British Comedy Guide

BCG Daily Sunday 30th January 2022

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Press clippings

It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Image shows from L to R: BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams (Windsor Davies), Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes). Copyright: BBC

Sanjeev Bhaskar defends It Ain't Half Hot Mum

It's the classic sitcom that the BBC has reportedly deemed too racist to ever air again. But It Ain't Half Hot Mum has received support from an unlikely quarter: the liberal, British-Indian comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar.

Ross Kaniuk, Daily Mail, 30th January 2022
Fleabag Live. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Matt Humphrey

Phoebe Waller-Bridge: Fleabag wouldn't have happened without the Fringe

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has said she believes her smash hit phenomenon Fleabag "wouldn't have seen the light of day" if the Edinburgh Festival Fringe had not existed.

Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 30th January 2022
Jason Manford

Sunday with Jason Manford

The comedian on his busy Sunday brunch, pub quiz all-star family and recording his radio show at home.

Michael Segalov, The Observer, 30th January 2022
Kerry Godliman. Copyright: Off The Kerb

Kerry Godliman review

The After Life star invites us to join her as the butt of the joke in her clever, gag-filled observations on life in the internet age.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 30th January 2022
Spike Milligan

Why Spike Milligan is still the godfather of British comedy

He was forever at war with the BBC -- and his own demons -- but for Sunday Times cartoonist Nick Newman and Ian Hislop, he is a hero, and the subject of their new play Spike.

Nick Newman, The Sunday Times, 30th January 2022
Brass Eye. Chris Morris. Copyright: TalkbackThames

Michael Cumming on the continuing legacy of Brass Eye

2022 marks 25 years since the arrival of Brass Eye, and director Michael Cumming is heading out on the road to celebrate.

Neil Fox, The Quietus, 30th January 2022
This Is Going To Hurt. Adam (Ben Whishaw)

Adam Kay interview

I got a Kinder Surprise when a patient asked me to remove an egg from her privates, says NHS doc Adam Kay.

Amy Jones, The Sun, 30th January 2022

7 tested TikTok tips from top creators

I spent a month with 7 full-time influencers in a TikTok creator house.

So I took the opportunity to pick their brains and get them to share tips on creating content for the video platform.

Gareth Bartlett, Gareth Bartlett, 30th January 2022

TV & radio

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn. Image shows from L to R: Tara Flynn, Marian Keyes

Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Surprise Party Problem

Marian and Tara tackle awkward in-laws, unrequited love and a surprise party, swipe fatigue, ageing parents and much more.

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