BCG Daily Thursday 26th January 2023
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Mrs Merton And Malcolm revisited
The show that stunned the nation.
Anthony C Green, Counter Culture UK, 26th January 2023
Wedding guests evacuated as dad kicked out of comedy club sets fire to hotel
Daniel Barker, 39, was visiting Hot Water Comedy Club in Liverpool last year when he was turfed out after causing drunken disturbances to a show. Following his exit from the popular venue, he then attacked his partner when a row erupted over sexual relations.
Adam Everett & Lewis Moynihan, Daily Record, 26th January 2023
The Unfriend review
If the plot is lacking the performances are not.
Richard Beck, Broadway Baby, 26th January 2023
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars review
This rage-baiting show isn't funny or weird enough. So cheaply made, and so aggressively underwritten, that, even at just 20-minutes, it makes you intensely conscious of your own mortality.
Nick Hilton, The Independent, 26th January 2023
Comic & gender reform protester to stand in Edinburgh council by-election
Elaine Miller, who staged a dramatic flashing protest in the Scottish Parliament against the Gender Reform Bill is to stand for Edinburgh council as an independent candidate in the Corstorphine/Murrayfield by-election.
Ian Swanson, Edinburgh Evening News, 26th January 2023
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars review
From Phoebe Waller-Bridge nicking Rihanna's pants to Jay-Z having it out with Tom Hiddleston, this silly comedy uses tech to put A-list celebs in humdrum situations. But is it OK?
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 26th January 2023
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars review
Mind-boggling technology, mind-numbing jokes.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 26th January 2023
You Are Not Alone by Cariad Lloyd, review
Comedian and host of the award-winning podcast Griefcast Cariad Lloyd debunks the expectations we have of ourselves and others when it comes to grief.
Francesca Steele, i Newspaper, 26th January 2023
Alex Edelman: Just For Us review
Funny, surreal and all embracing... Alex Edelman's new show provides some irresistible comic shtick.
Jewish Renaissance, 26th January 2023
Matt Lucas says David Walliams was behind decision to quit Bake Off
Little Britain duo are working on a new sketch show.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 26th January 2023
Iain Stirling interview
The voice of Love Island discusses the return of Buffering.
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 26th January 2023
Ed Gamble shows of his lift technique in a photocall for The Wrestling
Ed 'The Gambler' Gamble lifted fellow comic Max Olesker high above The O2 in a photocall to promote the next instalment of The Wrestling.
Chortle, 26th January 2023
Spitting Image stages revival - and this time the puppets are on a mission
Live theatre version of 1980s TV satire features Tom Cruise and other showbiz stars trying to save 'broken Britain'.
Jessica Murray, The Guardian, 26th January 2023
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars review
As for the lookalikes the faces look about as spot on as you can get. It is no surprise that the programme starts with a disclaimer making it clear that these are fakes and that this is a comedy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th January 2023
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars review
Today, there's a news story about how Artificial Intelligence could destroy humanity. And it's possible that promising comedy creators have been the first to be sacrificed, given how much talent Deep Fake Neighbour Wars has wasted.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th January 2023
Mr Blobby costume sells for more than £62,000 on eBay
After collecting dust for decades, a Mr Blobby costume - bow tie and all - has sold for £62,101.
Imogen James, BBC, 26th January 2023
Vic Reeves and Nancy Sorrell celebrate their 20th anniversary
Vic Reeves and his wife Nancy Sorrell are celebrating 20 years of marriage. The comedian, 63, commemorated the occasion by sharing snaps of himself and his wife, 46, who is 16 years his junior, wearing matching personalised T-shirts.
Charlotte Dean, Daily Mail, 26th January 2023
Noises Off review
Frayn's immortal farce is an antidote to winter gloom.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 26th January 2023
Noises Off in the West End review - the ultimate farce is note-perfect
The entire thing breezes away the January blues with glorious brilliance. It is an utter treasure.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 26th January 2023Videos
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6am30 min
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars
Episode 1Kim Kardashian's neighbour Idris Elba restricts her access to the shared garden, and Greta Thunberg is upset by Conor McGregor and Ariane Grande's perennial Christmas decorations.
6am30 min
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars
Episode 2Rihanna and baby Kevin Hart lived happily beside Usain Bolt until girlfriend, Phoebe Waller-Bridge arrived. Adele's awning is under attack from neighbour Jake Paul's pigeons.
6am30 min
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars
Episode 3Beyonce enlists Priyanka Chopra's support to deal with Billie Eilish disturbing the peace. Mark Wahlberg and Chris Rock's friendship is rocked by Mark's new bee keeping hobby.
6am30 min
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars
Episode 4Floyd Mayweather and Dua Lipa are feuding with Matthew McConaughey over his big tree. Meanwhile newlyweds Nicki Minaj and Tom Holland argue with Mark Zuckerberg about a leak.
6am30 min
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars
Episode 5Andy Murray and mum, Lorraine Kelly, clash with RuPaul over noisy chickens. Olivia Colman and Jay-Z's pet is catnapped by Tom Hiddleston so Will Smith must intervene.
6am30 min
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars
Episode 6Tyson Fury and Cardi B live next door to Simon Cowell, a busy classic car mechanic. Harry Kane is in dispute with clumsy neighbour, Stormzy, when Gal Gadot comes to the rescue.
5pm15 min
Lloyd Of The Flies
Episode 39 - This TallThere is an exciting new Ghost Coaster inside the sofa, but Lloyd, PB and Abacus are too short to go on it - however, Lloyd refuses to allow his height to get in the way of fun, and so he devises a way to make the three of them appear tall enough to ride it.
6pm25 min
Lagging
Series 2, Episode 4 - Choose Your CharacterWizard, warrior, hero, hamster - it's all change for Team SMoRCLe as new Zaag Avatars drop. Time for everyone to get their game faces on and work out who they really are.
10pm30 min
Scot Squad
Series 8, Episode 4An extra-special finale to the series sees Scotland's favourite cops stepping up and moving on.
11pm30 min
Unsafe Space
Episode 3This week, Simon Evans talks to Suha Yassin of education body Pearson Edexcel about poetry and 'woke' changes to the curriculum, with comedy from Alice Marshall (as Titania McGrath), Jake Yapp, Andy Field, Miranda Kane, and Larry and Paul. Meanwhile Andrew Doyle tackles free speech in universities with lawyer Helen Dale, and we set one of Richard Littlejohn's angry newspaper columns to music.