British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

BCG Daily Sunday 25th September 2022

Features

Oh Brother!. Brother Dominic (Derek Nimmo). Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Chronicles: Arrested developments - comedy out of context

Comedy does not always land quite as intended, and some attempts at humour have been known to bring comics to face the law itself.

Press clippings

Fortunately... With Fi And Jane. Image shows from L to R: Fi Glover, Jane Garvey

Fi Glover and Jane Garvey to leave BBC for Times Radio

Fortunately will continue on the BBC until the end of the year, but the pair will launch a new podcast plus a live weekday afternoon show on Times Radio.

BBC, 25th September 2022
Am I Being Unreasonable?. Image shows from L to R: Jen (Selin Hizli), Nic (Daisy May Cooper)

Selin Hizli: "Having kids was a knockback to my career - it shouldn't be that way"

The co-writer and star who has joined up with Daisy May Cooper for the creepy comedy Am I Being Unreasonable? tells Ellie Harrison about the ups and downs of their friendship, how 'unforgiving' the TV industry is for young mums, and how London drama school Rada 'robbed' her of her acting instinct.

Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 25th September 2022
Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee: Liz Truss and her team are taking us for a ride

From fracking happy Jacob Rees-Mogg to Nadhim Zahawi and his warm horses, the Tory top table is beyond parody.

Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 25th September 2022
Am I Being Unreasonable?. Image shows from L to R: Jen (Selin Hizli), Nic (Daisy May Cooper)

Am I Being Unreasonable? review

Think a ratcheted-up Motherland, twisted through with secrets and lies.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 25th September 2022
Am I Being Unreasonable?. Image shows from L to R: Jen (Selin Hizli), Nic (Daisy May Cooper)

Am I Being Unreasonable? review

It must have seemed well-nigh impossible for Daisy May Cooper to follow up a sleeper hit like This Country, which drew so heavily on her West Country upbringing with her brother Charlie. But she's found fertile new territory with the new BBC comedy-drama-thriller Am I Being Unreasonable?

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th September 2022
Stuck. Dan (Dylan Moran). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Dylan Moran is one of very few comedians who can tell a live audience not to laugh

Dylan Moran is one of very few comedians who can comfortably tell a live audience not to laugh, or clap, and actually mean it.

Cristín Leach, The Sunday Times, 25th September 2022

Sharon Horgan: my teenage daughters have the last word on my scripts

Sharon Horgan may be one of the most powerful and prolific people in comedy, but she still answers to her teenage daughters.

Megan Agnew, The Times, 25th September 2022

Flux Gourmet review

Peter Strickland makes a meal of art-horror.

Sam Kemp, Far Out, 25th September 2022

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