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BCG Daily Sunday 24th April 2022

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Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey attacks government's Channel 4 privatisation plans

"We're living in a time of Orwellian double-speak, where black is white and up is down. The government have consulted on this idea, people said it was a bad idea, and they're going to steam ahead with it anyway."

Paul English, The Sunday Post, 24th April 2022
The Baby. Natasha (Michelle De Swarte)

The Baby review

Michelle de Swarte stars in this eerie collection of ideas about parenting and family, where the individual pieces work better than the whole.

Steve Greene, IndieWire, 24th April 2022
Derry Girls. James Maguire (Dylan Llewellyn). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Dylan Llewellyn: ​''I call things wee​ ​when they're not even small​'

As the final Derry Girls series airs, its 'wee English fella' recalls his transition from schooldays struggling with dyslexia to being an honorary Irishman.

Michael Hogan, The Observer, 24th April 2022
Chivalry. Image shows from L to R: Bobby (Sarah Solemani), Cameron (Steve Coogan)

The week in TV: Chivalry

Think Episodes, but with added newsy, generational acid splashes.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 24th April 2022
Ten Percent. Image shows from L to R: Dan Bala (Prasanna Puwanarajah), Zoe Spencer (Fola Evans-Akingbola), Stella Hart (Maggie Steed), Julia Fincham (Rebecca Humphries), Ollie Rogers (Harry Trevaldwyn), Jonathan Nightingale (Jack Davenport), Misha Virani (Hiftu Quasem), Rebecca Fox (Lydia Leonard)

Jack Davenport on Ten Percent

After winning a loyal following as Miles in This Life, the actor escaped to America. Now he's back and taking on his biggest role in years.

Jonathan Dean, The Sunday Times, 24th April 2022

TV & radio

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Athena Kugblenu

Athena Kugblenu: Magnifying Class

Athena has a conservatory (it came with the man). But what does that tell us about her identity?

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