BCG Daily Monday 31st January 2022
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Three quarters of Edinburgh residents believe Fringe makes city better
Three out of every four people living in Scotland's capital believe that its hosting of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe makes the city a better place to live, a new opinion poll carried out for the event has suggested.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 31st January 2022
Nish Kumar, Soho Theatre review
How a bad gig turned into a terrific show.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 31st January 2022
Baby Cow hires from Sister and Punchdrunk
Scripted indie, Baby Cow Productions, has hired Hsinyi Liu as Head of Production and Sarah Crystal as Head of Business Affairs.
Jon Creamer, Televisual, 31st January 2022
Ricky Gervais on why no subject should be off-limits in comedy
"I think a lot of this pious offense comes from people mistaking the target of the joke with the subject. You can joke about anything, but it depends on what the actual target is."
The Wall Street Journal, 31st January 2022
Russell Kane tour dates
Russell Kane's bringing to town his gut-punch funny, searing, award-winning take on the two years we've just gone through.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st January 2022
New and rescheduled tour dates for Rich Hall
Rich Hall's comedy-music locomotive keeps on rollin' with new and rescheduled dates for Rich Hall's Hoedown Deluxe announced for 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st January 2022
Neil Gaiman discusses gender of Crowley and Aziraphale
Basically, the characters are neither male, nor female. That is because, angels and demons in the Good Omens world do not perceive gender in the same way that humans do. Many fans have assumed that the characters are therefore genderfluid, but Gaiman's response appears to suggest otherwise, listing Crowley's gender as "Fallen Angel" and Aziraphale's as "Angel (retired)".
Jakob Barnes, The Digital Fix, 31st January 2022
Paying homage to the comic genius behind The Goon Show
As a new play based on the life of Spike Milligan opens 20 years after his death, Nick Newman tells Nick Smurthwaite the BBC did not initially understand The Goon Show and failed to recognise that Milligan was the brains behind it, and how he and co-writer Ian Hislop used Milligan's protracted battle with the Corporation to form the backbone of the piece.
Nick Smurthwaite, The Stage, 31st January 2022
Nish Kumar on his new tour
There is no doubt that the last few years have been a tumultuous period for Kumar, who says there's an "old cliche that stand-up comedy is therapeutic in some way, but what I've found to be true is that therapy is much more therapeutic".
John Blow, The Yorkshire Post, 31st January 2022
Katherine Ryan on her tough battle with lupus
Katherine Ryan opens up about living with lupus, revealing it took her almost a year to be professionally diagnosed with the condition.
The Mirror, 31st January 2022
How we made Desmond's
"Ice Cube was a big fan. Whitney Houston loved it. And when I met Nelson Mandela, he did a double take."
Alexi Duggins, The Guardian, 31st January 2022
Ricky Gervais insists he 'wants to get cancelled'
Funnyman Ricky Gervais says he 'wants to get cancelled' when he releases his new stand-up show and will 'treat it as his last ever'.
Brogan-Leigh Hurst, The Mirror, 31st January 2022Dunstable teacher struck off for life for sexual messages to what he thought was a 13-year-old girl
Dev Sagoo, 69, taught drama at the Queensbury Academy. In an exchange of messages he, among other things, suggested the "teenager" join him for a drive into the countryside to park up, kiss, cuddle and carry out sexual acts on each other.
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The Unbelievable Truth
Series 27, Episode 4David Mitchell is joined by Richard Osman, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Ria Lina as the panel talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as mistakes, bicycles, dogs and death.
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Guessable?
Series 3, Episode 4 - Is Pumping A Young Man's GameSara Pascoe and John Kearns, with captains Alan Davies and Darren Harriott, this week welcome the unruly bunch of Brian Conley, Harriet Kemsley, Bec Hill and Dr Ranj into the Comedy Central loft to play a selection of simple but beguiling guessing games.
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The Stand Up Sketch Show
Series 4, Episode 1On tonight's show, Finlay Christie, Joel Dommett, Felicity Ward, Babatunde Aleshe, Shane Todd, Nigel Ng, Helen Bauer and Steen Raskopoulos.