BCG Daily Sunday 3rd April 2022
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Lisa McGee: 'Writing Derry Girls, I've realised I really like teenagers'
Lisa McGee on the final series of Derry Girls, the end of innocence and her memories of Northern Ireland in the 1990s.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 3rd April 2022
Remembering Benny Hill 30 years after his death
Legendary comedian Benny Hill passed away nearly 30 years ago. Born in Hampshire, the comic was renown for his slapstick comedy, mimes and saucy humour.
Megan Stanley, Hampshire Live, 3rd April 2022
Derry Girls: Perfect comfort viewing
Perhaps with Derry Girls it is not merely about basking in the cosy glow of happy memories, but something more pertinent: a reminder to be clear-eyed and sanguine about the present too.
Susan Swarbrick, The Herald, 3rd April 2022
Katherine Ryan review
Missus - an account of her unexpected marriage to her childhood sweetheart and their surprisingly traditional new life together - is quite a departure from Ryan's showy cynicism.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd April 2022
Ant and Dec squirming as Alan Partridge almost breaches ITV guidelines
At one point, the iconic character who was this week's guest announcements on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, joked he was coming dangerously close to violating ITV guidelines by nearly mentioning P&O Ferries.
Kirsty McCormack, The Mirror, 3rd April 2022
Campaigners hope TV series will save Full Monty working men's club
As anticipation builds for the release of a new eight-part Full Monty series, hundreds of Sheffield residents are hoping that renewed interest in the stories of the group of steel workers turned strippers will help prevent the demolition of the working men's club where the original film was made.
Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill, The Observer, 3rd April 2022
Stewart Lee on landing a Legend of Comedy award
In landing a Legend of Comedy award, I eclipsed an Oscar winner - despite spilling mango chutney all down my shirt.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 3rd April 2022Videos
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