British Comedy Guide

BCG Daily Sunday 27th March 2022

Press clippings

Derry Girls. Sister Michael (Siobhán McSweeney). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Siobhán McSweeney interview

The Irish star of Derry Girls and now ITV murder mystery Holding talks to Isobel Lewis about seeing real people have sex on screen, the radical thrust of Pottery Throw Down and why she has never stopped speaking out.

Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 27th March 2022
Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett on comedy, consumer activism and queer communities

Joe Lycett is the go-to guy for getting up corporate noses. And there's nothing he likes more than breaking a few rules to get to the truth.

Eva Wiseman, The Observer, 27th March 2022
Newark, Newark. Image shows from L to R: Maxine (Morgana Robinson), Terry (Mathew Horne)

Newark, Newark 'would not have been commissioned 15 years ago'

Fifteen years ago, writer and actor Nathan Foad says, his new sitcom Newark, Newark would not have been commissioned - for two reasons.

Jennifer Harby, BBC, 27th March 2022
Sanjeev Kohli

Sanjeev Kohli: I'm poised and ready for another series of Still Game

Sanjeev Kohli said he's "poised and ready" for another series of the Scots sitcom.

Jordan Tennant, The Scottish Sun, 27th March 2022
Janey Godley

What Janey Godley can teach us about coping with cancer

The 61-year-old Scottish comic, known for stand-up and appearances on Have I Got News For You, as well as her hilarious viral videos during the pandemic, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last year and underwent a hysterectomy in January. Afterwards, however, Godley revealed she'd been told her cancer had spread, was stage 3b and she faced further treatment.

The Herald, 27th March 2022
Aidan Goatley

New stand-up comedy course launching in Stockton

The course will end in a big performance in front of an audience at the Georgian Theatre.

Alex O'Leary, Teesside Gazette, 27th March 2022

Videos

TV & radio

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5:30pm
45 min
Dodger. Dodger (Billy Jenkins). Copyright: NBC

Dodger

Episode 8 - Carnival

Rossini's Carnival is in town. It's a grubby, cheap affair run with an iron fist by Mr and Madame Rossini. With the intention of picking some distracted pockets the gang and Nancy are there amongst the coconut shies and jugglers.

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