BCG Daily Sunday 3rd July 2022
Press clippings
Sunday with Ardal O'Hanlon
The comedian talks about his love of crosswords, newspapers, vegetables and Better Call Saul.
Roz Lewis, The Observer, 3rd July 2022
Moaning comics are just punching down - and that joke is not funny
Frankie Boyle - who thinks jokes about disabled children are funny - claimed he's now "afraid" to post controversial gags online.
Jean Johansson, Daily Record, 3rd July 2022
Daisy Haggard: 'Forget work. Let's just talk about Wotsits'
After a string of hits including Back To Life and Breeders, the actor and writer is hot property. So why does she only want to discuss crisps?
Tim Lewis, The Observer, 3rd July 2022
Arnold Brown: Scotland's king of 'woke' comedy
The culture wars rumble on in comedy, but the father of 'woke' humour is the great Glaswegian Jewish comedian Arnold Brown.
Mark Brown, The National (Scotland), 3rd July 2022
David Earl: 'Sex scenes? I'd rather go back to gardening'
The comedian on his Sundance hit film about a homemade robot, why Ricky Gervais persuaded him to give up his day job, and being a hopeless romantic.
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 3rd July 2022Funny At The Fringe - INTERVIEW - Crone
It's an interactive horror comedy show where the audience enter the witch's lair to have their fortunes told.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 3rd July 2022The drag queen who helped defeat Hitler
Gay musical comedy performer Major Denis Rake was recruited by the secret services to spy on the Nazis during World War II.
The Edinburgh Reporter, 3rd July 2022Edinburgh preview: Fiji
Inspired by shocking real-life events, Fiji is a captivating rom com that blends true crime with First Dates to deliver a delectable two-hander as hilarious and warm as it is fascinatingly twisted.
Theatre Weekly, 3rd July 2022Edinburgh preview: RuneSical
RuneSical - a musical parody of the video game RuneScape.
Theatre Weekly, 3rd July 2022Edinburgh Preview: The Choir of Man
Olivier Award nominated, runaway Fringe hit 2017 - 2019, and overall best show ("Pick of the Fringe") at the 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival, The Choir of Man returns to Edinburgh this August.
Theatre Weekly, 3rd July 2022Edinburgh preview: The Girl Who Was Very Good at Lying
Catriona has a history of making stuff up. But she's getting better.
Theatre Weekly, 3rd July 2022
Outcry over absence of official Edinburgh Fringe app this year
Comedians and comedy fans alike have expressed their shock and outrage at the news that there will be no official Fringe app this year.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd July 2022
The unknown starring role Chelmsford City FC played in Porridge film
Some stars from the Chelmsford City FC team at the time had cameo roles.
Matt Lee, Essex Live, 3rd July 2022
Tessa Peake-Jones: 'We earned loads from the repeats'
Only Fools And Horses star Tessa Peake-Jones on how she gave up investing after Black Monday.
The Telegraph, 3rd July 2022
Big Zuu: from getting in trouble at school to the star of Big Eats
The TV cook and musician, 26, on partying with Drake and having his mind blown by Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Jake Helm, The Times, 3rd July 2022Amie Enriquez interview
Lightweight is a darkly comedic solo play based on my year-long stay in an addiction treatment centre (which was originally meant to be a 28 day stay) to recover from anorexia whilst desperately trying to preserve a debilitatingly cheerful disposition.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Finlay Christie interview
It's about university, being a child stand-up, and what we can learn from Gen Z.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Glenn Moore interview
What's definitely true is it's my favourite show of the ones I've written, and if you like densely packed, dumb jokes, you might like it. Might.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Hal Cruttenden interview
Well, I was struggling to find a strong theme to my show but then (thank god) my wife left me at the end of last year.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Helen Bauer interview
Madam Good Tit is my second full show.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Jamie D'Souza interview
My show this year is all about my first crush, and the terrible emo band me and my mates started in a bid to impress her.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022John Hastings interview
I have had quite the COVID time between heartbreak and bone break. I finally am bringing a show to Edinburgh where I am not concerned that anyone else will be doing making jokes about the same topics in the same way!
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Kate Barron interview
Losing Myself, is my debut hour.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Lily Phillips interview
My show is called Smut. And it does exactly what it says on the tin, it's just an hour of rude jokes.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Luca Cupani interview
It is called Happy Orphan and it is about my relationship with my mother, who passed away in 2011.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Michelle Shaughnessy interview
Be Your Own Daddy was born when I realized I was always looking for the easy way to happiness.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Milo McCabe interview
My show Sigmund Troy'd! features Troy Hawke looking at the world of psychotherapy and self care through his own peculiar lens.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Morgan Rees interview
My show, Bi and Large, is the story of me accepting my queerness but also the surprising blinkers imposed on you when you grow up in a feeling of otherness.
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Njambi McGrath interview
My show is called Black Black. The title came from my English mother in-law who upon discovering I was African consoled herself 'at least you are not black black.'
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022Justin Williams and Sam Hume interview
So we first met back in 2012 when Sam was actually competing at the Australian Junior Championships of Magic and I had gone along to watch the competition!
On The Mic, 3rd July 2022TV & radio
7:15pm30 min
Sudden Death
Award-winning comedian, producer, broadcaster and occasional Buckethead Jon Harvey presents a stand-up special about how watching sport helped him overcome grief.
9pm60 min
The Outlaws
Series 2, Episode 5Against the backdrop of a family reunion and a slap-up meal, the outlaws begin to believe their ordeal might be at an end. But can their tormentor be so easily satisfied?
9pm120 min
Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party
Join Joe Lycett live in Birmingham to celebrate 50 years of Pride with a party full of mayhem, mischief and naughty stunts. Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party will celebrate everything about Queer Britannia, with music, comedy and celebrity guests.