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British Comedy Guide

BCG Daily Monday 14th November 2022

FYI

Significant Other. Image shows left to right: Sam (Youssef Kerkour), Anna (Katherine Parkinson) TV

Significant Other now filming

Filming is underway on Significant Other, the new ITV comedy drama starring Katherine Parkinson and Youssef Kerkour. Joining the cast is Kéllé Bryan, Mark Heap, Ben Bailey Smith, Sue Vincent, Shaun Williamson, Olivia Poulet and Will Ash.

Features

Three Day Millionaire. Jack Spring Film

Jack Spring introduces Three Day Millionaire

New film Three Day Millionaire follows a group of fishermen in Grimsby who set about spending their wages in three days. But it's only after spending it all that they discover they're not going to be re-boarding their ship to head back out and earn a fresh pay packet. Director Jack Spring introduces the project in this article.

Joe Sellman-Leava Features

Rogue Pun: Fanboy lands in London to probe the enduring needs of nerds

Fresh from a successful Fringe run, Joe Sellman-Leava takes a revealing journey back through his childlike obsessions.

Press clippings

Stewart Lee

Was Stewart Lee's first ever joke on Tiswas in 1981?

A clip has surfaced of an episode of the show from September 19, 1981, in which presenter Sally James reads out jokes sent in from viewers as part of a competition and one of them is from a "Stewart Lee from Solihull". According to Wikipedia Lee grew up in Solihull and went to school there.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th November 2022
My Dad Wrote A Porno. Image shows from L to R: Alice Levine, Jamie Morton, James Cooper

My Dad Wrote A Porno: an obituary

Ian Hawkins bids farewell to the podcast phenomenon.

Ian Hawkins, Chortle, 14th November 2022
The Horne Section TV Programme. Image shows from L to R: Ed Sheldrake, Ben Reynolds, Will Collier, Alex Horne, Mark Brown, Joe Auckland

TV quickfire: Alex Horne on new Channel 4 sitcom The Horne Section

Taskmaster co-host Alex Horne tells us more about his new musical sitcom The Horne Section...

Rachael Davis, The Irish News, 14th November 2022
Upright. Image shows left to right: Lucky Flynn (Tim Minchin), Meg Adams (Milly Alcock)

Upright Series 2 review

Tim Minchin dramedy has already jumped the shark.

Luke Buckmaster, The Guardian, 14th November 2022
A view of the Clyde in Glasgow. Copyright: BBC

Launch date announced for Glasgow Comedy Club

The Glasgow Comedy Club, backed by the team behind Max's Bar and Room 2, has announced its launch date and teased some exciting plans ahead of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th November 2022
Peter Kay

How Peter Kay changed British comedy

The beloved Bolton comic, now going on tour for the first time in over a decade, became a national phenomenon for his nostalgic reflections on working-class culture.

Fergal Kinney, The New Statesman, 14th November 2022

Videos

Dominic Frisby Online

Unacceptable Views

2 mins, 56 secs

"Some days I read the paper, watch news on the TV, I spend time on the internet, but everything I see, only leaves me... with unacceptable views."

Podcasts

The Worst Writer In The World

The Worst Writer in the World: Worst Writer - Doctor Who: Conflict, Part 3

41 minutes

14-year-old Howard dreamed of writing for Doctor Who. And he wouldn't let constant rejection - or the fact that the TV show had been cancelled - stop him.

TV & radio

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 78, Episode 1

The series begins at the Plaza in Stockport where Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens are pitched against Milton Jones and Andy Hamilton, with Jack Dee in the role of reluctant chairman. Regular listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the piano.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
The Musical Life Of.... Copyright: BBC

The Musical Life Of...

Series 4, Episode 2 - Gwen John

The award-winning show continues by taking a look at the life of artist Gwen John - played by Stephanie Siadatan - through song (and slightly dubious fact-checking).

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