BCG Daily Sunday 6th February 2022

Barry Cryer obituary

Prolific light entertainment writer and elder statesman of comedy.

Tom Davis and Kurupt FM on their new sitcom The Curse

"We're at a place in history that will be remembered like the Eighties".

Starstruck is still the best comedy about your messy, chaotic 20s

The premise was never meant to be realistic but the question looms larger this season: how exactly does a world-famous actor make it work with a completely 'normal' person living in east London - especially when the pair are stubborn commitment-phobes?

Birds Of A Feather writer Laurence Marks says he won't bring back the sitcom

Birds Of A Feather will not return for a future series because the characters are too old, according to its writer Laurence Marks.

David Mitchell: Having a laugh in church? God forbid

A cathedral's plan to host stand-up comedy has been criticised, but if it keeps places of worship relevant I'm a believer.

David Baddiel calls out Jimmy Carr for 'indefensible' Holocaust joke

'It's not the subject matter of a joke that counts, it's the specifics of the individual joke,' he said.

21 of the funniest women in Britain

Podcasters, journalists, comics, writers... The British women who know how to have a laugh.

How comic genius Charlie Chaplin survived his hungry childhood

A recently unearthed interview with an old friend recalls how the actor was looked after by a kindly 'foster mother' who made sure he did the right thing.

Leo Kearse: Of course Jimmy Carr was joking

The mad backlash to his Holocaust joke will only encourage more comics to self-censor.

Milton Jones review

Nothing is as it seems in this brain-warping cartoon comedy.

Jimmy Carr's pathetic attempt at humour is a gift to the far right

It is a fact of life that stand-up comedy, often by its very nature, sails close to the wind in its content and style. Some of our more cerebral comedians are able to present their material in a way that can be both funny and thought-provoking whilst offering an alternative view of social and political issues. Jimmy Carr, in my view, is not one of these.

The Curse review

Retro heist sitcom is so good that it'll blow the bloody doors off.

The Curse, Channel 4, review

A slick Guy Ritchie-esque heist.

Labour MP Jess Phillips is laughing all the way to the bank

Her constituents may struggle to pay their heating costs in the coming weeks - but Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips is likely to have few concerns about her own bills.

The MP for Yardley in Birmingham received an astonishing £15,000 to present a single edition of BBC1's Have I Got News For You.

Jimmy Carr says he's 'going down swinging' as he breaks silence on Netflix backlash

Jimmy Carr's 'joke' about Nazis murdering travellers on his Netflix show His Dark Material show caused widespread outrage and he appeared to address the anger on stage on Saturday night/