BCG Daily Wednesday 3rd November 2021
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Lou Sanders announces her biggest tour yet
She will perform her new show One Word: Wow across 45 dates from March to May next year.
Chortle, 3rd November 2021
Matt Lucas announces he has become a German citizen
Matt Lucas tells fans he's now 'officially Anglo-German' having been offered citizenship of the country after his grandmother fled Berlin in 1938.
Victoria Johns, The Mirror, 3rd November 2021
Brian and Roger at the Menier Chocolate Factory review
If your idea of a good night out at the theatre is watching two grown men dress up in ridiculous outfits while pretending to be chased by dogs, shagged by an elephant or bitten by a poisonous snake while all the while shouting at each other on mobile phones, then this is the show for you.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 3rd November 2021
Comics help tackle sexual harassment on the circuit
Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Russell Howard and more are to take part in two major fundraising gigs to tackle sexual harassment within the live comedy industry. They will be performing benefits for Get Off! Live Comedy, a body set up last year by a group of comedians to offer an independent human resources body for the stand-up circuit.
Chortle, 3rd November 2021
Brian & Roger: A Highly Offensive Play review
Despite being subtitled 'A highly offensive play', the comedy plays for shock value rather than offence.
Sonny Waheed, The Reviews Hub, 3rd November 2021
Titania McGrath: Mxnifesto review
If you're not affronted or rolling with laughter by the end of this, then Andrew Doyle will be disappointed, and his polarised politics seek to create a similar reaction in the room. But whatever your humour, overrunning by nearly 30-minutes, the material feels dated and repetitive, and Titania McGrath is little more than a single joke come to life.
Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub, 3rd November 2021
Nina Conti interview
"Monkey is a weapon against my father, a version of me who can stand up to him".
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 3rd November 2021
Deirdre O'Kane: male heavy comedy industry has improved
Deirdre O'Kane said that the "male heavy" comedy industry has "come a long way".
Georgia Walsh, The Irish Sun, 3rd November 2021
Sandi Toksvig interview
Toksvig's life from bizarre phobia of Basil Brush to living on a London houseboat.
Dan Wiggins, My London, 3rd November 2021
Bill Bailey reveals why he loves 'great' Hull pubs
The musician and stand-up star will be back in the city, home to 'one of his greatest ever projects'.
Lucy Marshall, Hull Daily Mail, 3rd November 2021
Daisy May Cooper's pre-fame drink & drug-fuelled life
Cooper has revealed all in her new autobiography, including her romance with a Welsh chef with a wonky willy.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 3rd November 2021
Review - Loyiso Gola: Pop Culture @ Newcastle Stand
Since the doors to fun, culture and pretending an ongoing global pandemic isn't still raging were flung open, I've been out enjoying all the stuff I missed, having incredible experiences with audiences and artists. My reintegration into collective experiences assured, nothing prepared me for what went down this night as Loyiso Gola dealt with a crowd so obtuse, so mindlessly unaware, that the comedian was forced to explain not only how comedy gigs work but how comedy itself works, right down to what jokes are.
Leigh Venus, Narc Magazine, 3rd November 2021
Comics asked to lay off Windsors in Royal Variety Show
The Royal Family has asked performers to omit jokes about them during the Royal Variety Show this year, a royal expert has claimed.
Kara Kennedy, The Daily Express, 3rd November 2021Videos
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8:35am25 min
Justin's House
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5pm30 min
Nova Jones
Series 1, Episode 7 - Nova's EmbarrassingingEmbarrassment? Nova Jones doesn't know the meaning of the word, until McLaren, struggling with her own word-blindness, commits Nova to an embarrassing gig on a wibbly planet.
9pm60 min
Rob Beckett's Undeniable
Episode 6Rob Beckett invites guests Tom Allen, Joanne McNally, Aaron Simmonds and Michael Odewale to bring as many brilliant facts as they can in an attempt to impress everyone and hopefully get on Rob's closely guarded Wall of Facts.
10pm60 min
Outsiders
Series 1, Episode 6It's the Outsiders' last day living together in the wild. There's all to play for as the teams go all out to impress a sceptical David Mitchell and prove they can survive post apocalypse by making shoes from natural materials and herding animals.
10pm60 min
Brassic
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11pm15 min
Lasties
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11:15pm15 min
The Skewer
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