BCG Daily Monday 21st November 2022

The Larkins review

A mystery fit for a Time Lord - why is The Larkins so unfunny?

Omid Djalili urges England team to make 'scrunch, snip' gesture for Iran protestors during World Cup

Omid Djalili is campaigning for England's football team to stand in solidarity with protestors against the Iranian regime, during their match against Iran in the World Cup today (21 November).

The Lavender Hill Mob tour - review

The classic Ealing Comedy comes to the stage.

An Evening of TerrorTome with Garth Marengh review

Review of the horror meister's first book, and accompanying tour.

Meet Funny Women 2022 content creator award winner Chanel Williams

This year was the second year of the heat Content Creator Award, celebrating comedy excellence across the internet. Our winner is the iconic Chanel Williams!! We caught up with Williams to talk parodies, pandemics and connecting with people through making content...

David Baddiel interview

Interview with David Baddiel ahead of the documentary based on his book Jews Don't Count.

Sara Pascoe: Success Story review

From being booked to play Hugh Grant's birthday party to pretending to be a Pete Burns superfan for a reality TV series, Pascoe has a strong array of showbiz encounters to turn into jolly, self-effacing anecdotes, even if you might have heard her tell some of them in the media before.

Basil Brush aiming for Xmas No. 1

The fight for the 2022 Christmas No. 1 just got foxy! And... puppety. Children's TV veteran Basil Brush (he of 'boom boom' fame) has thrown his cravat in the ring in the fight to top the festive charts by releasing Christmas single 'Boom Boom! It's Christmas Again'.

Outnumbered star Hugh Dennis is up for bringing back sitcom

The comedian has said that he wants to reunite his on-screen family for the return of BBC sitcom Outnumbered.

Operation Mincemeat: 'little victory' for fringe theatre as musical marches into West End

SpitLip's award-winning show, based on an audacious episode of wartime espionage, takes over from The Woman in Black at the Fortune theatre.

Stage comedy Windfall to have UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse

Hit comedy Windfall will be staged in London early next year.

The show, which follows five downtrodden office workers who decide to risk it all on a $500million lottery ticket and discover the worst things about themselves in the process, is penned by Scooter Pietsch and was seen in New York earlier this year. It made its world premiere in 2016 in Arkansas, directed by Jason Alexander.

Benidorm Series 11 teased: 'Never say never!'

Derren Litten and the original stars returned for a Benidorm convention. Pemberton, as Mick tells Janice: "Now that we've sold that b****y hotel in Las Vegas, could this be our new big adventure?". When Litten appears a few minutes later, he asked: "Have you just announced Season 11 of Benidorm? Who on earth would watch it?", with the actors jokingly shrugging their shoulders. He continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the worlds of Madge Garvey in Series 7 Episode 2, 'Never say never. Never say never.'"