BCG Daily Wednesday 9th February 2022

Ambika Mod is "pretty confident" she could do a C-section IRL

And why This Is Going To Hurt is unlike any like other medical dramas you've seen before.

This Is Going To Hurt, review

Ben Whishaw delivers in warts-and-all portrait of our chaotic NHS.

Jimmy Carr: Protesters call for apology outside Dunstable gig

A group of protesters outside a Jimmy Carr gig called for him to apologise for his comments about the Holocaust.

NHS workers aren't heroes - they're people who deserve much better

The BBC's adaptation of Adam Kay's memoir This Is Going To Hurt is a rousing defence of an NHS in the face of forces that seem bent on its eradication, writes Louis Chilton.

This Is Going To Hurt gets more viewers than the Brit Awards

This Is Going To Hurt got off to a strong start in the ratings last night, attracting 3.2million viewers to BBC One, beating the Brits hosted by Mo Gilligan which got 2.7million, down 30% from the 3.9million who watched last year's ceremony, hosted by Jack Whitehall.

This Is Going To Hurt review

Whishaw is always brilliant when playing passive-aggressive, nervous men at breaking point, and this role - adapted from Kay's real-life medical memoir by the author himself - is perfect for him.

First look: Marcus Brigstocke's The Red in Rehearsal

First look rehearsal images have been released for Marcus Brigstocke's bittersweet alcoholic drama, The Red, online from 17 March until 16 June 2022.

First shows of the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe go on sale

Nina Conti, Angela Barnes and Showstopper! The Improvised Musical are among the comedy acts announcing full runs at the Pleasance this August.

Bruce Dessau on Jimmy Carr and that joke

Carr isn't evil. He is not a bad man. He knows comedy inside out. He is usually brilliant at reading a room - watch him put down endless hecklers for example. But on this occasion it feels as if he maybe got it wrong. But a career ender? I very much doubt it.

Jimmy Carr responds to backlash to joke during stand-up set

"We used to call them jokes and people would laugh," he reportedly told crowd.

Emily Atack 'cosies up to Strictly's Giovanni Pernice'

Emily Atack and Giovanni Pernice looked very cosy as they partied together after the BRIT Awards.

The Strictly Come Dancing pro, 31, was seen holding the star's hand and caressing her face at London nightclub The Box.

Martin Fishback review

Fergus Craig stuck viral gold during lockdown with his alter-ego Martin, the worst kind of middle-class, self-important boomer, making shouty video calls to his student son. Now wise BBC executives have commissioned this 15-minute taster to bring this socially inept twerp to a wider audience.

Second Jimmy Carr Holocaust joke surfaces

As Jimmy Carr continues to be face criticism over his remarks about the Roma people, a second Holocaust joke has surfaced from the comedian's recent book prompting a new wave of outrage.

Paddington 3 to start filming before the end of 2022

Ben Whishaw (who voices Paddington) has just confirmed that Paddington 3 will start filming before the end of 2022.

What do Jimmy Carr's jokes have to do with the government?

The logical endpoint of this is that we'll soon have a Minister for Internet Beef and Posting Hot Takes.

Hope Not Hate demands Netflix cut Jimmy Carr Holocaust joke

A campaign group has accused Netflix of "a grave error of judgment" for broadcasting a show by comedian Jimmy Carr in which he jokes about the Roma and Gypsies killed in the Holocaust. Hope Not Hate has demanded that the joke be removed and a public apology issued.