival of The Play What I Wrote.
Chortle, 26th October 2021
ChuckleVision fans say their 'childhoods ruined'
ChuckleVision fans have claimed their "childhoods have been ruined" after a very rude joke from a previous episode resurfaced on social media.
Robert Mann, The Sun, 26th October 2021
TV review: Stath Lets Flats, C4
The triple-BAFTA-winning comedy starring creator/writer Jamie Demetriou as hapless lettings agent Stath returns for a third series and the first episode suggests that this is going to be a very good one. Particularly if you like watching language-mangling Stath be as useless as ever (with a hint of sentimentality thrown in for good measure).
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th October 2021
Glasgow International Comedy Festival permanently axed
Organisers at the Scottish Comedy Agency say that after 18 years, they will no longer be staging the annual event after being hammered by Covid.
Chortle, 26th October 2021
Justin Moorhouse quits BBC Radio Manchester
Justin Moorhouse has quit his local radio show following a new diktat about the length of programmes. The comic originally joined BBC Radio Manchester for a two-hour show every Saturday - but bosses asked him to extend the show for four hours during Covid. He said he initially agreed in the spirit of helping out, but has not been allowed to return to the original slot because of a new BBC policy.
Chortle, 26th October 2021
Maisie Adam tour announced
Maisie Adam is back with a brand new show for 2022, Buzzed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th October 2021
Stath Lets Flats: antidote to bland comedy
The writing and performances in Jamie Demetriou's Stath Lets Flats are precise, unexpected, with a level of detail that makes it the antidote to bland, cookie-cutter sitcom everywhere.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 26th October 2021
Nicola Coughlan cried after reading Derry Girls 3 end
Nicola Coughlan says "there's no way people are going to be disappointed" by Derry Girls season three.
Flora Carr, Radio Times, 26th October 2021
Katy Wix on future series of Stath Lets Flats
"I'd do it forever, honestly. I just feel so lucky because we're all such good pals in real life and because we all kind of make each other laugh and have the same slightly left-field sense of humour."
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 26th October 2021
Catherine Bohart announces UK tour
Tickets for This Isn't For You go on sale from 10am on 28th October 2021.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th October 2021
Comic Reg Anderson dies of kidney cancer
Reg Anderson, a stalwart of the Scottish comedy circuit, has died after being diagnosed with kidney cancer.
Chortle, 26th October 2021
Alan Carr: Regional Trinket review
Unconvincingly, he professes to hate being camp - but he's so damn good at it, buoying the audience on his exaggerated over-reactions to the most trivial of concerns.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th October 2021
The last laugh: is the television sitcom really dead?
From Friends to The Thick Of It, the TV sitcom has evolved - but it's no longer in rude health. Enter offbeat shows like Stath Lets Flats, bringing joy and potential redemption.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 26th October 2021
Stath Lets Flats series 3 review
One of the funniest half-hours of TV in a long time.
The Independent, 26th October 2021
Stath Lets Flats, Channel 4, review
A heartfelt return for the daftest show on TV.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 26th October 2021
Stath Lets Flats, series 3 review
Powerful without being political and rip-roaringly funny.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 26th October 2021
Replica of OFAH van to go under the hammer
The owner of a replica of Derek Trotter's Robin Reliant has decided to auction it for charity.
Stuart Anderson, North Norfolk News, 26th October 2021
Private Eye at 60: the prime ministerial parodies
The fortnightly magazine Private Eye turns 60 this year. When it launched, it helped initiate the "satire boom", and, more profoundly, the increasing lack of deference those in positions of authority could expect from the press, television, and, consequently, the public. One of the magazine's most popular and longest features has been the prime ministerial parody. Commenting on the state of politics, it provides a potted political history of Britain.
Martin Farr, The Conversation, 26th October 2021Jamie Demetriou interview
"My focus is exclusively on making something that feels funny".
Ralph Jones, NME, 26th October 2021Videos
TV
TV & radio
8:35am25 min
Justin's House
Series 5, Episode 2 - Monster TruckIt's the day of the Justin Town monster truck race!
5:55pm10 min
Scream Street
Series 2, Episode 8 - The ScreamwormWhen Luke goes werewolf and badly injures Cleo, he has to track down a giant Screamworm.
6:05pm10 min
Scream Street
Series 2, Episode 9 - The Greatest VampireResus is asked to star in a movie by a director who has a sinister motive for casting him.
6:30pm30 min
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen Of Nowhere
Series 3, Episode 3 - Black HistoryDaliso tackles the subject of black history with fellow comedian Nabil Abdulrashid.
9pm45 min
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Series 29, Episode 6Comedy music quiz hosted by Greg Davies, with Maisie Adam, Rag'n'Bone Man and Ms Banks joining captains Noel Fielding, Daisy May Cooper and regular panellist Jamali Maddix.
10pm30 min
Sandylands
Series 2, Episode 2Les tries his best to convince Donna to move with to Peru with him and Emily must make a decision about her budding relationship with local policeman, Nathan.
10pm60 min
Question Team
Series 1, Episode 3Making up Richard Ayoade's self-quizzing collective are Nish Kumar with a round about movies, Rosie Jones on dictators and Maisie Adam on driving tests. Plus, Richard's special guest this week is Mat Ewins, who reinvents the history quiz with an inter-dimensional voyage through time.
10pm60 min
Guilt
Series 2, Episode 3The penultimate episode begins 30 years ago, on the night which changed the fate of the Lynch family forever.
10:15pm30 min
Stath Lets Flats
Series 3, Episode 1 - A Children's ChildStath is faced with rescuing the family business, Michael & Eagle, and his relationship with Katia, while expecting his first child by Carole. Meanwhile, Sophie, and best friend Al deal with the fallout of finally declaring their feelings for each other.
11pm30 min
Fortunately... With Fi And Jane
Series 1, Episode 42 - Platform Yellers, Flushes And Flashes With Bridget ChristieFi and Jane have a chat with comedian Bridget Christie. Bridget tells Fi and Jane about her new show Who Am I?, her experiences of the menopause, British folklore, the best things about Gloucester, and feeling 400 years old.