BCG Daily Sunday 4th December 2022
Features
Features
Press clippings
Will and Owen Cooper interview
The Cooper Brothers are a writing duo with credits for Mock The Week, The Dog Ate My Homework, Celebrity Juice and LOADS of other big comedy shows across TV and radio. They have a CV that will make even the most experienced writers envious and are now taking on short stories and TikTok. I've been hoping to chat with them for a while and they did not disappoint!
The Comedy Loser, 4th December 2022
Bill Bailey interview
Comedian, musician and actor Bill Bailey tells us why dogs, and their humans, are having a pretty tough time right now, and what needs to be done about it.
Evie Breese, The Big Issue, 4th December 2022
Suzi Ruffell on her Spread a Smile charity night and representation in comedy
Ruffell chats about her role as an ambassador at Spread a Smile, the importance of representation in comedy and the controversy around the World Cup being hosted in Qatar, a country that denies the basic rights of the LGBT community.
Lynn Rusk, London World, 4th December 2022
England football team are surprisingly motivated by comedy legends Morecambe and Wise
Manager Gareth Southgate is a big fan of Eric and Ernie, and believes their philosophy for great comedy applies to the best coaching too: it's all about timing.
Rob Draper & Nick Constable, Daily Mail, 4th December 2022
Anjana Vasan: 'We Are Lady Parts is about embracing your weirdness'
The star of Channel 4's punk comedy on playing reluctant singer Amina, performing with Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire and taking an ice-cold dip with Fiona Shaw.
Ammar Kalia, The Observer, 4th December 2022
TV review: Spike Milligan - the Unseen Archive
There may have been many programmes on Milligan before, but this does add a little more, a further puzzle piece to a difficult, fascinating and impenetrable jigsaw.
Louise Penn, LouReviews, 4th December 2022
Peter Kay fans 'chucked out' of Manchester's AO Arena for secretly filming show
Security staff are understood to have thrown out several people at Peter Kay's AO Arena shows in Manchester after they were seen filming his act on their phones.
Amy Fenton & Victoria Johns, Lancs Live, 4th December 2022
'It's important to laugh at our politicians', says comedian Rosie Holt
If the political chaos of the last year has benefited anyone, it's probably the comedian Rosie Holt.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Channel 4, 4th December 2022
Bill Bailey wants to represent UK at Eurovision and wants Strictly pros to join him
Bill Bailey would like to represent the UK at Eurovision next year. And he would like the Strictly pros performing with him in Liverpool.
Ashleigh Rainbird, The Mirror, 4th December 2022
Frank Skinner had backstage bust-up with Sophie Wessex after performing Three Lions
Sophie Wessex had a backstage bust-up with Frank Skinner after watching him sing Three Lions at last week's Royal Variety Performance.
Stephen Moyes, The Sun, 4th December 2022
Michael Herd: Expat teacher-turned-comedian performing at Glasgow Comedy Festival
A rising star of the Scottish comedy scene hopes to give audiences an "entertaining education" on his life in China at the 2023 Glasgow Comedy Festival. Mandarin-speaking expat maths teacher Michael Herd spent 14 years living in Shanghai.
Andrea Lambrou, Daily Record, 4th December 2022TV & radio
10:40am20 min
5:35pm45 min
Dodger
Episode 2 - ChristmasDodger embarks on a secret rescue mission and the gang organise a festive hijack of 200 geese, whilst also unwittingly crashing a Christmas party at none other than No. 10 Downing Street.
7:15pm30 min
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn
Series 2, Episode 10 - The Bully Father-In-Law ProblemA woman bullied by her father-in-law, a grieving widow and an anxious midwifery student get help from Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn in the advice series.