BCG Daily Wednesday 11th May 2022

Ricky Gervais 'lost all respect' for Piers Morgan after TalkTV Taliban interview

Comedian Ricky Gervais has weighed in on Piers Morgan's Tuesday interview with the official Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen on his TalkTV show Uncensored.

Lenny Henry to lead Look for a Book campaign at Manchester Festival of Libraries

Sir Lenny Henry will lead the Look for a Book campaign at this year's Manchester's Festival of Libraries.

Channel 4 and YouTube strike pioneering content and commercial partnership

Hundreds of hours of full episodes of Channel 4 and E4 hit shows including 8 Out Of 10 Cats are to be part of the scheme.

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel review

A review of the little-known story Northanger Aunty.

Lolly Adefope's year in TV

The Ghosts star on loving Real Housewives, why Vigil made her cry, and what made The White Lotus perfect.

Alistair McGowan releases album

Alistair McGowan is hoping to make a 'great impression' on music fans with the release of his second classical piano album, which coincides with the London date of his current UK tour bringing together comedy and new his love of performing music.

Fringe screen showcase aims to emulate past success

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is to join forces with Scotland's screen agency for a drive to unearth a new wave of theatre, film and comedy hits at the event.

Inside No. 9, Nine Lives Kat, review: too clever by half

The latest episode of the BBC's anthology struggled for pace and stuck in far too many competing twists and turns.

The surprisingly turbulent history of Sooty

Flying pizza, a fake pregnancy and other tales from the world's longest-running kids' TV show.

Your perfect pilot sitcom plot

You've got some characters and a situation. You've got some relationships and some stories. But how do we turn that jumble of jokes and jeopardy into a script? And not just a script, but a pilot script?

Inside No. 9 Series 7 Episode 3 review: Nine Lives Kat

Sophie Okonedo guest stars in a cliché-riddled episode of Inside No. 9 filled with generic characters and terrible dialogue.

Max Olesker: How I got fit to play a wrestler on TV

For 34-year-old Max Olesker, writing and starring in a sitcom brought about its own challenges - namely, maintaining a shredded physique during six weeks of filming. Here's how he got cut, losing over five kilos in the process, without going mad.

New comedy from Mischief duo to debut in October

Good Luck, Studio, a new collaboration with Mischief, the company behind the Goes Wrong comedies, will premiere at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester later this year.

Written by Henry Shields and directed by Henry Lewis, the production opens on 5th October (previews from 30th September) at the Mercury Theatre before transferring to Salisbury Playhouse from 18th October to 5th November.

Producers of Cock lower premium prices after criticism

Top price tickets to the West End revival of Mike Bartlett's play Cock have been cut following complaints.

The production, starring Jonathan Bailey and Joel Harper-Jackson (who replaced Taron Egerton), had recently increased its premium tickets to £400. But after a backlash - including a lot of jokes around the play's title - on social media, producers have now lowered them to £175.

Hope Mill Theatre to present Classic! in Manchester and Edinburgh this summer

Hope Mill Theatre is set to make its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer with Classic! - a 60-minute "romp" through classic novels from Wuthering Heights to Moby Dick.

Penned by Emmerdale and Coronation Street writers, Peter Kerry and Lindsay Williams, and directed by Joyce Branagh, the piece features a cast of six (and multiple costume changes): Louis Blair, Althea Burey, Amy Drake, Amy Gavin, Robin Simpson and Gareth Tempest.