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BCG Daily Wednesday 22nd March 2023

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Adrian Edmondson Shop

Adrian Edmondson to publish autobiography, Berserker!

Adrian Edmondson's autobiography, entitled Berserker!, is to be published in September.

Big Boys. Image shows left to right: Jack (Dylan Llewellyn), Danny (Jon Pointing) TV

BAFTA TV Awards 2023 nominations

Am I Being Unreasonable?, Big Boys, Derry Girls and Ghosts are amongst the nominees for the BAFTA Television Awards 2023.

FYI

The Great American Joke Off TV

UK comics join US panel show

Tom Allen, Milton Jones, Hugh Dennis, Ed Gamble, Glenn Moore and Rhys James have landed spots on The Great American Joke Off, a new US panel show from the makers of Mock The Week and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Sykes. Eric Sykes (Eric Sykes). Copyright: BBC People

Eric Sykes celebrated on ITVX

To mark the centenary of the birth of Eric Sykes, ITVX is to make available the This Is Your Life episode featuring the comedian. It will also be making classic British comedy The Plank available.

Features

Image shows left to right: Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden (Don Estelle), BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams (Windsor Davies). Credit: BBC Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #246

Have you seen The Green Man, Johnny Vaughan's sitcom and The League Of Gentlemen?

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More useful tips for making your sitcom script sparkle

Here are five more tips to help you on your journey to the perfect sitcom script.

Press clippings

Russell Kane

Russell Kane references migration bill at Teenage Cancer Trust comedy event

Kane said his Ukrainian grandfather-in-law had been welcomed into Britain and 'not turned away to Rwanda'.

Harry Stedman, Evening Standard, 22nd March 2023
Ruby Speaking. Image shows left to right: Donna (Nicky Goldie), Craig (Dan Hiscox), Cameron (Jamal Franklin), Tom (Joe Sims), Ruby (Jayde Adams), Mark (Sam Swainsbury), Ellie (Amy-Leigh Hickman), Melons (Kiera Lester), Vicki (Katherine Kelly). Credit: Yellow Door Productions

Jayde Adams TV show Ruby Speaking to reflect working class Bristol

The comedian said she wanted to show the area she grew up in - south Bristol - rather than just focusing on wealthier Clifton.

BBC, 22nd March 2023
The Cockfields. Image shows from L to R: Ray (Gregor Fisher), Simon (Joe Wilkinson), Esther (Susannah Fielding), David (Ben Rufus Green), Sue (Sue Johnston)

The Cockfields review

I was hysterical with laughter watching this Diane Morgan-starring series from David Earl and Joe Wilkinson.

Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 22nd March 2023
Susie McCabe. Copyright: Off The Kerb

Susie McCabe show to be filmed for BBC

McCabe is performing her show, Femme Fatality, at Glasgow's King's Theatre as part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival on March 25 and March 31 and the first date will be filmed for BBC Scotland.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2023
Susie McCabe. Copyright: Off The Kerb

Susie McCabe interview

"I've got the best job in the world."

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2023
Fawlty Towers. Image shows from L to R: Manuel (Andrew Sachs), Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales), Polly (Connie Booth). Copyright: BBC

Fawlty Towers: "Instead of murdering him"

A brief but incisive dive into the hilarious stage directions included in John Cleese and Connie Booth's original Fawlty Towers scripts.

John Hoare, Dirty Feed, 22nd March 2023
Alan Carr

Teenage Cancer Trust review

The least-known name on the bill was Fatiha El-Ghorri - though there was nothing in her assured set to indicate she was the least experienced comic here.

Chortle, 22nd March 2023
Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell), Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb). Copyright: Objective Productions

Apartment in block where Peep Show was filmed could be yours for £300,000

The property that was home to Mark and Jeremy in the award-winning series Peep Show could be yours for £300,000.

Daily Mail, 22nd March 2023

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical announces new West End residency

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical will return to the West End with a new residency at the Cambridge Theatre, home of Matilda the Musical.

Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 22nd March 2023

Videos

Michael Spicer Online

'Literally' being used incorrectly

1 mins, 21 secs

The sports presenter who hates it when 'literally' is used incorrectly.

Climate Science Translated. Image shows left to right: Bill McGuire, Kiri Pritchard-McLean Videos

Climate Science Translated

5 mins, 33 secs

Kiri Pritchard-McLean helps Professor Bill McGuire spell out the actual risks of climate change, pulling zero punches, and using highly unscientific language throughout.

Holly Hall Online

Mum watched a film

33 secs

Remember when your mum watched a film and then called you to tell you all about it?

Podcasts

RHLSTP with Richard Herring. Image shows left to right: Richard Herring, John Kearns

RHLSTP with Richard Herring: RHLSTP 433 - John Kearns

64 minutes

#433 Piggy in the Middle. Richard is at the Leicester Comedy Festival and has still not forgiven the city for the king theft or the cheese rivalry, but he gives...

TV & radio

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 8:10am
10 min
Danny & Mick. Image shows from L to R: Danny (Danny Adams), Mick (Mick Potts). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Danny & Mick

Series 5, Episode 18 - Things Can Only Get Wetter

Webbthorpe Town Wanderers are in the local cup football match, and Danny and Mick are determined to listen - while they are working, of course. However, the leaky ceiling that they should have fixed is making it difficult to hear the match. Can they fix it, or will they have to fudge it?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley)

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Series 4, Episode 6 - This Old Heart Of Mine

Joanna plans a new way of life.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Where To, Mate?

Where To, Mate?

Series 2, Episode 4 - "... are those jam jars in your way..."

Bernie picks up an old friend.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Series 8, Episode 7

This week - Boris on trial in A Few Bad Men, Eyes in the Wires, and Robot Culture Wars.

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