BCG Daily Friday 11th November 2022

David Mitchell: When the BBC is dismembered, it'll be missed 45 seconds later

As his game show Outsiders returns, the star talks about comedy culture wars, the menace of social media and why the BBC must be saved.

Mammals, Prime Video, review

James Corden is likely to get the blame if Mammals doesn't take off, but he's not the problem in this unbelievable and conspicuous comedy-drama.

Colin Hoult: The Death of Anna Mann - The Komedia, Brighton review

Colin Hoult says farewell to the character that gave him confidence to first perform on stage in this hilarious hour of retrospective theatre chat and character fun. Hoult is a man at the peak of his comedy powers.

Mammals has a James Corden problem

It's become impossible to separate the art from the artist.

Mammals review

James Corden enters full-blown stalker-mode in surreal infidelity drama.

Mammals review

James Corden and infidelity make for a tricky marriage.

Mammals review

James Corden is a loutish manbaby in this lame, risible drama.

Mammals review

Playwright Jez Butterworth's Amazon series is all too eager to remind us that humans are essentially animals.

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons revival

Sam Steiner's celebrated two-hander Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons is set to return to the stage in a major revival.

When it was first seen on the stage in 2015, the one-act piece was described as "bright, light and sharp - a rom-com with smarts". It follows a couple existing in a world where individuals are only allowed to say 140 words a day.

Set to appear in the romantic comedy are Aidan Turnerand Jenna Coleman.

Welcome back, Peter Kay, Britain's big-hearted maestro of the mundane

The stand-up is returning to the stage to welcome us back into his lovably parochial world. But will we ever know the man behind the homely persona?

Axel Blake, review

The winner of Britain's Got Talent makes the most of his success.

David Walliams shouldn't just apologise for BGT. Little Britain was the worst of the Noughties

Is anyone all that surprised by the presenter's sexist and derogatory comments on Britain's Got Talent?

Remembering 'Eat The Rich', a comedy music movie like no other

Through its obnoxiousness and scathing attack on British moral values, Eat The Rich set forth the manifesto for alternative comedy that would come to the fore throughout the remainder of the second millennium.

David Walliams slammed by BGT wannabe who claims he mocked her for flirting at audition

Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams has been slammed by former contestant Clare Harrison McCartney who claims he mocked her for flirting while filming the ITV show.

Hackney Empire's Mother Goose in rehearsals

Take a peek inside the rehearsal room for Hackney Empire's 2022 pantomime, Mother Goose.