BCG Daily Sunday 26th June 2022
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Your Edinburgh festival comedy podcasts revision guide
Matt Forde, Rosie Holt, Richard Herring and other podcasts to make you laugh.
Patricia Nicol, The Sunday Times, 26th June 2022
50 greatest tasks that have ever been on Taskmaster
I decided to rank the 50 best Taskmaster tasks of all time.
BuzzFeed, 26th June 2022
Katherine Ryan: I kept my pregnancy secret from the BBC
She is the straight-talking comedian who isn't afraid to stand up for what she believes in. But Katherine Ryan admits being so terrified of losing work when she was expecting her baby that she lied to TV bosses.
Jane Atkinson, The Sun, 26th June 2022
Dad's Army star Frank Williams dies
Frank Williams, who famously played the Reverend Timothy Farthing in Dad's Army has died, aged 90.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th June 2022
Why are first episodes always the best?
The challenge is to be able to keep delivering. And get better.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th June 2022
Russell Kane on self-care
A fat glass of wine and a cuddle sorts me out!
Lucie Cave, Heat World, 26th June 2022
Chris McGlade review
McGlade pours his heart and soul into the show but his picture of a golden age of working-class racial harmony is a stretch.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th June 2022
Frank Williams obituary
Stage and screen actor best known for playing Timothy Farthing, the vicar in Dad's Army.
Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 26th June 2022
Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado review
Stewart Lee is back. He's somewhat portlier - as many of us are - than he was before the pandemic struck and on typically excellent, sarcastically political form.
Mark Brown, The National (Scotland), 26th June 2022
Sara Pascoe interview
Her confessional style of stand-up has laid her life bare, embarrassments and all, and helped Sara Pascoe to become one of the country's most in-demand personalities.
Murray Scougall, The Sunday Post, 26th June 2022Angela Bra interview
Angela Bra: Life Lessons is a musical comedy hour of original songs, parodies and pun-based stand-up loosely following part-time primary music teacher Angela Bra's attempts to become a "social media sensation".
On The Mic, 26th June 2022Laura Davis interview
If This Is It is the best hour of comedy I've ever written.
On The Mic, 26th June 2022Ross Leslie interview
This is the first outing of a new panel comedy/improv show that I have devised. It will either be my biggest success to date or will financially cripple me!
On The Mic, 26th June 2022Sarah Keyworth interview
Lost Boy is a very personal show about my quest to rediscover "silly" after a rough couple of years. It's a good laugh. I promise!
On The Mic, 26th June 2022Sophie Duker interview
Hag is SO much better than anything else I've ever done, including the show that got me nominated.
On The Mic, 26th June 2022TV & radio
7:15pm30 min
Tom Ballard: Solastalgia
Award-winning Australian comedian Tom Ballard tackles the climate crisis.
9pm60 min
The Outlaws
Series 2, Episode 4The outlaws meet a cook of sorts and an unlikely date takes place at a pub quiz. Two outlaws have a very close call, while a ghost from the past induces an emotional reckoning.