BCG Daily Monday 29th November 2021
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Adam Hills voices disability rights film
Adam Hills has voiced a new video by Inclusive Futures to raise awareness of the lack of disability-inclusion in development work.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th November 2021
Kathryn Higgins: whywe protest
Every month we invite our readers to pitch us articles on a theme revealed in our regular newsletter. Find out what our next theme is by subscribing to our newsletter below. This month our theme was 'protest' and comedian Kathryn Higgins shared her experience as part of the London Irish Abortion Rights Campaign as well as her thoughts on why comedy needs some protest...
Kathryn Higgins, Funny Women, 29th November 2021
Book review: Jimmy Carr - Before & Laughter
Over the last twenty years, he has been one of our best and most consistent comedians. A great biography will probably be published about him one day. But I suspect it won't be written by him.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 29th November 2021
The Good Life, Richmond Theatre review
After an agreeable, if hardly demanding couple of hours, a few unexpected points dawn on you.
Gary Naylor, The Arts Desk, 29th November 2021
New book by Ian Pattison imagines Scotland's future after Yes vote
Scotland has narrowly voted for independence, the virus is still with us in its endlessly multiplying variants, army trucks trundle through the streets and Chinook helicopters rattle above while the jobless roast rats in the street. It's the near future as imagined in a new dystopian book by Glasgow-based author, Ian Pattison, the creator of the BBC network comedy, Rab C Nesbitt.
Maggie Ritchie, The Herald, 29th November 2021
Revealed: How BBC TV comedy output has halved in a decade
In 2010, the broadcaster aired a total of 225 hours of newly-commissioned comedy on terrestrial channels. Last year it was just 102 hours.
Chortle, 29th November 2021
Christmas bleatings from Shaun The Sheep in BBC One idents
Shaun The Sheep and his friends are to feature in BBC One's Christmas idents.
BBC, 29th November 2021
Bill Bailey interview
"There has been some mention of a tour next year but we will have to wait and see if it's viable, because if it is then I would love to be able to dance with Oti again and perform Rapper's Delight in front of a live audience because we haven't actually done that yet!"
Sarah Slack, ESP Magazine, 29th November 2021Videos
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8:10am15 min
Class Dismissed
Series 6, Episode 1 - NewbiesHeadteachers Miss BFF and Miss BFF usher in lows of new faces at Quayside Academy.
12pm15 min
Sorrow And Bliss By Meg Mason
Episode 6 - 'Cyclonic, becoming rough or very rough'Today: married life turns from bliss to sorrow...
6:30pm30 min
The Musical Life Of...
Series 3, Episode 1 - Tanni Grey-ThompsonThe award-winning musical sitcom returns for a third series, telling the story (with some artistic licence) of one of Britain's greatest Paralympians.
6:30pm30 min
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 76, Episode 1Jack Dee hosts the comedy panel game from the Hexagon Theatre in Reading, where Jan Ravens and Omid Djalili are pitched against Tony Hawks and Barry Cryer.
9pm60 min
The Outlaws
Series 1, Episode 6Even with redemption seemingly in reach, the outlaws find their time running out and the net closing in on them. They face a stark choice - die apart or survive together?
10pm30 min
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
Series 5, Episode 6Frankie Boyle is joined by Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Sophie Duker, Miles Jupp and Rob Delaney.
10pm65 min
Along For The Ride With David O'Doherty
Episode 2 - Brecon Beacons with Grayson PerryDavid is joined by artist and former mountain bike racer Grayson Perry, as they take to the Brecon Beacons, to enjoy the stunning views and tackle the challenging hills. During the two-day trip, they bond over Grayson's career, childhood tales and his disdain for nature, and attempt to conquer a gruelling five-mile climb while deeply hungover.