BCG Daily Sunday 6th March 2022

Features

Press clippings

Katherine Ryan divides fans after defending Jimmy Carr

"I think it's important we protect that genre even if people get offended by it," she said.

Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 6th March 2022

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. Graham Norton

Graham Norton: 'I grew up an outsider'

The presenter on teaming up with Kathy Burke to turn his bestselling book Holding into a television drama, capturing a changing Ireland.

The Times, 6th March 2022

Review | Bath Comedy Club (04/03) - Widcombe Social Club

Reviews of Nick Steel, Sam Fraser, Les Bubb and headliner Arthur Smith.

John Christopher Wood, Bath Echo, 6th March 2022

Hannah Gadsby: 'I wanted to punch people in the metaphorical guts'

The Australian stand-up has gone from giving her audiences a short, sharp shake to offering them a warm hug. As a performer on the autistic spectrum, she tells us that being relaxed on stage is a natural state.

Kelly Apter, The List, 6th March 2022

Review: The Guilty Feminist Live - Brighton Dome

This highly fun, yet overly jam packed night, almost feels like a mini festival.

Simon Topping, The Reviews Hub, 6th March 2022

The Socially Distant Sports Bar: comedy podcast getting behind Welsh sport

This week The Socially Distant Sports Bar will celebrate its 100th episode. The podcast success story of lockdown has taken on a life of its own thanks to the comedy dynamism of Mike Bubbins, Elis James and Steffan Garrero.

Nation Cymru, 6th March 2022

Picture from the 2022 play Cock. Taron Egerton. Copyright: Matt Crockett

Taron Egerton collapses on stage during opening night of Cock

Taron Egerton passed out on stage and was replaced last minute by an understudy.

The Mirror, 6th March 2022

TV & radio

5:30pm
45 min

Dodger

Episode 5 - Phantom

'WANTED' posters have been put-up all-over town and the police are offering a reward for any information leading to Dodger's arrest. Chief of Police Sir Charles Rowan is becoming obsessed by the chase. Meanwhile, stricken by the smog, Tang is seriously ill and needs a doctor that the gang cannot afford.