BCG Daily Saturday 10th September 2022
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Jordan Brookes: 'My plants are not a fan of Slipknot'
An Edinburgh Comedy Award winner in 2019, the Liverpool-born, Surrey-raised comic Jordan Brookes first came to attention when he won the Welsh Unsigned Comedy Award in 2012.
Adrian Peel, Cambridge Independent, 10th September 2022The Lost King review
Sally Hawkins has given so many extraordinary performances and, in this movie, may just give her greatest one yet.
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10th September 2022The Lost King review
Sally Hawkins is Oscar-worthy in crowd-pleasing Ricardian tale.
Charlotte O'Sullivan, Evening Standard, 10th September 2022The Lost King review
The result is pleasant-enough middlebrow entertainment that will serve the cinematic needs of older viewers especially. But it's considerably less interesting than Philomena.
Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter, 10th September 2022How Ricky Gervais helped Stewart Lee come up with one of his greatest routines
There have been stories recently of how Stewart Lee has a poor opinion of Ricky Gervais' TV comedy drama output. Lee has even gone as far as to say that After Life is "one of the worst things that's ever been made by a human." But it is also worth mentioning that one of Lee's most memorable routines in his recent show Snowflake owes a huge debt to Gervais.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th September 2022TV & radio
The Russell Howard Hour
Series 6, Episode 1Russell returns to share his thoughts on new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, and Jamali Maddix performs a stand-up routine.